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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 2 Jul 2025

Dow jumps 400 points, S&P 500 closes flat to start new quarter as investors rotate out of tech

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed on Tuesday as investors rotated out of technology stocks to kick off the second half of 2025. Investors were also weighing the latest developments with President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending…

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Pacific Perspectives 2 Jul 2025

ASX to rise, Dow extends rally, Tesla slide stalls S&P 500

Australian shares are set to open higher, tracking gains in the Dow, but investors will be wary of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s renewed feud over the US president’s signature tax bill. Tesla shares slumped…

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Pacific Perspectives 2 Jul 2025

US dollar’s rapid demise sends the $A rocketing to year high

Doubts about the US dollar’s status as the world’s safe-haven currency have plunged the greenback to its worst start to the year since 1973 and sent the Australian dollar rocketing to its highest level in…

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Pacific Perspectives 2 Jul 2025

Investors await CBA correction to kickstart mining resurgence

A major rotation in Australia’s sharemarket is expected this financial year as investors finally cash in on the dazzling rally in bank stocks led by Commonwealth Bank to chase a long-awaited resurgence in the beaten-down…

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Pacific Perspectives 2 Jul 2025

Stock futures are flat after investors sell tech names to start the second half of 2025: Live updates

Stock futures were little changed on Tuesday evening, after investors began the second half with a reduced appetite for technology stocks. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 10 points. S&P 500 futures were marginally higher, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Jul 2025

U.S. stocks are at record highs, but the outlook for the world’s largest economy is no clearer

U.S. stocks have strongly rebounded after a rough start to the year, even as the outlook for the world’s largest economy and its interest rates remains as uncertain as ever. Economic modeling is “very difficult”…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Jul 2025

The ASX’s bumper year makes for bullish investors (despite the chaos)

The Australian sharemarket has recorded its best financial year since the pandemic as investors shrugged off the Trump administration’s chaotic trade policies and instability in the Middle East to push local stocks up more than…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Jul 2025

How $13 smokes smacked Metcash’s tobacco sales 40pc in four years

The supermarket supplier’s numbers are indisputable proof of how the illegal tobacco trade is running rife. A few weeks ago, Metcash boss Doug Jones bought a pack of Marlboro-branded cigarettes from a tobacconist on Sydney’s…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Jul 2025

ASX to slip, S&P 500 resets record high

Australian shares are set to edge lower after New York shook off some mid-session nerves with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite resetting the closing record highs. ASX 200 futures are pointing down 6…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Jul 2025

S&P 500 rises to another record to wrap up second-quarter comeback: Live updates

Stocks rose on Monday as traders closed out a stunning month with even more record highs. The S&P 500 gained 0.52% and posted another record close, ending at 6,204.95. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.47% and also reached fresh all-time…

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