Inflation insights: CPI forecasts and economic outlook
One of those weeks (there are four of them) when the most accurate consumer price inflation data comes around—a sure generator of a lot of words, forecasts, and guesses.
Read MoreOne of those weeks (there are four of them) when the most accurate consumer price inflation data comes around—a sure generator of a lot of words, forecasts, and guesses.
Read MoreInflation dominates market thinking again this week, along with the first estimate of US March quarter economic growth. There are also events in the Middle East for investors to continue to worry about, while earnings interest turns to four of the Magnificent Seven – well, three, if you exclude a tanking Tesla.
Read MoreThe US first-quarter reporting season accelerates. Up to Friday, 14 companies in the S&P 500 had reported so far, and this week they will be joined by another 158 (or more than 30% of the index), as well as 11 of the 30 companies in the Dow.
Read MoreNasdaq suffered its sixth straight losing day on Friday, the longest downtrend in more than a year. Tech giants like Nvidia and the much-diminished Tesla slid.
Read MoreShaw and Partners Chief Investment Office Martin Crabb discusses strategies for investing in the current volatile market conditions.
Read MoreDr Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist at AMP, discusses developments in investment markets over the past week, economic activity trackers, major global economic events and Australian economic events.
Read MoreMartin Carolan – CEO and Managing Director – Provaris Energy Limited (ASX:PV1) is developing a portfolio of integrated green hydrogen projects, leveraging innovative compressed shipping IP.
Read MoreDaniel Lai – CEO and Managing Director – archTIS Limited (ASX:AR9, OTCQB:ARHLF) is a global provider of software solutions for the secure collaboration of sensitive information. The company’s data-centric information security solutions protect the world’s most sensitive content in government, defence, supply chain, enterprises and regulated industries through attribute-based access and control policies.
Read MoreDr Amanda Buckingham – Managing Director – Warriedar Resources Limited (ASX:WA8) is an advanced gold and copper exploration business, with a resource base of approximately 2 Moz gold across Western Australia and Nevada, and a robust pipeline of high-calibre drill targets.
Read MoreIn the dynamic landscape of technology, quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) emerge as transformative forces, poised to revolutionize industries and reshape investment paradigms.
Read MoreNetflix created another fuss this week with its decision to abandon regular updates on subscriber numbers and revenue data, in what is looking more like an admission that it has reached what some analysts might call “Peak Netflix”.
Read MoreAustralian shares are on course for their seventh decline in eight sessions amid investor preference for higher bond yields and gold due to concerns about persistent inflation.
Read MoreBHP (ASX:BHP) increasingly loves copper, especially in South Australia, where it took a $9.6 billion punt in 2022-23 by purchasing OZ Minerals, a move that is now paying off in spades. Copper is pouring out of the company’s three mines in South Australia, led by Olympic Dam, arriving just in time to catch the recent rebound in prices to a 16-month high earlier this month of $US4.4385 a pound on Thursday. These are the highest copper prices since May 2022, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Read MoreOperationally, Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS), the country’s best-performing lithium player, had a solid three months to March 31 at its WA operations, with record mining, production, and sales. Unfortunately, on the pricing and financial side, it was as tough as it will probably get.
Read MoreA snapshot of the stocks on the move, featuring DY6 Metals, Impact Minerals and Estrella Resources.
Read MoreWinston Sammut, the Director Property of Euree Asset Management, gives his weekly take on the REITs sector.
Read MoreWoodside Energy (ASX:WDS) has had a slow start to its 2024 financial year, with weak production and product mix resulting in a double-digit drop in revenue for the three months to March.
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Read MoreThe Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL) has weathered a near-halving in the price of its main product, thermal coal, in the three months to March and still augmented its substantial cash pile.
Read MoreUS jobless numbers held steady overnight, adding yet another data point that suggests the US economy is firing on all cylinders.
Read MoreTesla shares fell to their lowest level in more than a year on Thursday as shareholder unease grows about plans to try to reinstate Elon Musk’s multi-billion share deal, move the company’s domicile to Texas, and abandon a cheap EV (Tesla 2) for the questionable robotaxi idea.
Read MoreEven after another surge in subscriber numbers, revenue, and earnings, Netflix shares fell 4% in after-hours trading as the streaming video giant all but thumbed its nose at Wall Street analysts and their followers.
Read MoreShares rebounded on Thursday, breaking a seven-day streak of losses, following Australia's jobless rate rising to 3.8% in March, aligning with market expectations.
Read MoreAnax Metals (ASX:ANX) CEO Geoff Laing discusses the company's innovative approach to mining as its pioneers bioleaching tech for sustainable resource extraction.
Read MoreBHP (ASX:BHP) is confident it is heading for a solid production and sales performance for most of its portfolio by June. The company said on Thursday it remains on track to meet copper, iron ore, and energy coal production for the year.
Read MoreAustralian employment decreased by 7000 in March, resulting in a rise in unemployment to 3.8% from February's 3.7%, contrary to analysts' expectations of a 10,000 increase and a stable unemployment rate at 3.9%.
Read MoreA snapshot of the stocks on the move, featuring Nimy Resources, New Age Exploration and Immutep.
Read MoreSantos (ASX:STO) saw a 7% drop in its oil and natural gas production in the first quarter of its 2024 financial year after its operations were disrupted by heavy rain and planned maintenance.
Read MoreFor yet another quarter, the world's second-biggest gold miner has missed forecasts and forecasted an inflation-topping jump in costs for both gold and copper.
Read MoreYeehaw! Big global investors are at their most confident since January 2022, according to the latest monthly survey from Bank of America. Yet, judging by the changing sentiment on Wall Street, this ebullience may be misplaced.
Read MoreUS markets ended in the red for the fourth trading day in a row as big tech names weighed heavily on markets.
Read MoreDespite cutting its interim dividend and reporting a slump in earnings and surge in costs, shares in the Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) still managed a solid 5.1% gain on the day in the wake of the release of its half-year report.
Read MoreThe correlation between risk and returns is widely accepted. Historically, smaller companies have often outperformed larger ones over extended periods, a principle deeply embedded in investment theory and practice. However, recent market data has cast doubt on this conventional wisdom.
Read MoreThe second Star inquiry in Sydney has gone from bad to worse, to what the heck, after it was halted on Wednesday, Day 3 of the first week of the new probe.
Read MoreRetail investors have been flocking to relatively new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, yet they seem to be overlooking gold funds, despite the yellow metal consistently hitting new highs and outperforming Bitcoin over the past month.
Read MoreMajor commodity prices slumped Wednesday across the board — all except for copper and iron ore — as the realities of US monetary policy hit home.
Read MoreContinuing its decline for the fifth consecutive session, the ASX experienced a downturn as the S&P/ASX 200 closed 6.9 points, or 0.1 per cent lower at 7605.6.
Read More"Steady as she goes," was the reaction from Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) management to production data that, on the whole, disappointed a little on the downside, especially for copper and somewhat for iron ore.
Read MoreShares in Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) leapt by 10% on Wednesday as its March quarterly report made it clear that the acquisition of 80% of the Northparkes mine in central western NSW, and the soaring gold price, would produce a surge in earnings, especially in the 2024-25 financial year.
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