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Glenn Dyer

Glenn Dyer has been a finance journalist and TV producer for more than 40 years. He has worked at Maxwell Newton Publications, Queensland Newspapers, AAP, The Australian Financial Review, The Nine Network and Crikey.

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Monday Market Minutes: Old lag signs

09 Jan 2023 - So 2023 is upon us and hopefully it will be better than 2022 was – even in Australia where the ASX 200’s loss was far smaller than the near 20% slide by the S&P 500.

Little Xmas cheer for Wall St from the Federal Grinch

17 Dec 2022 - It was more divot than pivot for the Wall Street hackers, who seem to have wildly misjudged the Federal Reserve’s course of action even as inflation continues to fall…

Punditry prognostications for 2023

17 Dec 2022 - BluSo with the Fed having spat in the pivot eggnog, what are big global investors thinking about 2023?

Casting a final eye over the commodities space

17 Dec 2022 - Let’s take a look at where some of the major commodities sit in the grand scheme of things and consider some factors to keep an eye out for over the next 12 months.

Retail sales point to recession fears: Goldman Sachs expects commodities to outperform

16 Dec 2022 - Stocks fell sharply Thursday after new data showed retail sales fell more than expected in November, raising fears that the Federal Reserve’s relentless interest rate…

Covid continues to ravage Chinese trade data

16 Dec 2022 - In its final economic data for November, China has given us a foretaste of what economic activity (and reporting) will be like in the first half – at least – of 2023,…

Labour market even tighter than Monetary policy

16 Dec 2022 - How many rate rises have we had from the Reserve Bank this year and the Australian labour market is still at its tightest in decades?

Woolies dips its paw into the specialty pet game

16 Dec 2022 - No booze, hotels or pokies and no food but more pets for Woolworths as it continues its move out of supermarkets into other areas of the $400 billion a year plus reta…

Auction, Citi re-rate send lithium stocks lower

16 Dec 2022 - Share prices of lithium companies took another fall yesterday after the latest Battery Materials Exchange (BMX) online lithium auction from Pilbara Minerals saw a sma…

Job done, Westpac Chairman takes his leave

15 Dec 2022 - Westpac (ASX:WBC) chairman John McFarlane says he will retire at next year’s annual meeting of the bank and in his second last speech to the bank’s AGM yesterday made…

Genesis Phase One complete with successful placement

15 Dec 2022 - The complicated takeover of St Barbara (ASX:SBM) by Genesis Minerals (ASX:GMD) is underway with a successful $275 million share placement aimed at financing the whole…

Santos deal a potential fly in the Warrego ointment

15 Dec 2022 - Was the Santos (ASX:STO) announcement on Wednesday that it had struck a new gas supply deal in WA a step up in the battle for control of Warrego Energy and the 50% st…

Orica remains unwavering in its self-belief

15 Dec 2022 - Despite worries about economic growth around the world next year, Orica (ASX:ORI) expects the confident forecast for its 2022-23 financial year made when the latest r…

Lack of confidence finally upon us, says NAB

14 Dec 2022 - Australian business conditions remained above average in November despite a small easing, but confidence levels turned negative for the first time in a year.

Bendigo & Adelaide gets festive early

14 Dec 2022 - An early Christmas present for shareholders in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) which on Tuesday revealed a surprise upgrade in guidance.

ASIC makes it personal for Star directors

14 Dec 2022 - Corporate watchdog ASIC has launched civil proceedings against 11 current and former Star Entertainment executives over alleged breaches relating to oversight of anti…

Speculation rife regarding Chalice WA setback

14 Dec 2022 - Are there unforeseen problems at Chalice Mining’s (ASX:CHN) huge nickel, copper, gold, platinum, palladium and cobalt find northeast of Perth that have forced the com…

Mincor upgrading nickel ops on shareholders' dime

13 Dec 2022 - WA nickel miner Mincor (ASX:MCR) is after $55 to $60 million to further boost its underground development at its Northern nickel operations in WA.

WBC walkout sends Tyro shares tumbling

13 Dec 2022 - Shares in Tyro Payments (ASX:TYR) fell more than 20% at one stage yesterday after Westpac ended takeover talks and a second, higher offer from a private equity group …

St. Barbara turns up in the Book of Genesis

13 Dec 2022 - Kerry Stokes looks likely to tighten his grip on the consolidation of gold mining in the Laverton area of the WA goldfields after Genesis Minerals moved to add St Bar…

Chile trade deal set to open renewables market for EU

13 Dec 2022 - BHP, Rio Tinto, South32, Lithium Power International, as well as Chile’s SQM and America’s Albemarle are among the companies that stand to benefit from a new deal bet…

Monday market minutes: Jumping at shadows

12 Dec 2022 - Wall Street investors and most American business media made the same mistake in assessing the US Producer Price inflation (PPI) data on Friday – preferring to believe…

Canberra sparks gas industry price unrest

12 Dec 2022 - A brawl is looming between Canberra, the East Coast gas industry and some investors over plans the federal government has to force the producers to fix their sales co…

Commodities corner: It takes two to contango

12 Dec 2022 - Once again events in the oil market – led by the looming Fed decision on interest rates this week and its impact on the value of the US dollar – have dominated commod…

Diary: Central by name, Central by nature

12 Dec 2022 - The coming week is being brought to you by the central bank club which sees a mass of meetings from some of its leading members.