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Americans are feeling inflation’s pinch into the holiday weekend. Here’s where prices are rising the most
25 May 2026
U.S. consumers will shell out more for everything from fuel to hot dogs and hamburgers heading into Memorial Day weekend as the Iran War reignites inflation. Total inflation for shoppers rose 3.8% in April from the same month a year ago,…
Read moreMichelle Jablko and the problem of what comes next for Transurban
25 May 2026
For Michelle Jablko, the former investment banker and ANZ finance boss who took the reins of toll road giant Transurban two years ago, the next 12 months could be make or break as investors demand…
Read moreASX to forge ahead in rocky 2025 as bull market limps on
Brighter prospects for global growth and tamer inflation should lift Australian shares to record-breaking territory in 2025, but unlike the thunderous rallies of 2024, future gains will come with greater volatility. Equity strategists predict shares…
Dow falls more than 300 points Friday but breaks 3-week losing streak: Live updates
Stocks declined on Friday, led by technology names, but major indexes still posted a positive holiday week. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 333.59 points, or 0.77%, to 42,992.21, falling for the first time in six…
Most investors think that President-elect Trump will boost markets and the economy, a CNBC survey found
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second inauguration in January, a majority of investors are optimistic on his impact on the U.S. economy, according to the latest CNBC Delivering Alpha Stock Survey. In all, 71% participants…
Why investors should be cautiously optimistic about 2025
We began the year encouraging investors to lean into risk, and many of the positive market markers we saw at the onset of 2024 will continue as we head into 2025. Growth is slowing but…
ASX to rise after US stocks waver in thin post-Christmas trading
Shares wavered on Wall Street in afternoon trading on Thursday, as gains in tech companies and retailers helped temper losses elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 was up less than 0.1 per cent after…
Iron ore faces ‘riot point’ in 2025 as Rio Tinto floods the market
Iron ore is tipped to trade below $US100 a tonne for most of next year as new supply from Rio Tinto’s long-awaited African project adds to giant stockpiles at Chinese ports, and US tariffs whack…
Dow ekes out small gain in thin holiday trading, rising 5 days in a row: Live updates
The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier losses and squeezed out a small gain in thin trading Thursday after the market’s strong back-to-back gains at the start of the holiday week. The blue-chip Dow closed the day…
Nvidia sees ‘remarkable’ influx of retail investor dollars as traders flock to AI darling
As Michael MacGillivray saw artificial intelligence becoming more ubiquitous in everyday life, the 25-year-old wanted his investments to reflect that. It didn’t take long to figure out how he wanted to play the trend. “Whenever…
The Fed’s humiliating reversal is toxic for stocks
There is very bad news for risky assets in the humiliating policy reversal that a politically compromised US Federal Reserve has had to effect since the November presidential election. And the clear signal is in…
Lithium piles up at IGO’s WA refinery as demand slows
IGO is struggling to find customers for its lithium hydroxide, as dismal prices cause the battery material to pile up at its Western Australia processing plant. The lithium and nickel miner on Monday warned that…