Tech, property stocks lead ASX 200 surge
Tech investors pile in in despite Trump’s tech exemptions confusion. Property, health stocks also strong gainers.
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Stocks tipped to rise after electronics tariff exemption
The local sharemarket is poised for a modest bounce after US tech heavyweights including Apple took a breather from punishing tariff wars.
Recession risk in trade war’s impossible aims
Economists say Donald Trump’s aim to simultaneously fix the US budget deficit and reclaim manufacturing market share with tariffs is not only impossible, but carries huge risk.
‘Fear and panic’ welcomed by AFIC
Australian Foundation Investment Co boss Mark Freeman has made three big bets on the current, volatile market. See which stocks the market picker has bought.
Markets remain volatile amid trade war aftershocks
It was another day of extreme volatility as the effects of a massive hike in US tariffs continued to be felt even after Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause.
Trump-induced market chaos brings opportunity
One of Australia’s leading stockbrokers, Ord Minnett chief executive Karl Morris, says there will be more turmoil to come for world markets with Donald Trump in the White House.
ASX 200 trims falls as Trump, Asian markets await China response
The ASX 200 trimmed a big intraday fall as US stock index futures and US Treasuries reversed early losses. Asian stocks are mixed with the Nikkei 225 down 3 per cent and the Hang Seng index turning up 1.3 per cent. Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia next week for a response to Trump’s 145 per cent tariff war.
Worst self-inflicted wound: Wall St jitters back as China trade war sinks in
US stock declines accelerated after the White House said tariffs imposed on China add up to 145 per cent and a former Fed boss called Trump’s shifting policy the worst hit to a well-functioning economy.
Break in trade storm still leaves job ahead for RBA
For the Reserve Bank, the policy needle is now pointing to cutting rates at its next meeting.
Wealthy mates are cashing in on the stockmarket roller-coaster
The immediate response from so many punters waking up to the latest tariff news was ‘damn I missed out on the biggest trading opportunity since Covid’.
The Trump tariff ‘capitulation rally’ doesn’t mean it’s all over
Trump’s deal-making leaves US consumers worse off and has shaken confidence across the rest of the economic world. Then there’s the big unknowns to come.
How the bond market scared Trump into action
The US President blinked as a violent sell-off of US treasuries sounded the alarm for a full-blown financial crisis.
Given market volatility, what’s next for the Federal Reserve?
A sharp, simultaneous sell-off in stocks and bonds this week raises an obvious question — just how close is the US Fed to stepping in and protecting the US financial system?
Local bourse bounces back on tariffs reprieve
Australian stocks soared on Thursday with the ASX 200 index rising as much as 6.3 per cent after a significant backdown by the US administration on tariffs.
ASX recovers $116bn in best day since June 2020
Technology and mining stocks lead surge on local bourse. US futures point down after Wall Street’s historic session as Chinese leaders meet to respond to Trump’s 125 per cent hit.
Trump orders 90-day tariff pause, but hits China with 125pc levy
Donald Trump has reduced levies for US trading partners to a ‘baseline’ rate of 10 per cent, but slapped even higher levies on China.
Vaccine and blood products maker CSL at risk of tariff contagion
CSL is in the crosshairs of Donald Trump’s tariff regime after the President declared pharmaceuticals were not immune.
Tariff fight pitches Middle America against China’s factories
There’s a new pain threshold being calculated by global markets, and it’s getting to the point where the winner really will take all.
Nowhere to hide: Trump’s trade war rocks stocks and bonds
Markets remain extremely volatile, with risk aversion growing as bond yields record a disturbing rise before Trump’s biggest tariffs even get under way.
Trump dump: ASX 200, Asian equities down as US tariffs roll in
$47bn wiped off ASX as markets react to Trump’s latest tariffs, including a 104 per cent hit on China . AUD has hit new 5-year low below US60c.
The real test of Trump’s market pain is yet to come
The danger of Trump’s tariff strategy – even if it is all a negotiating bluff – is he risks starving the US economy of the crucial funds it needs to stay alive.
Stocks rollercoaster in reverse after biggest falls since pandemic
The Australian dollar and industrial commodities recovered as investors paused to catch-up on the global equities fire sale.
ASX 200 rebounds in best day in years; China slams Trump ‘blackmail’
ASX roars back to life in best day since November 2023. $A rose over 1 per cent after Monday’s meltdown. China slams Trump’s 50pc more tariff threat as Hong Kong hits out at ‘bullying’. Bets rise on 0.5pc RBA May rate cut.
Tectonic shift in risk under Trump
One of Australia’s best-known investors says there will be no return to normality after Donald Trump upended markets with his trade war.
Shock and ore as China weaponises rare earths
Rare earth stocks defied the market carnage as China’s move to restrict exports threatened key industries like defence and renewables.
When investment wisdom counts: Don’t panic in sharemarket plunge
Nothing unites fund managers like a market storm and the worst sell-off since 2020 has the bulls running to the history books.
For markets, Trump has become the ultimate key man risk
The Trump dump has delivered extreme moves, however there’s one important thing that is so far preventing this becoming a full-blown financial crisis.
Market bloodbath as global trade war escalates
$112bn was wiped off the ASX on Monday with China retaliating against US tariffs and the Trump administration defiant while global markets crashed.
Australian shares haemorrhage $160bn in minutes in ‘ugly’ market bloodbath
Local investors are suffering a wipeout as global turmoil worsens, with the ASX200 index now down 16 per cent from its high point two months ago.
Trump thump: ASX 200 haemorrhages $112bn
Trump tariffs trigger GFC echoes as market trims falls. Treasurer warns on recession risk, flags potential 50bp rates cut. Fears of Black Monday-like crash as traders reel from speedy rout. AUD back above US60c.
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