This Month
Higher living costs are eating into your super. Here’s what to do
Retirees are vulnerable to inflation because higher living costs eat into carefully calibrated savings plans that do not benefit from the injection of regular wages. Here’s what to do.
Shares drop; Bendigo Bank jumps, SkyCity to pay $67m AUSTRAC penalty
Shares drop 0.85pc. Star’s license suspension extended. US equities swing lower. Iron ore climbs as China posts mixed data. Oil firms. Follow here.
This small cap has rocketed since South32’s manganese mine disaster
Shares in Jupiter Mines have doubled in value since Cyclone Megan forced the closure of one of the world’s biggest producers of the steel making commodity.
Shares eye record high on rate cut bets; WiseTech tops $100
Shares post best day in 2024. Economy adds 38,500 jobs on surging immigration. Bond yields retreat. Copper, gold, bitcoin rally. Follow here.
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Macquarie stokes ETF price war, slashes fees to 3 basis points
Macquarie wants to shake up the asset management sector with ETFs charging management fees as low as 3 basis points.
Shares smashed as optimistic shoppers prove no match for retail weakness
JB Hi-Fi and Baby Bunting were among stocks to slide amid disappointing earnings. But new Barrenjoey analysis suggests that the worst may have passed.
Shares fall; Baby Bunting crashes, retailers dive, banks drop
Shares slip 1.1pc. Retail worries mount on multiple trading updates. CBA’s profit slips 5pc, consumer debts creep higher. Westfield lifts investment after Bondi attack. Follow here.
Shares flat; Perpetual shares sink on KKR deal, Pinnacle jumps
Shares pare gains. ANZ sticks to Nov rate cut call. Dow rises for five straight days. Goodman lifts guidance. IPH lobs Qantm takeover bid. Leo Lithium sells $US343m tenement stake. Follow here.
ATO targets crypto traders’ tax affairs, bank details
The Tax Office is ramping up its surveillance of crypto traders, demanding that exchanges hand over details around clients’ ID, wallet addresses and bank accounts.
ASX queries Kogan executive options sale ahead of share plunge
The online retailer, in response to questions from the market operator, said it did not think a poor sales update that sent its stock tumbling was material.
ASX climbs a tech share rally; Pro Medicus hits record
Miners, tech lift shares 0.4pc. Afterpay grows sales 25pc. New car sales hit record in April. Apple lifts dividend, buyback to record $US110b. Follow here.
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NAB result boosts banks; Woolworths, Bapcor, Block sink
Shares rise. Sequoia Financial rebels demand CEO exit. NAB declares flat dividend. Woolworths says food prices largely flat, shares sink. Bapcor crashes. Fed says rate rise unlikely. Follow here.
What every buyer needs to know about auction clearance rates
Auction clearance rates give some clues about when to buy or sell.
AVZ flags delisting, shareholders face $2.8 billion wealth wipeout
The lithium explorer will delist on May 13 as more than 21,000 shareholders remain trapped in a company that joined the S&P/ASX 200 in 2022.
April
Shares sink; Anglo American rejects BHP’s ‘opportunistic’ proposal
Shares fall 1.2pc as rate cut hopes dim. BHP sinks on Anglo American deal. ResMed beats on profits. Wall Street lower on US GDP slowdown. Follow here.
Kogan executives handed $17.6m payday three weeks before stock crash
The online retailer disclosed earlier this month that key executives would be able to sell options back to the company without having to exchange them for shares.
How Australians are unlocking their crypto riches
Surging valuations mean many want ways to borrow cash against their digital windfalls, and one altcoin evangelist claims he has a solution.
Health care and bank stocks buoy ASX; Star extends decline
Shares end higher after Israel-Iran tensions fail to escalate; Cettire slumps after news that hedge fund LHC exited its position; Star shares continue to fall. Follow here for more.
Shares fall and gold, oil surge after reports of attack on Iran
Shares and commodities whipsawed on Friday, after reports of a missile attack on Iran sent ripples through global markets.
Shares, $A sink; gold, oil, bonds jump on Israeli strikes
Reports of Israeli airstrikes in Iran prompt investors to dump shares, buy gold, oil, bonds. Japan inflation falls to 2.7pc. US equity futures turn lower. Follow here.
