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Alex Gluyas

Yesterday

Ellison fronted the media last week for the first time since October.

Three charts reveal how MinRes’ Ellison is feeling the market’s wrath

The former sharemarket darling is now the ASX’s most shorted stock amid mounting concerns about its ability to repay its debts.

This Month

Bitcoin’s latest slump has again raised question marks.

Investors take profits on two of last year’s hottest trades

The heavy sell-down in bitcoin has dragged the cryptocurrency into a bear market, and gold tumbled after hitting a record. Here’s why.

The number of defence-themed investment funds doubled last year to a record 47, according to Bloomberg.

War stocks rocket as markets prepare for ‘defence supercycle’

ASX-listed defence ETFs have exploded more than 50 per cent higher over the past year, causing investors to scramble for exposure to the booming sector.

Bell Potter is most bullish on residential developers due to their higher leverage to rate cuts.

These ASX laggards should benefit from RBA rate cuts

While lower borrowing costs have already been factored into some parts of the sharemarket, other areas are primed for a rally, says Bell Potter.

The big four have been key pillars supported the sharemarket rally.

Why investors should get used to big swings in bank shares

Analysts believe bank stocks have entered a new era where even the slightest surprise triggers an outsized reaction by investors.

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Analysts are calling an end to the bank rally.

ASX sell-off to intensify as bank stocks wilt under earnings pressure

Futures point to another steep drop for the sharemarket on Monday, extending the savage reversal last week fuelled by a sell-off in bank shares.

Argentina’s Javier Milei is on the political defensive after plunging his government into a massive cryptocurrency scandal.

‘Meme coin mania is dead’: the rise and fall of the crypto fad

One month on from the launch of Donald Trump’s failed token, meme coin traders are facing a fresh scandal that could kill the hysteria once and for all.

ASX futures are pointing to an opening drop.

ASX closes at one-month low, CBA down 2pc; Megaport rallies

Shares closer lower; new jobs hit 44,000, topping forecasts; Megaport soars 19pc; banks slump; Magellan down 10pc; Fortescue, Rio cut dividend.

A fresh wave of iron ore supply to the market this year is expected to send prices below $US100 a tonne.

Investors dump iron ore stocks as big miners enter a new era

The major producers are posting lower profits and slashing dividends which is expected to accelerate as a new wave of iron ore supply hits prices.

UBS Wealth’s Min Lan Tan believes the emergence of DeepSeek is positive for the global AI sector.

This $6.5 trillion investor is looking beyond Australian stocks

UBS, the world’s largest wealth manager, is instead betting on China and the blistering technology rally that it says has much further to run.

China’s AI dominance has grown after Xi Jinping declared the technology a national priority.

Investors pump billions into China as DeepSeek unleashes AI bulls

Hedge funds are ramping up exposure to Chinese equities from depressed levels, with mainland investors aggressively buying tech stocks listed in Hong Kong.

Investors should tilt their portfolios to companies already conducting a buyback, MST recommended.

The ASX stocks ready to join the record buyback bonanza

ASX 200 companies bought back a record $14 billion worth of shares last year, and 2025 is shaping up to be even busier, according to MST Marquee.

The gold price reset its record high 40 times in 2024 and has continued that form this year.

Gold funds burst out of the blocks in 2025 as returns rocket

Fund managers are celebrating a bumper start to the year as the ASX-listed gold stocks finally start to play catch up to the record surge in prices.

ASX resets peak, BHP up 2pc; Temple & Webster shares hit record

Shares rise; Temple & Webster sets new record; gold tipped to top $US3,500; Qantas downgraded; Sigma rallies, CBA resets record; Toys”R”Us chief exits.

Economic uncertainty and declining interest rates have always supported demand for gold as a defensive asset.

‘Big Short’ trader’s bet on gold puts $US3000 in sight

The relentless rally in the gold prices is showing no signs of slowing down. Here’s how the yellow metal became the world’s hottest asset in markets.

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ASX companies must beat expectations or risk a sell-off, Bell Potter warns.

The ASX stocks to buy and avoid this reporting season

Bell Potter warned that bank and technology shares are vulnerable to a sell-off. Instead, there are bargains to be found in healthcare and utilities.

Xi Jinping has fired back at Donald Trump in the unfolding trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

How the ASX is exposed to Trump’s trade war

Although the local technology sector has the largest revenue exposure to North America, strategists are more concerned about the heavyweight mining sector.

The agriculture sector has jumped nearly 8 per cent this year.

Commodities on verge of ‘breakout’ after two-year slump

The sector is trading back at levels last seen during the 2022 boom, led by a surge in precious metal and agriculture prices.

Xi Jinping has fired back at Donald Trump in the unfolding trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

China stocks suffer brutal reversal as traders return from holiday

China’s sharemarket erased a near 1 per cent opening gain as traders returned from a week-long holiday to simmering tensions with the US.

The Canadian economy is set to face the most severe shock since the COVID-19 pandemic and will probably sink into a recession if a tariff war persists.

China whipsaws markets with retaliatory tariffs

Traders’ worst fears proved accurate when Beijing decided to slap tariffs on US goods avenging Trump’s 10 per cent tariff on China.

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