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Vance says Fed should lower interest rates: ‘Would be nice to have some help’
4 Sep 2026
The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates to make homes more affordable, Vice President JD Vance said Thursday, adding to the pressure President Donald Trump has placed on the central bank to cut borrowing costs. The remarks came days after Trump’s handpicked Fed…
Read moreThe one thing that caught Goldman Sachs’ notice this earnings season
4 Sep 2026
After the relentless barrage of ASX earnings announcements during the August reporting season, the one thing that stood out the most for Goldman Sachs was the number of companies that rallied on better-than-expected results only…
Read moreHow to find an edge in a market whipsawing between sectors
The S&P/ASX 200 hit a record high in early August without much fanfare. It’s a symptom of just how little conviction investors have in the sharemarket. Australian fund managers will, for the most part, tell…
ASX to retreat as Fed’s Warsh forces pivot on interest rates
The sharemarket is starting the week on the back foot as traders scramble to recalibrate their interest rate expectations for the United States after Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish message to the…
Trump announces deal with Venezuela to secure more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves
The U.S. struck a deal with Venezuela to get majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves as the war with Iran roils the global crude trade, President Donald Trump announced Friday. Trump said…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia, Okta, Hormel, Veeva, HP, Celsius, Best Buy & more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia — The leading artificial intelligence and infrastructure company’s stock surged 9% after second-quarter revenue and earnings beat expectations. Nvidia said Wednesday that revenue in the…
Santos targets Papua LNG go-ahead after first-half profit dip
Santos has flagged that it will make a final investment decision on its next major growth project, the LNG venture in Papua New Guinea, in the December quarter, after bringing online two multibillion-dollar projects in…
West Gate woes, sagging traffic flows dull a bumper Transurban profit
Transurban says lighter traffic in Melbourne as workers stay away from the city has hurt income on the West Gate Tunnel, forcing the toll road giant to ditch forecasts for when its new $10.2 billion…
Telstra ties exec pay to AI returns, putting heat on Accenture deal
Telstra’s leadership team will be held to account for the hundreds of millions of dollars the company is investing in artificial intelligence, after the telco became one of the first big Australian companies to directly link…
S&P 500 futures are little changed as investors count down to Warsh’s Jackson Hole address
S&P 500 futures are near flat Thursday night as investors monitored earnings reports awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s latest address. Futures tied to the broad index shed 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 28…
Oil prices little changed after Iran says deal reached with Oman to share revenue from Hormuz
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday after Iran’s hard-line Revolutionary Guard said Tehran has reached a deal with Oman to share control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and Oman have agreed to share revenue…
L1’s Lendlease stake above 10pc as activist investors start to bow out
L1 Capital is attempting to achieve what some of Australia’s pre-eminent activist investors have failed to do for years; oversee a turnaround in embattled global property developer Lendlease. The high-profile hedge fund has emerged as…