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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 drop as uncertainty hangs over strait
Oil prices are set to rally while the Australian sharemarket is poised for a rocky start to the week following on-again, off-again control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran had announced the reopening of the…
S&P 500 notches first close above 7,100, Nasdaq posts longest win streak since 1992: Live updates
U.S. stocks rocketed higher on Friday after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” on the heels of a ceasefire announcement between Israel and Lebanon. The S&P 500 jumped 1.2% to close at 7,126.06, crossing the 7,100 threshold for…
Brent oil price near $100 again with U.S.-Iran talks uncertain and Hormuz still blocked
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/iran-war-oil-price-strait-hormuz.html
Santos CEO signals potential 2028 exit as chairman departs first
Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has signalled he intends to lead the oil and gas group until at least 2028 to guide it through the next stages of major projects, outlasting chairman Keith Spence who…
This property fundie is still spotting value as interest rates rise
Grant Berry is a director and portfolio manager of Australian real estate investment trusts at SG Hiscock. The Melbourne-based firm oversees $3.3 billion in assets. Following back-to-back interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank of…
Investors buy the software dip as Atlassian surge comes too late
New data shows some retail investors piling into Australian tech companies, whose shares have been smashed by artificial intelligence fears, but a rally in Atlassian shares has come too late to save it from a…
Why the stock market is hitting records despite Iran war
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/stocks-record-highs-iran-war.html
Tesla stock adds nearly 8% as Elon Musk touts chip progress
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/tesla-tsla-stock-analyst-upgrade-software-updates.html
Petrol price spike hurts Transurban as motorway growth subsides
The country’s largest operator of tollroads has reported slowing growth on some of its major motorways as the conflict in the Middle East sends the price of petrol soaring and pushes drivers toward public transport.…
Investor growth expectations plunge amid stagflation fears
Investors’ expectations for global growth plummeted in April by the most in four years due to the Iran war, with local fund managers warning that a downturn could be even more pronounced in Australia. The…