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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: ServiceTitan, Mission Produce, Chime Financial and more

9 Sep 2026

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. ServiceTitan — The software provider’s stock tumbled 19% after posting current-quarter revenue guidance that came in slightly below analyst forecasts. However, ServiceTitan surpassed Wall Street consensus estimates…

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Pacific Perspectives

The most active managers in almost a decade are trailing the ASX

9 Sep 2026

Australian active managers have had a horror run this year, wrong-footed by a relentless rally in the ASX’s biggest companies that has left the industry on track to record its highest rate of underperformance in…

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Pacific Perspectives 22 Jul 2025

Investors follow Shell into Taroom, the next big thing in oil and gas

A little-known basin three kilometres below the surface of south-east Queensland is quietly emerging as a real prospect to solve a looming gas shortage and boost the country’s perilous self-sufficiency in oil supply. Growing excitement…

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Pacific Perspectives 22 Jul 2025

ASX to rise, CC Capital agrees to $3.3b Insignia takeover

Australian shares are set to open higher though futures pared earlier gains as the rally that took the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to new intraday highs faded in the final hour of the session.…

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Pacific Perspectives 22 Jul 2025

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts another record close: Live updates

Stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit fresh records. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average 59 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures added 0.06%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained…

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Pacific Perspectives 21 Jul 2025

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sells an additional $12.94 million worth of shares

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold 75,000 shares on Friday, valued at about $12.94 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  Friday’s sale is part of a plan adopted in March for Huang to…

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Pacific Perspectives 21 Jul 2025

The big (but not necessarily beautiful) bet against the Aussie dollar

For the first time industry super funds now have more money allocated to currency-unhedged international equities than they have invested in the Australian sharemarket. Australian holidaymakers have intuitively known how to value our dollar since…

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Pacific Perspectives 21 Jul 2025

S&P 500, Nasdaq rallies run out of steam

The rally that has propelled both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite to a series of record highs ran out of steam on Friday (Saturday AEST) amid mixed earnings reports and falling bond yields.…

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Pacific Perspectives 21 Jul 2025

ASX to dip; AMP Super’s first positive flows since 2017

Australian shares are expected to open lower on Monday, with futures pointing to a 0.4 per cent drop for the S&P/ASX 200, trimming some of last week’s 2.1 per cent gain – the local market’s…

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Pacific Perspectives 21 Jul 2025

Stock futures are little changed as traders await big tech earnings, eye trade developments: Live updates

U.S. stock futures were little changed Sunday night as investors tracked the latest developments on trade, and awaited the start of big tech earnings this week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 27 points,…

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CIO Insights 18 Jul 2025

PACIFIC COMPASS – Defensive Today, Positioned for Tomorrow [June 2025 Review]

MONTHLY ECONOMIC & INVESTMENT REVIEW – JUNE 2025: 1. Executive Summary Global equity markets rose during June despite persistent geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty. Supportive factors included market optimism around interest rate cuts and steady…

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Pacific Perspectives 18 Jul 2025

Tesla’s change in bylaws to limit shareholder lawsuits slammed by New York state officials

In May, Tesla changed its corporate bylaws in a way that would require investors to own 3% of the stock, today worth about $30 billion, in order to file a derivative lawsuit against the company for breach of fiduciary…

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