Market Overview

WA's new Student Assistance Payment aims to ease the burden of school expenses on parents and guardians. Key points The WA Government will provide $103.5 million of support payments to families of...

The Kick Starter offer is an additional 0.50% p.a that is added on to the ongoing variable Savings Accelerator rate for the introductory term, up to balances of $500,000. Key points ING adds new...

Global markets Is it just me, or is it getting hot in here? US stocks eased back only a touch further last week despite a lurch higher in bond yields and two stronger-than-expected inflation reports....

Wall Street capped off a volatile week with another poor closing session on Friday night as more domestic US economic data muddied the waters on what direction the Fed will take going into the the...

DXY firmed Friday night:AUD fell:With North Asia:Oil popped, gold dropped:Copper is one man base metals band:The miner retest gathers pace:EM puked:But junk was firm:Yields whoa!A stock correction may...

The Fed is expected to maintain interest rates at its March 20 meeting. Recent U.S. inflation reports have reduced expectations for a rate cut by June. Nike & FedEx to report Q3 earnings on March...

Stocks finished the day lower following a hotter-than-expected PPI report, which sharply increased rates and the dollar, helping widen credit spreads.The 10-year rate rose by ten bps on the day, and...

A firmer than expected PPI inflation print overnight sent Wall Street stumbling again as retail sales also softened greater than expected. This lead to a rise in both the USD and bond yields, muddying...

Super Tuesday was, if I may, super obvious. Former President Donald Trump clinched nearly every delegate that was up for grabs last week, forcing his Republican challenger, Nikki Haley, out of the...

The mixed news on inflation earlier this week and today didn’t help, but neither did sticky inflation news derail expectations that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in June....

Stocks finished mostly lower on the day, with the S&P 500 dropping 19 bps and the NASDAQ 100 falling by 83 bps.Today, we get PPI and Retail sales, and based on the VIX 1-Day, the market...

Risk markets were again quite muted overnight with the USD falling slightly in the wake of the recent inflation print as markets overall are positioning for next week’s Fed meeting. Wall Street...

February's CPI report came in hotter than expected for the second straight month. Sticky inflation suggests the Fed could delay an anticipated June interest rate cut despite the market’s...

Social media users claiming to be Bougie Broke share pictures of their fancy cars, high-fashion clothing, and selfies in exotic locations and expensive restaurants. Yet they complain about living...