Market Overview

Under a business as usual scenario, Queensland’s economy will grow 31% over the 10 years to 2032–33.This is compared with a 27% expansion of the national economy. However, if new targets...

Release the HoundsWould the last listed company in Australia please turn out the lights. Lithium miners have been in either the top five index winners or losers lists more days this year than not, and...

In 1992, judge Giovanni Falcone was killed by the Sicilian mafia.Falcone and his colleague Borsellino were at forefront of major investigations that uncovered much of the mafia’s business and...

Emergency Fed support for banks is at Great Financial Crisis proportions on some measures. Deposit flight from smaller banks remains a worry to boot. It should not be, but is. That said, there is...

No banking contagion news allows rates to jump back, but we doubt more than one Fed hike can be priced by the curve. This means the 2Y hovering around a 4% yield. Euro rates have more upside on a...

Ten months prior, 21,663 new loans were issued for the purchase of investment property, but a steep decline since has seen this figure fall to just 11,485.Key pointsCoreLogic report finds the number...

February’s increase follows a 1.8% rise in January 2023 as Aussies sought to make the most out of the summer holidays.Key pointsRetail sales lifted a modest 0.2% in February, driven by spending...

The first 2 weeks of April are the hardest to trade. Find out why and tips on how to improve your chance of profits.

DXY was soft last night:   AUD did not benefit much:Oil is everybody’s pain. Gold fell:Not much bank stress in commods or EM (NYSE:EEM):US yields took off as bank fears ebbed:Stocks did a...

Nearly all the components of the major asset classes posted gains last week, based on a set of proxy ETFs. Real estate shares in the US and around the world were the downside exceptions, based on...

The currently booming market for second hand cars notwithstanding, cars tend to depreciate quickly. While it varies between make and model, new vehicles can lose as much as 30% of their value after...

This comes as Mr Elliott (pictured above) detailed the causes of current market ructions are considerably different to the factors behind the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. Key points ANZ...

Market sentiment remains focused on the ongoing stresses in the global banking system this week, following Deutsche Bank's (ETR:DBKGn) decline of 8.5% during Friday's trade.Bitcoin remains buoyant...

Global marketsLast week an eerie calm descended on global markets. Equities squeezed out a second week of small gains while bond yields and the US dollar eased. Although all central banks that faced...