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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 more‘Time to shine’ for active managers as brokers turn bearish on banks
For the past few years, fund managers have been punished for owning fewer bank shares than their passive rivals who simply buy the index. But those bearish bets may be about to pay off, as…
ASX share price plunge contains a dirty tech secret
It’s no great surprise that shares in ASX Limited plunged as much as 13 per cent on Tuesday, after the market operator told investors that the cost of its great technology turnaround had ballooned. The update…
Superhero hires ex-Ley chief, signalling fight for young investors
Superhero, the online share-trading platform popular among younger investors, has hired former Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s chief of staff to head its corporate and government affairs efforts amid a continuing backlash against Labor’s budget changes…
Investors ‘afraid’ to take position on oil, data chiefs say as tankers face potential Hormuz fees
Global oil markets were volatile on Tuesday, reflecting investor jitters over possible Iranian plans to impose a permanent fee on ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz as part of any peace agreement with the U.S.…
Americans are ‘entrenched’ in financial stress amid debt and price pressures
Economic conditions like gas prices well above $4 a gallon, according to AAA estimates, and annual inflation nearing 4%, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are pushing Americans’ financial stress levels higher. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling expects Americans’…
Santos venture caught in crosshairs of Labor’s gas reserve
Gas exporters may be forced to invest in domestic gas suppliers or buy the uncontracted volumes of their peers to meet their obligations under the Albanese government’s proposed gas reservation scheme. A draft framework for…
Electricity prices to fall despite global energy turmoil
Household power prices are set to fall across most of Australia from July after record output from wind farms and batteries pushed down the cost of generating electricity, despite pressures on global energy prices due…
Here’s what ASX investors should be buying in a property downturn
UBS is telling clients to get out of ASX-listed banks and real estate stocks and ramp up exposure to mining and healthcare as Australia’s once-booming property market heads for a slowdown. The broker says the…
Oil prices fall 7% after Trump says Iran talks are ‘proceeding nicely’
Crude oil prices fell 7% Monday as the U.S. and Iran showed signs of making progress toward an agreement that would end their three-month long war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as the timeline…
Americans are feeling inflation’s pinch into the holiday weekend. Here’s where prices are rising the most
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,…