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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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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 18 Jul 2025

Santos’ $6.1b gas project on track as investors await bid news

Positive progress on two new oil and gas projects and better-than-expected quarterly sales have buoyed takeover target Santos despite a marginal downgrade to full-year production. Santos, the subject of a $36.4 billion takeover bid led…

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Pacific Perspectives 18 Jul 2025

These stocks are set to join the ASX buyback boom

CSL, Wesfarmers and JB Hi-Fi are expected to join a record wave of Australia’s largest companies that are opting to buy back shares on the ASX, as boards become much more risk-averse under a Trump…

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Pacific Perspectives 18 Jul 2025

‘Investors wake up!’: Bond king’s dire warning on Trump v Powell

The whole “will he, won’t he” pantomime that US President Donald Trump has created around the future of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is exactly the sort of thing Trump loves. It keeps his enemies…

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Pacific Perspectives 18 Jul 2025

Stock futures are little changed after earnings, economic data lift S&P 500 to records: Live updates

Stock futures were little changed on Thursday after a batch of earnings and economic reports pushed the S&P 500 to a record close. S&P 500 futures traded at the flatline, while Nasdaq 100 futures inched up 0.01%. Futures linked to…

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Pacific Perspectives 17 Jul 2025

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Morgan Stanley, ASML, Johnson & Johnson, SolarEdge and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Morgan Stanley — Shares fell 3.6% despite the financial institution beating second-quarter estimates. Morgan Stanley earned $2.13 per share and saw $16.79 billion in revenue, while analysts anticipated earnings…

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Pacific Perspectives 17 Jul 2025

Santos bidders run ruler over billion-dollar rehabilitation costs

Fears that the cost of rehabilitating old gas fields and platforms could be higher than accounted for are emerging as a risk to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s $36.4 billion takeover proposal for Santos.…

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Pacific Perspectives 17 Jul 2025

Endeavour delays its technology separation from Woolworths until 2030

Endeavour, the owner of the Dan Murphy’s and BWS chains, has abandoned a key plank of its separation from Woolworths, and the supermarket giant will run its key technology functions until the end of the…

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Pacific Perspectives 17 Jul 2025

ASX to rise, CAR Group CEO to exit amid profit warning

Australian shares are set to rebound after Wednesday’s retreat. Shares were higher in New York, recovering from an earlier swoon, after President Donald Trump denied he was poised to fire Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.…

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Pacific Perspectives 17 Jul 2025

Market watchers warn Trump might not ‘chicken out’ of 30% tariffs on the EU

Global investors may be underestimating U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to follow through on his latest tariff threats, some market watchers have warned. In his latest trade policy update, Trump announced that he would be slapping 30%…

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Pacific Perspectives 16 Jul 2025

S&P 500 posts slim gain Monday as traders hope for lower tariffs before Aug. 1 deadline: Live updates

The S&P 500 edged higher on Monday even after President Donald Trump threatened high tariffs on more countries over the weekend. Losses were kept in check as investors bet those duties will eventually be negotiated down and…

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