Market Overview

NAB lifted its expectation that the cash rate could rise two more times to repel still-high inflation. Key points NAB economists predict the cash rate to peak at 4.10% by July - there is a...

In early 2023, the video streaming market was led by Prime Video, which accounted for 21% of all market share.Despite their large subscriber base, in 2022, not a single show from this streamer made it...

Last night saw US stocks finally break a five session downer with green across the board on the back of hope that the debt ceiling crisis may yet be averted, although this is rumour first and...

Every couple of years, it seems, the world watches in apprehension as the U.S. president and Congressional leaders play chicken over the nation’s debt limit. If the so-called ceiling can’t...

Losses took a toll on markets worldwide, with US stocks and bonds posting the smallest setbacks last week, based on a set of ETFs representing the major asset classes. By contrast, commodity and...

Our economic system is ultra-financialized and dependent on leverage.That’s why understanding the incentive scheme for investors and borrowers is an important step to piecing together the global...

In this video, we'll delve into the US government's debt crisis and the nail-biting suspense of Congress waiting until the last possible moment to act.I discuss the two biggest risks to the financial...

Global markets Global equities pulled back a little further last week with the S&P 500 inching back 0.3% after a 0.8% fall the previous week. The S&P appears to be struggling to break through...

The April update on US consumer inflation was widely reported as delivering another round of encouraging news. But a closer look at a broader set of inflation metrics suggests that further progress on...

What if I told you that future returns could approach zero? Such seems hard to believe, considering young investors piling back into the markets since the beginning of the year. As I discussed...

The April PPI report came in on the disinflationary side, and as a side note, unemployment claims jumped to the highest level since 2021. This has inflation-centric gold bugs scattering out of the...

Premier Mark McGowan unveiled the budget on Thursday, which has a surplus of $4.2 billion, identical to the federal budget released on Tuesday.The 2023-24 budget includes more than $715 million of...

Knowing what is priced in for Fed rate hikes or cuts is essential to understanding market movements.This video shows where to find changes in interest rate expectations and how to interpret the...

The US Federal Reserve raised rates by 0.25% last week, increasing its benchmark rate to between 5% and 5.25%: The highest since 2007.Although most investors expect that this latest hike will be the...