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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 moreThis week’s avalanche of profit downgrades is only the beginning
Investors are bracing for a grim string of profit downgrades as the war in the Middle East drags on and the Reserve Bank of Australia lifts interest rates, despite brokers hanging on to bullish outlooks…
Stock futures are little changed after Trump announces 3-week extension to Israel-Lebanon ceasefire: Live updates
U.S. stock futures were little changed on Thursday night after President Donald Trump said that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks. S&P 500 futures were trading around flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.4%. Futures…
Tesla misses on revenue but beats on profit as auto margins jump
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-earnings-report.html
Cleaner energy means new skills and career paths
As AGL prepares to close its coal-fired power plants in NSW’s Hunter Valley and Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, it is exploring how to retrain staff who may have been running these legacy assets for 40 years so they…
Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
Traders of oil futures are a sunny bunch. On April 17, after Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open”, the price of Brent crude fell by 10 per cent, to $US90 a…
ASX to fall, Wall St rallies
Australian shares are poised to open lower. All three major US stock benchmarks closed higher, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite advancing at least 1 per cent, paced by tech stocks. Tesla rose…
Trump extends Iran ceasefire — but market focus has already drifted elsewhere
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/markets-shrug-at-trumps-iran-ceasefire-extension.html
Big banks and miners increase dominance in risk to equities investors
The Australian sharemarket is becoming increasingly concentrated, with seven of the 10 largest stocks now miners or banks, a narrowing that has left investors more exposed than at any time over the past two decades.…
Why ‘whatever it takes’ on fuel will break the RBA’s back
Bowsers may be full, but the premium being paid for energy security is creating a ticking time bomb for inflation and interest rates. Now that we have established that our ability to pay more for…
Markets’ bulls roar past Iran war, fuel woes
Anyone waiting for the bottom has already missed it; the first half of the rebound is done. Can Australia keep pace with the global bull run? There is still plenty of talk of a V-shaped…