Yesterday
You won’t believe the ASX laggard named as a potential AI winner
A new study of companies ranked for the importance of the technology to their investment case has identified a beaten-up liquor giant as a potential winner.
What the fight between Seek and Employment Hero is really about
Days before Employment Hero took Seek to court over alleged abuse of market power, a similar fight erupted on Wall Street between JPMorgan and the fintech community.
Macquarie has a grand new market theory (and 6 stocks to back it up)
The surge in ASX valuations has puzzled market strategists. But the group has a new indicator that supports the move – and suggests it can keep running.
This Month
‘Red light blinking’ over China that ASX investors can’t ignore
China’s property sector is still in deep trouble, and that’s bad news for iron ore giants. The great ASX rotation from banks to miners may be on shaky ground.
The bum note in BHP’s bumper year
Mike Henry has delivered the sort of numbers he’s become known for. But BHP’s operational excellence make the issues at its potash project stand out a lot more.
While we fixate on Epstein and ankles, Trump’s plan is working
Sharemarket investors have dismissed the Trump circus as noise. But for all the chaos, the US President’s big plan is still on track and bond investors are very nervous.
The bet on Nvidia has reached crazy levels. Here’s what comes next
Goldman Sachs believes a Goldilocks AI future is possible, with just enough cost savings to keep Nvidia surging without sacrificing too many jobs.
Australia’s great CEO reshuffle isn’t slowing down
A growing number of ASX 200 CEOs have headed for the exit in the past two years. Shareholder activism and greater public scrutiny may help explain why.
The RBA suddenly looks late on rates
The jump in the jobless rate appears to have all but locked in a rate cut in August, after the RBA shocked the market by holding last week.
‘Investors wake up!’: Bond king’s dire warning on Trump v Powell
Donald Trump has wrecked the Federal Reserve’s independence and shareholders are becoming aware. Turmoil in the debt market could create a shock for stocks.
Why there’s so much at stake for NAB and its CEO Andrew Irvine
Institutional investors are overweight NAB and nervous about what they’re seeing in four key areas: leadership, competition, asset quality and costs.
This market signal says ‘sell’. Fundies will ignore it
When fund manager cash levels reach such lows, it’s a reliable signal to sell. But one top market strategist thinks the bulls will hold on – for now.
Rio Tinto’s new CEO Simon Trott is about to put the miner on a diet
The view inside the boardroom is that the company has become too complex. Its new chief executive will be tasked with changing that.
RBA surcharge shock led this stock to plunge. The CEO says it’s fake news
Tyro Payments chief executive Jon Davey insists the RBA’s changes to outlaw pesky surcharges on debit and credit card payments won’t affect its business.
Bond markets are flashing red again. Your portfolio’s not ready
Governments can’t stop spending, deficits are rising and global bond investors are getting nervous. Eventually, that drama will flow into other financial markets.
The ASX is in a profit drought. These 21 stocks can help avoid it
Australia’s sharemarket is about to notch a third straight year of falling profits and 2026 doesn’t look much better. But investors can dodge the losses.
Plenty won’t like Matt Comyn’s big fix for Australia. That’s OK
The CBA chief executive may cop flak for putting some of the more controversial ideas on the table to solve the productivity crisis. But it’s worth the risk.
AI is giving private equity a new headache
The local boss of US private equity group Riverside Company says a kid can use AI to replicate a company’s software in hours. That’s a big new risk to price in.
Trump’s new tariff threats could leave markets with TACO indigestion
Markets will probably just ignore new tariffs threats against Canada, Mexico and the EU. But that means investors are giving Trump no reason to chicken out.
Macquarie’s Viktor Shvets on the risk markets aren’t seeing
Political polarisation is already leading to changes in the way capital flows around global markets. In our highly financialised world, that’s a risk markets cannot ignore.