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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 moreU.S. oil rises above $83 a barrel as Iran says Strait of Hormuz won’t open until conditions are met
Oil prices rose Tuesday after a senior Iranian official said the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until Tehran’s conditions are met by Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures gained 1.3% to close at $83.20 per barrel. Brent crude,…
Hedge funds circle hyped-up ASX stocks that make ‘SpaceX look cheap’
Hedge funds are circling two of the buzziest stocks on the Australian sharemarket just as retail investors, who were largely responsible for pumping up their share prices, have come down with a case of the…
Markets whipsawed by tough-talking RBA governor
Money market traders scrambled on Tuesday to decipher whether the Reserve Bank of Australia’s next move on interest rates would be up or down, after softer economic forecasts were countered by a tough-talking Michele Bullock,…
An inflation report Wednesday should be a big deal for the Fed. Here’s what to expect
An important inflation report Wednesday could give the Federal Reserve a little breathing room in its battle against inflation. The consumer price index, due at 8:30 a.m. ET from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is…
Nvidia lines up $500 billion in financing as CEO Jensen Huang tells CNBC his chips are ‘investable asset’
Nvidia is attempting to turn its artificial intelligence chips into Wall Street’s newest asset class, partnering with six large asset managers on a $500 billion financing push designed to treat compute infrastructure much like commercial real…
ASX to slip, RBA decision awaited
Australian shares are set to edge lower. Shares in New York were modestly lower to start the week with a key focus on Wednesday’s July consumer price report, and whether it moves bets on near-time…
Beware the hidden market crash beneath Wall Street’s calm surface
If you only watched the S&P 500 Index in July, you would think nothing happened. The index finished down just 0.1 per cent, still close to its record high. Beneath the surface, however, momentum had…
Australia’s top market whisperer on what actually matters now
Financial markets might be nervously watching bond yields, but James Aitken says there’s only one investment theme that really matters right now. On Friday night, James Aitken, the highly respected Australian market strategist who counts…
Stock futures are steady as investors weigh Iran, Hormuz deal prospects: Live updates
Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Monday as investors weighed signs of progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz against lingering doubts that the U.S. and Iran can reach a broader resolution to…
Prediction markets take center stage in latest round of quarterly earnings reports
The latest quarterly earnings reports from FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment, DraftKings and others shone a spotlight on the burgeoning prediction markets industry. A growing number of companies are introducing their own prediction market platforms or launching partnerships within…