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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 moreWhat the Meta Platforms trial means for investors
Investors are keeping a close eye on opening arguments in the Meta Platforms child privacy case that starts on Tuesday. A group of 29 states filed suit against the Facebook and Instagram parent, arguing that Meta violated a federal child privacy…
Google prepares $5b Kangaroo bond as AI arms race comes to Australia
Alphabet is raising up to $5 billion from the Australian bond market in what could be the country’s biggest corporate debt transaction, with the Silicon Valley giant behind Google and Gemini scrambling for cash to…
What we learnt: You’ll never guess what Telstra’s outage compo cost
The compensation bill for Telstra’s big outage in early July, which Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young claimed caused “mass chaos across the country”? Less than $1 million in credits. Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady, who delivered…
Bonds are flashing a warning sign again. It’s time to listen
By the time you read this, there’s a fair chance that the US will be bemoaning another bleak economic milestone: the national debt will break through the $US40 trillion ($56 trillion) mark. It’s a stunning…
S&P 500 falls for a third day, as elevated global bond yields and oil prices weigh on market
The S&P 500 fell on Tuesday, pressured by a run in sovereign bond yields to multidecade highs amid concerns of persistent inflation and elevated oil prices. A pullback in semiconductor stocks also weighed on the broader market.…
Nvidia discloses $21 billion stake in SpaceX at end of second quarter
Nvidia disclosed on Friday that its stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX was worth about $21 billion at the end of the second quarter. The chipmaker said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it owns 122.8 million Class…
Telstra ties exec pay to AI returns, putting heat on Accenture deal
Telstra’s leadership team will be held to account for the hundreds of millions of dollars the company is investing in artificial intelligence, after the telco became one of the first big Australian companies to directly link…
Suncorp vacuums up ancestry and yoghurt-eating data to price policies
Suncorp has used data about ancestry and religion and even how likely customers are to eat yoghurt to decide how much policyholders should pay for their home and car insurance, worrying staff who claim that…
ASX to slip as Mid-East, RBA loom over market before earnings rush
The stalemate in the Middle East conflict and growing expectations for another Reserve Bank interest rate hike set a bearish tone for the Australian sharemarket ahead of one of the busiest weeks of the year…
Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts three-week win streak
U.S. stock futures were little changed Sunday night, after the S&P 500 climbed for a third straight week though it ended Friday lower. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 11 points, or 0.02%. S&P 500…