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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, crude surges
Australian shares are set to fall at the open, tracking widening losses in New York after oil briefly surged above $US85 a barrel, stoking inflation worries and pushing US Treasury yields higher as the war…
Eli Lilly confirms oral GLP-1 weight-loss drug being evaluated by TGA
Weight-loss patients may soon have access to more GLP-1 treatments as Eli Lilly confirmed the local regulator was evaluating its new oral obesity drug, orforglipron, which a recent study showed was more effective than the…
Investors turn to the ‘HALO’ trade amid war, AI jitters
As the conflict in the Middle East rages on and investors wait for the next catalyst to set in motion either a dramatic rebound in the sharemarket or a prolonged period of volatility, strategists are…
The S&P 500 shrugs off 1% and 2% daily drops all the time. Investors can, too, financial advisors say
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/stock-market-drops-investors.html
Nvidia CEO Huang says $30 billion OpenAI investment ‘might be the last’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s recent $30 billion investment in OpenAI “might be the last time” it invests in the artificial intelligence startup before it could go public toward the end of the year. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/nvidia-huang-openai-investment.html
As the conflict rages on, it’s inflation, not war, worrying investors
Investors may have hit the panic button on Wednesday on fears of an extended conflict in Iran, but strategists are still expecting equity markets, which have until recently been trading at or near record levels,…
‘Benign’ market reaction to Iran conflict threatens to turn violent
Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon said he was surprised that global markets did not react more violently to the wave of missile strikes between the United States, Israel and Iran given the growing likelihood…
Wilson makes ‘modest profit’ betting against Australian sharemarket
Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says he has sold an investment that makes money when the Australian sharemarket falls, netting a modest profit, after Treasurer Jim Chalmers attacked him in parliament for talking down the economy.…
The U.S. is not the place to be for investors in 2026 so far. Where they are turning to for gains
One significant trend has emerged this year: The biggest winners this year are abroad. Emerging markets stocks represented by the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) are higher by more than 7% this year, while all non-U.S.…
What’s next for global markets as oil surges and stocks plunge on Middle East conflict
Assets from stocks to bonds sold off across the globe on Tuesday, as the intensifying conflict in the Middle East fueled risk-off sentiment. It came as the U.S.-Iran war entered its fourth day, marked by more…