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Investors should brace for more hits and misses this reporting season, according to Maple-Brown Abbott.

The ASX stocks most exposed to a weak $A

The Aussie dollar’s decline is not yet factored into consensus ASX earnings forecasts, which will benefit some stocks and weigh on others this reporting season.

  • Alex Gluyas
Alex Pollak of Loftus Peak says the AI boom isn’t done.

How the ASX dodged the DeepSeek bullet

On the surface, the ASX defied Wall Street’s day of drama. But local investors spent the day puzzling over what DeepSeek means for the Australian tech sector.

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  • James Thomson

This Month

Brett Chatfield, chief investment officer of CBUS.

Cbus hits ‘sweet spot’ as it surpasses $100b in assets

The construction industry superannuation fund reached the milestone despite a “blip” in November and December when it faced regulatory and political pressure.

  • Jonathan Shapiro
A US tech sell-off could weight on the ASX on Tuesday when investors return from the long weekend.

Tech jitters to hit ASX after China offers up AI rival

Australian shares are poised for a cautious start as investors worry about China’s AI progress, the Federal Reserve meeting and key local inflation data.

  • Cecile Lefort
Maggie Beer has been one of the most recognised cooks in the country for decades. But her food products business has struggled to replicate that success.

Maggie Beer ponders how to save an empire built on verjuice

The food producer named after the country’s best-known cook has had a dismal two years. Will chairwoman Sue Thomas’ turnaround plan save the iconic brand?

  • Simon Evans
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The New York Stock Exchange.

Wall Street slips, Fed, megacap earnings awaited

The S&P 500 closed down on Friday in New York, though it ended the first week of Donald Trump’s second term almost 2 per cent higher.

  • Timothy Moore
The Boy in the Bubble

Trump fires up war on woke

Donald Trump is waging war on DEI policies. Does this mean the defeat of woke – or just another front in the fight?

  • Jennifer Hewett
An outage in the ASX CHESS system the Friday before Christmas again damaged the market operator’s international reputation.

ASX reveals cause of embarrassing outage

It will make a $1 million goodwill payment to stockbrokers who relied on the CHESS system. ASIC’s chairman says he is “very concerned” about the incident.

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  • James Eyers and Ronald Mizen
Mosaic owns the Rivers brand along with Noni B and Millers. The company called in administrators last year.

Rivers to shut down, closing 136 stores and making hundreds redundant

The brand was owned by Mosaic Brands, an ASX-listed retailer which fell into administration in October. Another of its chains, Katies, was closed in December.

  • Carrie LaFrenz
Australia’s big banks exemplify the concentration of ownership by big investors such as super funds and index funds.

A fund did the unthinkable and cut its CBA stake. Time to follow suit?

Australian Foundation Investment Company says the “extreme” valuation of the bank left it little choice but to take some profit. But our super giants aren’t stepping back.

  • James Thomson
ASX CEO Helen Lofthouse: this once globally admired exchange operator is spending $700 million to upgrade its CHESS system, a system that originally cost $44 million.

ASX Limited fiddles with DEI while market shrinks

Something is rotten at the bourse’s headquarters with senior leadership in distraction and denial.

  • Dimitri Burshtein and Peter Swan
Banks had a surprisingly strong 2024 on the sharemarket. Can that continue?

Will bank stocks continue to run hot this year?

After beating the ASX 200 by 24 per cent, shareholders are faced with a “challenging predicament” of whether to stick with the banks or finally take some profits.

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  • James Eyers
Endeavour, the owner of the Dan Murphy’s and BWS chains, separated from Woolworths in 2021.

Internal figures show true cost of Endeavour’s split with Woolworths

The retailer behind BWS and Dan Murphy’s has never disclosed the cost of its 2021 separation from the supermarket giant, but it seems more than many expected.

  • Carrie LaFrenz
An LNG cargo ship in Taichung, Taiwan. Taiwan’s CPC Corporation is a big investor in the Dorado field.

Santos puts massive West Australian oil and gas project on ice

The decision to stall the $3.2 billion Dorado development pushed the share price of smaller venture partner Carnarvon Petroleum down by as much as 27 per cent.

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  • Angela Macdonald-Smith
Donald Trump’s return to the White House is expected to usher in a new period of volatility for markets.

Trump delivers swift reality check to complacent markets

The US president shattered initial hopes of a gradual approach to tariffs, triggering a violent reversal across financial markets that had “celebrated too soon”.

  • Alex Gluyas
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Howard Marks at Oaktree.

Four reasons investors should be very nervous in 2025

Alarm bells are ringing for fund managers and economists about the mounting threat of asset bubbles, which may trigger chaos in financial markets.

  • Cecile Lefort
The Kwinana processing facility part-owned by IGO near Perth.

IGO warns of processing losses as lithium stockpile grows

The ASX-listed miner says the Kwinana plant it owns with a major Chinese group has fallen into the red after failing to find customers for its battery minerals.

  • Mark Wembridge
Tim Toohey at Yarra is tipping an interest rate cut as soon as next month.

Why Tim Toohey is switching to cash

Tim Toohey from Yarra Capital says fewer RBA board meetings will mean less policy agility to react to monetary turning points.

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  • Cecile Lefort
The New York Stock Exchange.

US stocks rebound in broad rally on Trump optimism

The S&P 500 recorded its best week since the November US presidential election. Bitcoin briefly tops $US105,000. US markets are closed on Monday.

  • Timothy Moore
The New York Stock Exchange.

ASX to rise, Wall St lower as tech stumbles

Australian shares are set to rise. All three major US benchmarks holding narrow losses late. Gold tops $US2700 an ounce. China data awaited.

  • Timothy Moore

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