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Fed holds rates steady despite concerns over inflation
29 Oct 2026
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep benchmark interest rates on hold, opting to take a patient approach in its fight against inflation despite mounting evidence that price pressures are proving more nettlesome than policymakers…
Read moreASX to lift after Fed rates call
29 Oct 2026
Australian shares are set to tick higher after the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. S&P/ASX 200 futures were up 22 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 8882 near 6am (AEDT). Fed chairman Kevin…
Read moreStocks making the biggest moves midday: eBay, Sandisk, Meta Platforms, IonQ, Lumentum & more
Here are some of the companies making headlines in midday trading. Memory stocks – Shares of memory chip companies slid after China’s CXMT said it will begin producing next-generation memory chips that will compete for…
Meta’s Muse debut unleashes next leg of the AI trade for investors
Australia’s top global technology investors have long prided themselves on identifying the next leg of the artificial intelligence trade before the rest of the market catches on. It helped them generate huge returns earlier this…
The countries most threatened by turbulent bond markets
Forever, it turns out, was temporary. For much of the 2010s, economists were worried that interest rates would remain near zero indefinitely, held down by too much saving and too little investment. All of a…
ASX to open higher
Australian shares are set to open higher, tracking gains in the Dow Jones on Wall Street. US investors await the start of three weeks of reporting with four major banks on deck Tuesday. Oil faded…
The bull market turned 4 years old on Monday. Investors say reaching a fifth birthday could be challenging
Happy birthday to the bull market, which just turned four. Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the current bull market, with the S&P 500 having climbed nearly 120% since its closing low on Oct. 12,…
Ray Dalio warns the stock market’s cushion against rising bond yields is shrinking
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned on Thursday that stocks face mounting pressure from rising bond yields and the prospect of weaker corporate cash flows, even as earnings continue to grow. The Bridgewater Associates founder told…
Why Australia’s inflation shock may be creating its own cure
The market’s inflation fears are understandable, but the more important question is how the economy responds. The debate has shifted quickly. Earlier this year investors were focused on the timing of future interest rate cuts.…
Why global investors shunned the Firmus fable
Ed Zitron might be the biggest artificial intelligence sceptic on the planet. So it’s no surprise he’s been relishing the farce that’s engulfed the float of Australian neocloud data centre operator Firmus Grid. “Firmus on…
ASX to shrug off bond jitters, buoyed by US earnings momentum
The Australian sharemarket is set for a positive start to the week as expectations of a strong corporate earnings season on Wall Street lift sentiment, even as anxious investors watch for signs that severe bond…
Dow rises 400 points on Friday as Wall Street scores winning week: Live updates
Stocks rose on Friday, supported by the tech sector, as traders look to rebound from a volatile week of elevated Treasury yields and oil prices as well as declines in the artificial intelligence trade. The…