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Tom Richardson

August

Richard White founded WiseTech in October 1994 and owns about 35 per cent of the logistics business.

Why tech bolters are lighting up reporting season

WiseTech, Pro Medicus, Life 360 and REA Group have turned heads this season as tech proves the sweet spot for growth investors again.

Shares slip; Elanor Investors suspended, GYG hits record high

Shares fall 0.2pc. APRA hits ANZ with $250m penalty. Accent Group, Inghams sink on earnings. Telix swings to profit. Latitude’s profit climbs 140pc. Wall St falls. Follow here.

Australian shares are poised to start the day higher as the Fed minutes bolstered rate cut expectations.

Shares rise; Megaport, Insignia, Collins Foods sink, WiseTech surges

Shares 10 straight days of gains. Whitehaven sells Blackwater stake for $1.6b. Medibank lifts dividends 13.8pc. Insignia pauses dividend. Qube lifts profits 32pc. Follow here.

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Zac Shparberg is investing in ETFs.

Millennial Zac dumps home ownership dream for ETFs

Zac Shparberg, 30, says he has no hope of owning a property in the city he grew up in. So, he’s embraced a different wealth creation plan that experts say could work.

Australian shares are poised to start the day, and month, higher.

Miners boost shares; NAB gains, ASX Ltd falls on profit report

Shares add 1.3pc head for six straight sessions of gains. RBA hoses down rate cut hopes. NAB posts flat profit, warns on bad debts. ASX flags record revenue. Follow here.

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Local shares are set to open higher.

Shares post fifth straight day of gains; Telstra, Magellan lift

Jobless rate climbs to 4.2pc. Iron ore hits lowest since 2022. Telstra ups dividend 5.9pc. Cochlear dividend jumps 24pc. Pilbara Minerals flags acquisition. US inflation eases. Follow here.

China bonds and stocks look attractive relative to low yields and elevated shares in developed markets.

China’s bond market flashes more pain for commodity investors

Australia’s status as the lucky country riding Chinese demand for commodities could be threatened by a record-breaking bond yield crash in the world’s second-biggest economy.

The ASX 200 is set to open lower.

ASX rises as Pro Medicus and Seven climb; BHP down 3pc

Shares advance at the closing bell; Commonwealth Bank boosts dividend; Pro Medicus books $82.8 million in net profit; ASIC sues ASX Ltd; iron fall tumbles. Follow here for more.

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The ASX 200 is set to open lower.

ASX gains but CSL, Seek weigh on disappointing results

Shares edge up; immunoglobulins unit boosts CSL earnings; Seek hit by job ads fall; Orora knocks back Lone Star’s bid; NBN losses deepen. Follow updates here.

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July

It’s very difficult to pick biotech winners.

Three ASX companies jockeying to be the next biotech winners

Clarity Pharmaceuticals reports it eliminated prostate cancer in a patient; LTR Pharma wants to sell nasal viagra; and Opthea has clinical trial results soon.

Cathy Ding recommends Mastering the Market Cycle.

Ten books that could help you become a better investor

We asked money managers, financial advisers and a self-made multimillionaire to nominate the books that taught them the most about creating wealth.

The ASX 200 is set to open sharply lower.

Shares fall; Macquarie, Fortescue sink on results

Shares lose 1pc. Seek warns on profits. ANZ suspends, terminates staff. Fortescue misses production expectations. Wall Street tumbles on slowdown worries. Follow here.

Syed Yusuf, charged by ASIC for a market manipulation scheme, leaving Downing Centre Courthouse.

ASIC hits ASX pump-and-dump crew with criminal charges

The corporate cop has hit the alleged ring leaders of an ASX penny stock pump and dump scheme with criminal charges that could come with millions in fines.

A Delta Airlines kiosk displays a message that reads “It looks like Windows didn’t load correctly”.

Global IT chaos triggered by software glitch eases slightly

The impact of what’s being called the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen is expected to take at least several days to tally.

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Chaos across Melbourne as hospitals, airport, supermarkets hit

Shares retreat below 8000 points. APRA relents on Westpac. Lifestyle Communities pulls guidance. Netflix’s profit surges. ECB holds rates. Copper, gold, oil fall. Follow here.

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The ASX 200 is set to open lower after sharp falls in the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500.

Tech sector plunges; traders lift bets on interest rate increase

Jobless rate edges higher in line with expectations, job gains beat forecasts. Domino’s cuts guidance. Telix lifts sales forecasts. Nasdaq posts worst day since 2022. Follow here.

These cheap mining stocks still offer opportunity for investors

A drop in mining business valuations has opened a window of opportunity for investors looking to lock in cheap prices and potentially big dividends.

The ’10-bagger’ stocks that helped push the ASX above 8000

Two blockbuster biotech winners and beneficiaries of investment in the energy transition helped create wealth for savvy investors as shares topped 8000 points.

Lithium prices have slumped over the last year, with Citi suggesting a weaker share price at Arcadium, a major producer, could be an opening for Rio Tinto.

Should Rio Tinto buy out this ASX lithium miner? Citi thinks so

The investment bank told clients that acquiring Arcadium Lithium could be a more economic option for the iron ore giant than developing its own projects.

Shares are set to open higher in the final session of the trading week.

Shares hit record high; CBA tops BHP as market’s most valuable company

NAB hits post-GFC high. CBA hits record high. BHP falls. Traders ramp bets on US Fed rate cuts on shock inflation data. Bond yields fall. Citi tips Rio to do lithium deal. Follow here.

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