World markets
Cheaper fuel? Five ways the market meltdown affects you
Super balances, home loan repayments and the price of petrol could all be affected by the recent mayhem on financial markets.
- Clancy Yeates
Latest
- Updated
- Shares
ASX closes in the red after Wall Street tumbles on US-China tensions
The Australian sharemarket finished a turbulent week in the red, with miners falling after Wall Street slumped overnight.
- Gemma Grant
Hello darkness, my old friend: Welcome to Wall Street’s infamous ‘private rooms’
A decade after being engulfed by a controversy, Wall Street’s secretive dark pools are back, and they are getting even darker.
- Katherine Doherty
- Opinion
- Trade wars
‘Drip, drip, drip’: How Trump’s ‘beautiful’ tariff plan gave the world a cold shower
A week ago, Donald Trump announced Liberation Day. We’ve moved to un-Liberation Day and the world is still reeling.
- Shane Wright
- Updated
- Sharemarket
ASX posts $100b rally as it goes from fear to frenzy
The Australian sharemarket posted its biggest jump in five years on Thursday after Wall Street had its third-best day since World War II following Donald Trump’s stunning tariffs reversal.
- Miriam Steffens and Nick Newling
- Analysis
- Active investing
Trump says now is a ‘great time to buy’. Is he right?
While a wash of green on market screens may tempt investors to jump in, analysts are warning against irrational exuberance.
- William Bennett
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s sharemarket bonanza and the billionaire bros club
There were many winners in the market frenzy that followed Donald Trump’s about-face, including the US president himself, but his capitulation revealed who is really in charge.
- Colin Kruger
- Updated
- Trade wars
Trump said it was a ‘great time to buy’ hours before Wall Street surged $7 trillion on his backflip
Wall Street’s meltdown this month was virtually down to one reason: Trump’s global trade war. And as such, Trump was uniquely situated to do something about it.
- Carmen Reinicke and Matt Turner
- Updated
- Shares
$41 billion wiped from ASX as Trump’s tariffs kick in
Shares fell sharply in another turbulent day on Wednesday, as the Trump administration ramped up the pressure on China and imposed its sweeping global tariffs.
- Clancy Yeates
- Updated
- Shares
ASX rallies after Monday’s carnage; tech, energy stocks soar
The Australian sharemarket posted its biggest gain in more than two years on Tuesday as investors waded back into stocks after the bloodbath on Monday.
- Staff writers
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/world-markets-hvj