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Pacific Podcast | Pacific Flagship Ep 2: Beyond AI
22 Oct 2026
Overview When Do Higher Yields Start to Hurt Stocks? Executive Summary Bond investors have had a rough few years. Since the 2020 lows, 10-year government yields have climbed roughly four and a half percentage points…
Read moreTesla beats on earnings and sales even as auto revenue declines
22 Oct 2026
Tesla reported better-than-expected third-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, even as automotive revenue dropped. The stock was little changed in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by…
Read moreASX to drop, $A recovers as Wall Street bounces back
Australian shares are poised to fall as markets parse the Federal Reserve’s projections of fewer-than-expected interest rate cuts and higher inflation next year. ASX futures were down 49 points or -0.6 per cent near 8am…
Traders dial up bets for February RBA rate cut
Optimism in money markets is growing for the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates at its first board meeting of 2025, as traders reassess their global rate outlook. The Australian three-year bond yield…
Shares, dollar slammed after Fed walks back rate cut plans
Financial markets are coming to grips with the possibility that global interest rates may not go much lower and advanced economies like the US and Australia will be prone to higher inflation in a world…
Dow ekes out narrow gain to snap 10-day losing streak, its longest in 50 years: Live updates
The Dow Jones Industrial Average narrowly snapped its longest losing streak since 1974 on Thursday. The 30-stock Dow added 15.37 points, or 0.04% to close at 42,342.24. The S&P 500 slid 0.09% to 5,867.08, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.10% to…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Birkenstock, Disney and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia – Nvidia shares dropped 1.1%, reversing an earlier gain that had pushed the stock briefly out of correction territory. Shares have surged more than 160% since…
The 10 biggest surprises to wrong-foot investors this year
Morgan Stanley has labelled 2024 as the year of the hall pass after an unpredictable 12 months in the Australian market that caught many pundits off guard. The Reserve Bank of Australia didn’t cut interest rates,…
ASX to drop, $A plunges as Fed signals rate pause near
Australian shares are set to fall in line with losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve policymakers projected that the pace of rate cuts will slow significantly in 2025, and inflation has yet to be…
Why Australians should ditch Europe this Christmas
Australians craving a white Christmas will get more bang for their buck in Canada and Japan than in the US or Europe this year after the Aussie dollar outperformed the Canadian dollar and yen, leaving…
Fed meeting recap: Powell says central bank to be ‘cautious’ on rate cuts, rocking market
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point on Wednesday, bringing the target range to 4.25% to 4.5%. The central bank revised its outlook for rate cuts in 2025, however, indicating that there…
Capital gains benefit spikes to $22.7b as property investors sell out
Treasury is forecasting a spike in people claiming investment tax breaks this financial year as experts said higher interest rates and more onerous costs on landlords imposed by some state governments were pushing investors to…