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Rolling rate rises continue for NZ, South Korea

14 Jul 2022 - Big rate rises Wednesday from two leading Asian central banks in South Korea and New Zealand.

Construction activity falls for 3rd quarter, June labour force figures ahead

13 Jul 2022 - Construction activity in Australia has tumbled for a 3rd straight quarter, according to the ABS. According to the HIA, the boom in building activity was linked to the…

Stocks of the Hour: KMD Brands, BNK Banking, Qantas, Regional Express

13 Jul 2022 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring, KMD Brands (ASX:KMD), BNK Banking (ASX:BBC), Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN), and Regional Express (ASX:REX).

ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) confirms MYOB talks with KKR

13 Jul 2022 - Rumours around ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) being in talks with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) about a potential acquisition of MYOB were confirmed today.

Buy the rumour, sell the news, Gold hangs on, USD climbs, Bear market deepens, US CPI print looms

13 Jul 2022 - The size and scope of the message coming from the treasuries market keeps getting stronger. Overnight, the US 2-year and 10-year yield inverted for a 5th straight da…

Bump in earnings for Viva despite bowser wowser

13 Jul 2022 - The high petrol and diesel prices seem to be having a mixed impact on Viva Energy, the refiner and Shell brand retailer in Australia.

Turnaround continues as Eagers beavers away

13 Jul 2022 - Sometimes it’s hard to work out the thinking of Australian investors. Yesterday the country’s biggest car dealer Eagers Automotive revealed a further upgrade for its …

Three Arrows founders shoot through

13 Jul 2022 - The co-founders of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) appear to be on the run from creditors, according to court documents filed in New York late las…

BNPL: From hip and sizzle to Zip and Sezzle

13 Jul 2022 - The Buy Now Pay later mess got messier Tuesday when the ZIP – Sezzle merger fell apart and the market realised the Commonwealth Bank’s stake in European giant Klarna,…

Stocks of the Hour: Envirosuite, Stealth Global, Firefinch

12 Jul 2022 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring, Envirosuite (ASX:EVS), Stealth Global (ASX:SGI), Firefinch (ASX:FFX)

Sezzle (ASX:SZL) and Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) abandon merger deal

12 Jul 2022 - Sezzle (ASX:SZL) and Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) have mutually agreed to abandon the deal to merge, effective immediately after signing it in February this year.

RAS Technology (ASX:RTH) signs 5-year deal with Entain for $5m

12 Jul 2022 - Sports betting company Entain Group has awarded Racing and Sports Technology Holdings (ASX:RTH) a 5-year extension on their deal to provide racing content valued at $…

M&A deal volume opposed across US and Australian landscape

12 Jul 2022 - In the U.S., high inflationary pressures, coupled with rising interest rates resulting in plunging markets, has caused M&A transactions to fall drastically. However, …

Covid spectre back haunting China

12 Jul 2022 - Don’t let anyone tell you that Covid is not a major influence on investor confidence and sharemarket activity – it is and right now it’s returning to once again worry…

Lawyers at thirty paces for Tesla, Twitter

12 Jul 2022 - The legal battle lines between Twitter and Elon Musk are being drawn up and an initial engagement could take place as soon as this week.

Covid cluster closes Macau casinos

12 Jul 2022 - Just when it looked like China was getting on top of Covid, an eruption in infection numbers in Macau has seen authorities order all the city’s casinos to close from …

US inflation, China's fresh curbs, Biden's Middle East trip - What are Treasuries telling us?

11 Jul 2022 - Investor sentiment continues to be weak as Covid-19 infections emerge in China while fresh Europe-Russia gas angst is mounting up.

Stocks of the Hour: Anson Resources, RPM Automotive, ImpediMed, Galileo Mining

11 Jul 2022 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring, Anson Resources (ASX:ASN), RPM Automotive Group (ASX:RPM), ImpediMed (ASX:IPD), and Galileo Mining (ASX:GAL).

Twitter bluebird the lawyers' golden goose

11 Jul 2022 - The Twitter takeover imbroglio is going to be a lawyers benefit unless Elon Musk and the company strike some sort of quick settlement.

BHP considering its options after Samarco ruling

11 Jul 2022 - BHP is thinking of appealing its loss in a British court on Friday in a £5 billion ($US8.7 billion) lawsuit brought against it by 202,600 Brazilian claimants who are …

Commodities Corner: Key week for the yellow metal

11 Jul 2022 - Even though the latest Australian government Resource and Energy Quarterly is bullish about the outlook for gold, especially from next year onwards, the short-term si…

Diary: Like tears in the rain

11 Jul 2022 - US inflation ideas will be tested this week with the consumer price index for June the major focus for investors on Wednesday and then the Producer Price Index the da…

Monday Market Minutes: Consolidation time

11 Jul 2022 - Investors won’t know what to focus on this week – the US second-quarter earnings season begins Thursday-Friday, with reports due out from six major banks, the June co…

Three weeks after funds freeze, Celsius nears its melting point

11 Jul 2022 - "Banks are not your friends" was the slogan printed on Alex Mashinsky’s t-shirt at last year's Web Summit in November, when his company was one of the biggest cryptoc…

Storm front on the horizon for US earnings season

11 Jul 2022 - There’s a week until the US second quarter earnings season starts with reporting from the usual suspects in the shape of the big six banks, an airline and a couple of…

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