This Month
Still-tight jobs market unlikely to derail May rate cut
Economists still expect the RBA to cut rates next month despite employment increasing by 32,200 in March.
How these three growth funds are playing the tech slump
Some of Australia’s best performing funds, which rode the dazzling rally in Wall Street’s tech giants, have been confronted with a violent sell-off. Here’s what they did next.
Gold could hit $US4500 as confidence in US havens crumbles
An exodus from American investments has swiftly pushed bullion back to a record level as the precious metal solidifies itself as the “premier” safe asset.
Investors find refuge on ASX as Wall Street giants lose their lustre
The slump in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has been far more pronounced than the local market this week, just as traders dump the US government bond and greenback.
Eight ideas on how to play a roller-coaster sharemarket
Uncertainty abounds – will global tariffs make a return? How far will a China trade war go? But some of our biggest investors are seeing big opportunities.
Traders brace for months of pain despite $100 billion relief rally
Oaktree’s Howard Marks said it was impossible to know where the Trump administration would take its tariff plans, even as their delay sent the ASX 200 soaring.
‘Huge’ profit downgrade cycle bears down on Wall Street
Analysts have barely budged their earnings forecasts for the world’s most important sharemarket despite recession alarms blaring, leaving equities vulnerable to a big reality check.
The four tiers of fear for investors in a market meltdown
From a “garden-variety pullback” to “major crisis”, analysts at RBC Capital Markets are war-gaming where the Trump tariff volatility could take Wall Street.
Advice for commodities investors? Sell, sell, then keep selling
Major Wall Street brokers are telling clients to resist the temptation to buy into metals and oil as prices fall, warning economic disruption is not over.
Market rout hits $97b and investors fear there are billions more to go
Brokers and fund managers said the Trump administration’s tariffs were threatening to turn into a full-blown economic crisis as global markets plunged.
Investors brace for $115b ASX wipeout amid ‘peak uncertainty’
Futures indicate Australian shares will sink 4.3 per cent at the open on Monday as panic flares that the world’s largest economy is headed for a recession.
Markets brace for severe economic shock from Trump’s tariff storm
It was a sea of red across Asia with more than $21 billion erased from the ASX, but brokers say Australia is in a good position to weather the volatility.
Uranium stocks dumped as market ‘paralysis’ intensifies
The sell-off is feeding into the hands of hedge funds, which are heavily shorting the industry in Australia.
Gold soars to $5000 in ‘once in 40-year gift’ for investors, fundies
The relentless rally has pushed the gold price almost 20 per cent higher this year, its best quarter since 1986. Money managers can see opportunities.
March
ASX’s $42b wipeout seals worst start to year since COVID crash
The local bourse has been swept up in the exodus on Wall Street as investors brace for Trump’s tariffs that could trigger a violent rotation out of risky assets.
This fundie shorted WiseTech and Tesla while loading up on war stocks
Betting against Richard White and Elon Musk while going long on defence companies are among this year’s hottest trades. Minotaur’s Tom Rice did it all.
‘Solid case’ for rate cuts next week, says Goldman Sachs
The investment bank has told clients the market is underestimating the chances that the RBA will reduce the cash rate in April.
Copper hits record as Trump tariffs wrong-foot traders
Reports that Trump could impose tariffs on the metal within weeks has intensified the rush to ship it into the US, lighting a fire under ASX-listed mining companies.
Super funds ‘stomach the volatility’ until equities rebound
Hostplus CIO Sam Sicilia is preparing for a sharp bounce in equity markets, while AustralianSuper’s Mark Delaney hasn’t touched his portfolio.
These are the four big roadblocks to a proper ASX bounce back
Fresh off its best weekly gain this year, the local market is no longer at the edge of a correction. Morgan Stanley warns the rebound could be short-lived.