I’m a finance writer and I no longer own a single share
After more than 25 years of investing directly in the stock market, this shareholder has sold the lot. But there may be a comeback.
After more than 25 years of investing directly in the stock market, this shareholder has sold the lot. But there may be a comeback.
For Magellan’s long-time stockpicker Nikki Thomas, the tech share boom may have run its course for now.
The confidential submission of former casino boss Robbie Cooke shines a light on the difficult path that needed to be walked with NSW’s powerful casino regulator.
There was a simple reason why the regional airline stumbled. And without a capital city challenger, we are all going to suffer.
The secret Star report and its full rebuttal offer an extraordinary glimpse of the behind-closed-doors interactions between the regulator and the regulated.
JB Hi-Fi, the Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers are among several stocks to reach fresh records this month. See the list.
Interested international parties were circling in recent weeks, with one US player taking a serious look, but a billionaire holds all the cards on the casino’s future.
Wall Street rivals have been delivering bumper quarterly results, where Macquarie has not. But CEO Shemara Wikramanayake is eyeing a bigger prize.
When it comes to the latest technology, this SUV proves hybrid is a compelling option
The hand-picked boss of billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy will have his work cut out bringing down energy prices.
There’s good reason why Woodside boss Meg O’Neill is in a hurry to get her planned $1.8bn buyout of a cash-strapped US gas hopeful away.
Investment in the share market is no longer dominated by men, especially for people aged under 40, the ASX says.
There’s a new Donald Trump running for the White House and his RNC speech contained some powerful messages for Australian businesses.
The Australian dollar’s recent strength is tipped to continue, but there are some headwinds to overcome first, economists say.
The Fortescue founder made his vast fortune by snubbing the doubters and repeatedly made bigger and bolder promises on his green revolution. So the cost of failure is more than financial.
Businesses and households are struggling, and the economy is effectively shrinking, so why is the jobless rate still only 4.1 per cent?
Buyers seem to like the concept of electric vehicles with a petrol engine back-up. Kia now offers the Sportage with a hybrid option.
Aussie shares have rocketed more than 18 per cent higher in just nine months, but stockbrokers see a more subdued future.
There is a terrible financial price we all pay for the serious allegations of corruption through the construction unions.
Superannuation fund annual returns are trickling in and many members are happy. If you’re not, should you be switching?
Both operators were looking for a combination in a bid to boost the performance of their under-pressure Sydney casinos.
The Greens might not abide it, but even the federal Labor government sees a place for this fossil fuel in our future energy generation.
Covid changed people’s ideas on work, wealth and retirement, and people wanting to retire sooner may find it easier than they think.
Telstra’s inflation-stoking move speaks volumes about the lack of competitive spirit in the telco market and will be bad news for the central bank as much as customers.
Riverina producer Aquna Sustainable Murray Cod wants to take its very own ‘wagyu of fish’ to the top restaurants of the world.
As a battle of wills and words rages over the future of Glenden, one North Queensland MP has called for coal giants, government heads and local leaders to sit down in one room and not leave until a solution is found.
BHP chief Mike Henry’s ‘light’ sweetener to Anglo American’s board was never expected to succeed but the question is, how much does he want this messy deal?
Conventional mops spread dirt rather than pick dirt up. Enter Dyson which says its hi-tech wet mop is more ‘enjoyable and effective’, with Australia one of the first places where the WashG1 will be sold.
The billionaire inventor who turned the vacuum cleaning market upside down says there’s a big obstacle to being a manufacturing force again.
Chief executive Tony Lombardo knows he is going to have to dig deep later this month to pull the builder out of its downward spiral.
The doomsayers may not want to hear it but there’s no mortgage cliff, and it’s unlikely to come.
A rural mum’s unique idea, dreamt up one night on a Queensland cattle station, has evolved into a popular Aussie clothing brand. Now, it will go international. VIDEO, PHOTOS.
A surprisingly-sharp fall in the major banks and the broader share market has investors wondering if now is the time to cash in.
Wall Street’s $US1 trillion investor is preparing to move up the risk curve as it bets on a turning point in the recovery.
Turning the ship around at the casino was always expected to be measured in years, says its new $US1 trillion owner Blackstone.
The most popular model in BMW’s Australian range is the X1, and there is an electric version that boasts more than 400km of range from one charge.
It’s come at a huge upfront cost, but ANZ boss Shayne Elliott says the sky is the limit for the potential savings that technology can offer.
Michele Bullock is facing one of the most critical moments since taking charge of the central bank.
A private, specialist mental health clinic in Toowoomba – the only one of its kind servicing a 500km-wide region – has entered voluntary administration. DETAILS.
After years defying gravity, the homegrown investment bank is falling back to earth and this has promoted a different approach.
Just as many chief executives are bunkering down, preparing for a slowdown to arrive, Rob Scott is looking over the horizon.
Career business banker Andrew Irvine has two big challenges ahead as he drives the nation’s second biggest bank.
Aussie shares flirted with a record high in March but it’s been downhill since then. Can it rebound to fresh peaks this year?
It is becoming clear that responsibility for the casino’s reform efforts in Sydney were falling through the regulatory cracks.
The airline which promised the world had its wings clipped from its much-delayed start.
A country motel and glass repair shop are among the unpaid small businesses left in the lurch after a Queensland mining equipment repairs and maintenance company went into liquidation. SEE CREDITORS LIST.
The supermarket giant is on the cusp of a long-awaited step change in the way it gets the food on the shelves or to your doorstep.
Activist shareholder Tanarra Capital has stepped up the pressure on the property major ahead of a critical briefing, demanding ’fresh thinking and leadership’.
Anglo American had been on BHP’s radar for years – not months – although the Australian giant believed it had to get its own house in order before any mega-deal.
Wagons may be a rarity but the Skoda Octavia RS Wagon trumps an SUV in just about every way,
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