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CPI data offers no clear way forward for Fed

14 Apr 2023 - Like the March job numbers there was just enough in the US consumer price index data overnight to justify both another quarter of a percent rate hike from the Federal…

US forecasters get a bad case of the gloomies

14 Apr 2023 - America’s March quarter earnings season kicks off tonight and there’s a very negative trend emerging which should worry investors large and small.

Job market seemingly impervious to rate rises

14 Apr 2023 - It’s all about lags at the moment in economic analysis and policymaking in the wake of all those rate rises from the Reserve Bank in the past year.

Chinese exports a green blip in a sea of red

14 Apr 2023 - An unexpected surge in Chinese exports in March doesn’t alter the reality of a weak domestic economy as was underlined earlier this week by more deflation in consumer…

Stocks of the Hour: Omega Oil & Gas, Future Battery Minerals, RareX

13 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Omega Oil & Gas (ASX:OMA), Future Battery Minerals (ASX:FBM) and RareX (ASX:REE).

Poor quarter sees Whitehaven cut forecasts

13 Apr 2023 - Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) warned Wednesday that a weak production performance in the three months to March had forced it to cut its 2022-23 guidance and output and sa…

Westgold remains confident of meeting guidance

13 Apr 2023 - Westgold (ASX:WGX) says it is looking at reaching the top end of its 2022-23 gold production guidance after a solid effort in the three months to March.

Glencore tightens screws on Teck bid

13 Apr 2023 - Glencore’s move on Teck Resources is getting interesting with a cash component added to the previously all-share offer placing extra pressure on Teck to delay a key s…

Buffett, Berkshire continue China-Japan pivot

13 Apr 2023 - This week saw two contrasting investment decisions by Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway empire.

Stocks of the Hour: Fiji Kava, Toro Energy, Heavy Rare Earths

12 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Fiji Kava (ASX:FIJ), Toro Energy (ASX:TOE) and Heavy Rare Earths (ASX:HRE).

Evolution buoyant despite Ernest Henry dampener

12 Apr 2023 - As expected the big wet in northern Queensland early last month has taken a toll on Evolution Mining’s March and June quarter and full financial year gold and copper …

Newmont sweetens the Newcrest pot

12 Apr 2023 - The chances of Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) falling to foreign control rose on Tuesday after Newmont recast the terms of its February bid, effectively boosting it to mor…

Cost easing the key data from NAB survey

12 Apr 2023 - The National Australia Bank’s March business conditions and confidence survey could be enough to encourage the Reserve Bank’s to leave its hands off its interest rate…

Chinese economy remains stubbornly sluggish

12 Apr 2023 - China’s economy is in desperate need of a stimulus whack that the Communist party government led by President Xi Jinping doesn’t want to administer.

Stocks of the Hour: Ionic Rare Earths, Arafura Rare Earths, Labyrinth Resources

11 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR), Arafura Rare Earths (ASX:ARU) and Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL).

Commodities corner: Energy sector in flux

11 Apr 2023 - Oil prices had a big week last week thanks to those surprise production cuts by the OPEC+ group.

Diary: Scant margin for error

11 Apr 2023 - While markets in this holiday-shortened week will focus on US and Chinese inflation, Chinese trade data and several central bank meetings, Australian investors will h…

Tuesday market minutes: Short but (hopefully) sweet

11 Apr 2023 - March inflation reports for the world’s two biggest economies come to the fore today and tomorrow as the tensions from March’s brush with a major banking crisis conti…

Economics wrap: Overinflated and overfed

11 Apr 2023 - For the US it’s the usual confusion on US monetary policy this week ahead of the next meeting of the Fed, still weeks away in early May.

No Shortage of JV interest for Chalice and Gonneville

06 Apr 2023 - Chalice Mining (ASX:CHN) is being knocked down in the rush of global companies wanting to get involved with the mining, processing and selling of the renewable metals…

Oz given inside lane pass on US IRA expressway

06 Apr 2023 - Australia’s preferential role in America’s huge renewable spending boom and subsidies has been cemented by the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) latest…

River of gold ready to burst its banks

06 Apr 2023 - How many bulls are enough so far as gold is concerned now that the metal is within sight of an all-time high?

Stocks of the Hour: Immuron, Western Mines Group, Cooper Metals

06 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Immuron (ASX:IMC), Western Mines Group (ASX:WMG) and Cooper Metals (ASX:CPM).

Hoover House Genesis proving problematic

06 Apr 2023 - It’s back to the drawing board for the would-be nascent gold miner Hoover House as its birth proves to be a much tougher delivery for its parents – the Kerry Stokes-b…

Super man finally hangs up his cape

06 Apr 2023 - One of the giants of Australian retailing has finally taken his leave of the company he founded and the sector he helped create 51 years ago from his home in Brisbane…

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