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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 moreIFM Investors lashes ‘unreasonable’ Atlas Arteria valuation
IFM Investors says an independent expert’s valuation of takeover target Atlas Arteria is unbalanced and based on unreasonable assumptions, after it assessed the toll road group to be worth over $1 billion more than IFM’s…
Oil markets trading ‘tweet-by-tweet’ but supply cliff looms
In some corners of the oil market, traders are betting that a peace deal between the US and Iran is imminent which has sent future contracts that expire in June plunging by almost 20 per…
ASX dogs to get some reprieve this year after CGT shake-up
The first week of June typically kicks off a wave of selling in some of the Australian sharemarket’s biggest laggards as investors try to lower their tax bill before the end of the financial year.…
Stock futures tick lower after all three major indexes close at new records
U.S. stock futures ticked lower on Monday night after all three major indexes rose to fresh records during the regular session. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures shed 0.3%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial…
Josh Brown, counting on a new momentum strategy, thinks investors want more than index funds
Josh Brown, one of Wall Street’s most recognizable financial advisers, said the rise of passive investing has created demand for a different kind of product: a concentrated portfolio aimed at capturing the market’s biggest winners.…
There are good reasons to be a market bull, starting with the dollar
Markets keep climbing a wall of worry, even as more pundits reach for the bubble narrative, but that misses the bigger picture. Liquidity is already improving and the next phase of easing may not need…
Australian retail investors finally break into Wall St’s exclusive deals
For the best part of a decade, Australian investors have watched from the sidelines as overseas traders generated a windfall from the blockbuster initial public offerings of Wall Street’s most hyped companies from Facebook –…
ASX eyes lower open as investors await RBA speeches
The Australian sharemarket is set to dip on Monday as investors prepare for fresh evidence that the economy is cooling down and a flurry of central bank speeches for clues on where interest rates are…
Stocks close at record highs with tech leading the way again. Nasdaq gains 8% in May
U.S. equities closed at record highs on Friday, while crude prices slipped, helping the major averages score a winning month, boosted by technology. The Nasdaq Composite settled up 0.2% at 26,972.62, while the S&P 500 climbed 0.22% to 7,580.06.…
Costco says it saw ‘record-breaking’ gas volumes amid rising prices
Costco Wholesale on Thursday said it saw “record-breaking volumes” for gas in its fiscal third quarter amid rising fuel prices. CEO Ron Vachris said the final five weeks of the quarter, which ended May 10, became…