February 2024

As central bankers navigate the confusion of an easing rate path, investors may still look to gold as protection against sticky inflation. A year of distress and corporate collapses sent panic through the financial system, from the concerns of the US regional banking collapse to the forced Credit Suisse acquisition and threat of runaway inflation. […]

2024 outlook could be bullish for an Australian Dollar resurgence as the Fed cuts rates and commodities lift. The cycle of the Australian dollar often swings with the boom and bust of commodities. In a post-GFC world, this relationship has become highly correlated with more proactive Central Bank targeting. As the US employed quantitative easing

Wall Street is record-setting, especially among tech and near-tech stocks. Industrials and financials are sagging, and the Magnificent Seven has become six, with Tesla falling behind Apple (a bit weak as well), Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft (more a ‘Stellar Six’ now than magnificent). And then there’s Netflix, back among the stars after a

The Kerry Stokes-controlled building products giant, Boral (ASX:BLD), has upgraded its full-year earnings guidance after revealing a strong performance for the six months to December. Boral said that the “strong revenue and earnings growth with margin expansion” for the December half-year had seen its underlying EBIT guidance increase to $330 to $350 million from $300

To register for today’s webinar click here. NOVONIX (NASDAQ:NVX, ASX:NVX), a leading battery materials and technology company, and Panasonic Energy Co, a leading manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries in North America, has announced the signing of a binding off-take agreement for high-performance synthetic graphite anode material to be supplied to Panasonic Energy’s North American operations

Michele Bullock suggests that the Reserve Bank of Australia can lower interest rates even before inflation reaches the 2.5 percent target, emphasising the importance of confidence in reaching the target when adjusting monetary policy to avoid abrupt changes. At 11:30am, the S&P/ASX 200 is 0.13 per cent lower at 7,629.40. The SPI futures are pointing

The following transcript was AI-generated. Paul Sanger: I am Paul Sanger for the Finance News Network. And as always, on a Friday, we are talking today with Winston Sammut, an investor manager at Euree Asset Management. Winston has over 40 years investment experience, including 20 years in the listed property industry. Winston was previously the head

Google has announced a significant rebranding of its AI chatbot and assistant, formerly known as Bard, unveiling it as Gemini. The rebrand comes alongside the launch of a new app and subscription options for users. Gemini, a key competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, shares its name with the suite of AI models powering the chatbot. The

The S&P 500 finished little changed on Thursday after briefly topping the 5,000 milestone for the first time on record. The broad-based index edged up 0.06 per cent to finish at 4,997.91 after reaching a high of 5,000.40 heading into the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 48.97 points, or 0.13 per cent, to

One way to slow or halt stock market uncertainty is to call a holiday. Usually, that ends up being bad news because when trading resumes, the slide continues and even deepens. Regardless of what happens, for China’s shattered stock markets, the week-long break for the Lunar New Year couldn’t come too soon on Thursday. Markets