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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 moreASX to fall
Australian shares are poised to drop at the open. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reset their record highs, setting the stage for a busy week of quarterly results, particularly from US megacap tech.…
Investors usually ‘sell in May and go away.’ Why that may not work this year
“Sell in May and go away?” Some market participants say it could be better to wait and see this year. The old stock market adage speaks to the phenomenon in which the May-through-October stretch has…
Wall Street is getting bullish on neoclouds. These stocks hold more risk than other AI plays
There’s a lot of market buzz on the emerging crop of companies known as neoclouds, but these stocks are not for the faint of heart. Neoclouds are building AI-dedicated computing infrastructure and represent the risky…
America is in a staggering profit boom. Australia is nowhere
It is no surprise that Wall Street’s stunning rebound over the past three weeks – the S&P 500 index is now up 12.5 per cent from its Iran war low on March 30 – has…
The explosive Triple Zero survey infuriating Australia’s telcos
Australia’s telco regulator has demanded to see the entire dataset, questions, panel details and responses behind an explosive consumer survey that found one in 10 Australians has been unable to connect to Triple Zero over…
Hunting for yields: Fundies pick their top ASX dividend stocks
Investors hunting for strong dividend yields as a haven from the market volatility triggered by the Middle East conflict and rising interest rates have plenty of options on the ASX, according to analysts, including car…
Stock futures fall as Iran peace talks stall, oil rises: Live updates
Stock futures fell in overnight trading Sunday as stalled Iran peace talks and a fresh escalation in the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher, keeping geopolitical tensions front and center heading into a pivotal…
Tesla shares fall after results. But this market speculation may keep the stock afloat for a while
Tesla shares were lower after its first-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday on the company’s bigger-than-anticipated cap-ex expansion, but Wall Street is buzzing about speculation that could keep a bid under the stock for the near future. The chatter…
Promised buybacks less forthcoming for the ASX’s private credit funds
Two ASX-listed private credit vehicles did not carry out quarterly buybacks as expected at the end of March, prompting brokers to question why advertised capital management strategies had not been followed. MA Financial’s MA Credit…
Australia’s ETF market is set to hit $380b, up 400pc in six years
Younger investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds, driving index tracking strategies to grow by a fifth this year alone. State Street, the largest global ETF administrator and one of the world’s big three ETF…