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St Barbara (ASX:SBM) to choose between proposals

20 Jun 2023 - Decision day today for shareholders in St Barbara (ASX:SBM), with a special meeting to vote on whether to go with old beau Genesis Minerals (ASX:GMD) or encourage lat…

Oil wobbles as market waits on Powell

20 Jun 2023 - Global oil prices wobbled lower in Asian trading in a holiday-shortened Monday session with traders waiting for two separate appearances by Fed chair, Jay Powell late…

China cuts

20 Jun 2023 - A big day for the Chinese economy, stock market and investors today when the final round of interest rate cuts happens.

PointsBet enters negotiations with DraftKings for sale of its US business

20 Jun 2023 - Australian sports betting powerhouse PointsBet (ASX:PBH) has increased by nearly 20 per cent to its highest level in a month after announcing to the market that they …

Key events to watch this week

20 Jun 2023 - US markets will observe a closure on Monday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday, with trading set to resume on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST). While US investors take a…

Solar power investment set to surpass oil, but fossil fuel spending still a concern, Says IEA

20 Jun 2023 - The International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted that investment in solar power will surpass that in oil for the first time this year, marking a significant milest…

Stocks of the Hour: Lake Resources, Bastion Minerals, Dateline Resources

19 Jun 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Lake Resources (ASX:LKE), Bastion Minerals (ASX:BMO) and Dateline Resources (ASX:DTR).

Big day for economy: Final round of Chinese rate cuts expected

18 Jun 2023 - A big day for the Chinese economy, stock market and investors on Tuesday when the final round of interest rate cuts will happen.

Glimpse of a bull: gains in tech over week

18 Jun 2023 - Wall Street closed out its best week since March on a down note on Friday, which will see the ASX 200 start trading on Monday with a line ball loss.

Treading water: quiet week expected

18 Jun 2023 - A quiet week ahead. There’s a public holiday in America, so markets will tread water for most of today.

Will gold remain buoyant?

18 Jun 2023 - Gold prices faded last week as the new enthusiasm for equities again dominated, with the S&P 500 shaking free of the bears and stumbling into a bull phase.

Tesla follows Fed lead and opts for a pause

17 Jun 2023 - Tesla’s record 13-day streak of gains came to an end on Wednesday when the shares dipped 0.74%, snapping a run that added $US240 billion to its market value and more …

AI FOMO powers frenzied big tech rally

17 Jun 2023 - Global fund managers have a bad case of Fear of Missing Out as they chase the artificial intelligence-driven tech rally and ignored the weak economic outlook and hawk…

Molong prospects set to brighten for Alkane

17 Jun 2023 - A seemingly modest update this week seems certain to result in Alkane boosting the already large estimated resource at its large porphyry copper gold prospects, Kaise…

First Quantum mechanics get complicated

17 Jun 2023 - The hunt for copper is stepping up with Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, one of the world’s major miners, drifting into the sights of some of the world’s major player…

Stocks of the Hour: Iceni Gold, Austco, Errawarra Resources

16 Jun 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Iceni Gold (ASX:ICL), Austco (ASX:AHC) and Errawarra Resources (ASX:ERW).

Bourse Discourse: AVG, RFG, EHL

16 Jun 2023 - News snippets during Thursday’s ASX trading session from three companies at the smaller end of the local industrials sector.

Inbound soft landing, according to the Fed

16 Jun 2023 - The US Federal Reserve now thinks it has managed to guide the US economy onto the firm bit of the runway, instead of an overshoot into a recession, as it seemed to su…

Chinese steel production at 3-month low despite ore lift

16 Jun 2023 - Chinese crude steel production dipped again in May to a three month low, defying optimism from a solid rise in iron ore imports in the month.

Local labour market still refuses to soften

16 Jun 2023 - Twelve times the Reserve Bank has lifted its cash rate to try cap and then push inflation lower by slowing demand, and yet the jobs market has refused to buckle.

Stocks of the Hour: Magnis Energy Tech, GreenTech Metals, QX Res, Lake Res

15 Jun 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Magnis Energy Technologies (ASX:MNS), GreenTech Metals (ASX:GRE), QX Resources (ASX:QXR) and Lake Resources (ASX:LKE).

Market smells blood, gives CSL a whack

15 Jun 2023 - Shares in pharma giant CSL (ASX:CSL) took a hit yesterday after it revealed a larger than forecast loss from currency movements for its 2022-23 financial year.

Cobram Estate Olives having a bit each-way

15 Jun 2023 - An apparent paradox was reported yesterday by the listed olives group Cobram Estates (ASX:CBO).

Grain giants merger in the hands of the regulators

15 Jun 2023 - Australia’s competition regulator the ACCC will play a powerful role in determining the final shape of the proposed merger of global grain giants Bunge and Viterra.

To pause or not to pause, that is the question

15 Jun 2023 - The impact of the sharp fall in US consumer inflation in May on the interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve will be well known by the time you read this Thur…

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