News & Insights
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 moreDo Labor’s tax changes make shares ‘uninvestable’? We ran the numbers
Geoff Francis, a former senior tax official at Treasury, caused a stir when he honed in on a highly technical but important point about the Albanese government’s changes to the capital gains tax discount, warning they could…
‘Peak pessimism’ for retail stocks lures investors back in
Investors are starting to buy back into beaten-up retail stocks, tempted by significantly cheaper valuations after soaring oil prices and higher interest rates triggered a brutal rout in the first half of the year. Consumer…
ASX to open lower
Australian shares are set to open lower, in line with losses on Wall Street amid renewed hostilities in the Middle East after Iran attacked Kuwait with drone strikes. The attacks killed one person and injured…
Dow closes 600 points lower as rising Treasury yields and oil prices pressure stocks: Live updates
Stocks fell on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 snapping a nine-day win streak, as oil prices and Treasury yields moved higher amid worries the U.S.-Iran conflict could keep lifting inflation. The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back 620.72…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Coherent, Victoria’s Secret, Marvell, HPE, Generac, Intuit & more
Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading. Generac — The power generator stock climbed almost 6% after the company said it would supply backup power for a “leading hyperscale data center operator.” CEO Aaron…
This ‘no-brainer’ sector still gives investors headaches
The $2.5 billion sale of Estia Health has put the spotlight on aged care valuations as government funding changes underpin growth. But investors remain wary. On paper, investing in Australian aged care should be a…
Welcome to the Bedout Basin, Australia’s newest oil frontier
Santos has locked in a huge drilling rig to explore a region it has described as the next North West Shelf, in a campaign that will include London-listed oil giant BP and could dramatically improve…
ASX to rise, GDP data awaited
Australian shares are set to open higher, tracking modest gains on Wall Street. Oil was steady. Bitcoin tumbled below $US68,000. ASX 200 futures were up 38 points or 0.4 per cent to 8789. In New…
Iran has mined ‘large segments’ of Hormuz Strait, Secretary of State Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran has mined “large segments” of the Strait of Hormuz, indicating that explosives in the strategic sea lane are more widespread than previoulsy acknowledged. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/iran-war-strait-hormuz-marco-rubio-mine.html
The stock market just did something eerily similar to the dot-com bubble top in 2000
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/the-stock-market-just-did-something-eerily-similar-to-the-dotcom-bubble-top-in-2000.html