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Commodities corner: Oh, those Russians

13 Feb 2023 - Oil ended up dominating the end of the week on Friday and will drive prices for some of this week after Russia said it will cut production by 500,000 barrels a day ne…

Diary: Huffing and puffing

13 Feb 2023 - Hello, it’s the US Consumer Price Index here, back again to terrorise markets and investors for a day or two this week. This time the data will be for January and kno…

Monday market minutes: A test of faith

13 Feb 2023 - With America’s January inflation readings set to dominate markets in the week ahead, will investors be forced to abandon the optimism that has seen gains of 6% to 7% …

Coming to terms with disinflation

11 Feb 2023 - Disinflation is a fall in the rate of inflation – a slowdown in the rate of increase of the general price level of goods and services over time (preferably a quarter …

The New York Times: All the black ink that's fit to print

11 Feb 2023 - Make your own decision about the relative seriousness of the problems confronting major media groups Disney and News Corp, then compare them to the enormous success a…

Netflix streaming ahead as its rivals stumble

11 Feb 2023 - Disney threw in the towel this week, leaving Netflix as the winner of the streaming video war. Its rivals including Disney have been left in tatters, bleeding billion…

Stocks of the Hour: Consolidated Zinc, Riversgold, Arovella Therapeutics

10 Feb 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Consolidated Zinc (ASX:CZL), Riversgold (ASX:RGL) and Arovella Therapeutics (ASX:ALA).

Moody's comfortable with Newmont-Newcrest deal

10 Feb 2023 - Ratings group Moody’s has given a tick to Newmont’s all paper $A24 billion proposed offer for Newcrest (ASX:NCM).

Rates up, prices down Mirvac hits the wall

10 Feb 2023 - Mirvac (ASX:MGR) ran out of puff in the six months to December as the rising interest rates, falling property prices and investor interest and a weakening in the valu…

AGL shares slump 10% on less than gas result

10 Feb 2023 - AGL slumped to a first-half loss of $1.1 billion and halved its interim dividend as a result.

Lunar New Year keeps Chinese EV market subdued

10 Feb 2023 - As expected China’s January car sales were weaker than forecast thanks to a combination of the earlier timing of the Lunar New Year break and the ending of most purch…

Stocks of the Hour: Kairos Minerals, Accelerate Resources, Argenica Therapeutics

09 Feb 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Kairos Minerals (ASX:KAI), Accelerate Resources (ASX:AX8) and Argenica Therapeutics (ASX:AGN).

Right deposit, right place: ABx looks a rare earths winner

09 Feb 2023 - For Tasmanian rare-earths hopeful ABx Group (ASX:ABX), the ability to extract the coveted material economically is just as important as having a well-located deposit …

Market Murmurs: BLD, AMC

09 Feb 2023 - Solid enough December half-yearly reports were released on Wednesday by two of our country’s industrial giants – the Kerry Stokes-controlled Boral (ASX:BLD) and packa…

SUN is shining, though weather not so sweet

09 Feb 2023 - Higher premiums, a timely release of $150 million in reserves and improved returns from investments saw Brisbane-based Suncorp’s (ASX:SUN) net profit jump 44% to $560…

From gabfest to Gabon for Fortescue

09 Feb 2023 - Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) has turned a couple of years of talk into a deal to start what looks like a trial iron ore mining operation in Gabon.

Stocks of the Hour: Tennant Minerals, Latin Resources, INOVIQ

08 Feb 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Tennant Minerals (ASX:TMS), Latin Resources (ASX:LRS) and INOVIQ (ASX:IIQ).

Transurban CEO decides to hit the road

08 Feb 2023 - Transurban’s (ASX:TCL) chief executive Andrew Charlton says he will depart the toll road giant this year as the company reported record results for the December half …

Commodities cover weakness elsewhere for Macquarie

08 Feb 2023 - Investors reacted cautiously to Tuesday’s third quarter earnings update (that’s the one the investment bank issues without the actual figures) from Macquarie Group (A…

Barrick content to cheer on Newmont from the sideline

08 Feb 2023 - Little surprise Newmont shares lost more than 4% in value in trading on Monday in New York after its $A24 billion all-paper attempt to swallow Newcrest (ASX:NCM) was …

RBA goes slow and steady with the rates

08 Feb 2023 - Sort of normal service again from the Reserve Bank – an increase of 0.25% in the cash rate to 3.35% and a warning of more increases to come.

Stocks of the Hour: C29 Metals, EV Resources, Memphasys

07 Feb 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring C29 Metals (ASX:C29), EV Resources (ASX:EVR) and Memphasys (ASX:MEM).

RBA rate rise risk is slightly to the upside

07 Feb 2023 - Reserve Bank meetings always see a lot of speculation about the cash rate decision and since both the stronger quarterly inflation reading and the solid jobs data in …

Scali numbers lacking that certain polish

07 Feb 2023 - Sydney-based furniture retailer Nick Scali (ASX:NCK) produced a mixed interim report on Monday – one from which some investors and commentators mistakenly construed t…

Sunrise appeal slowly dawning on Woodside

07 Feb 2023 - Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) has softened its opposition to the Greater Sunrise LNG Project with the announcement yesterday of a dual path viability study to see if gas …

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