August 9, 2024

Dr Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist at AMP, discusses developments in investment markets over the past week, economic activity trackers, major global economic events and Australian economic events. Investment markets and key developments over the past week Following a bad start to the week on worries about a US recession made […]

Dr David Stamler – CEO – Alterity Therapeutics (ASX:ATH) is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating an alternate future for people living with neurodegenerative diseases.

Kathryn Cutler – CEO – Killi Resources (ASX:KLI) is a gold and copper exploration company with Australian based projects in WA & QLD – committed to the next new mineral discovery.

Brent Barnes – CEO & Managing Director – LBT Innovations (ASX:LBT) provides intelligent automation solutions to microbiology laboratories.

This week on The Last Word, Winston Sammut and Chris Gosling delve into the tumultuous market conditions triggered by interest rate uncertainty and the fallout from the US Federal Reserve’s decision. They also discuss the ongoing battle between the Australian government and the Reserve Bank, the implications of a potential early election, and the surprising

A hint of good economic news emerged from the Chinese economy on Friday, with inflation showing more signs of stirring. After more than a year of downward pressure on prices, pork prices in China reversed direction in July and pushed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up more than expected. Data from the country’s National Bureau

The rout in lithium continues worldwide after Albemarle and Arcadium last week and this week slashed mine, refinery, and exploration budgets in Australia, the US, Chile, and Argentina. The industry now awaits SQM’s cost-cutting measures to match declining revenue and losses. As the world’s second-largest producer, following Albemarle’s aggressive cuts, SQM is expected to follow

Will Mirvac (ASX:MGR) be a bellwether for the property sector for the current financial year with its warning of lower earnings for 2024-25? Judging by the 12% slide in the property group’s securities on Thursday, the market thinks so, especially as the sinking feeling about the timing of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank

Furniture retailer Nick Scali (ASX:NCK) hopes that 2023-24 will be a year it and the market can forget, after again cutting its dividend amid a not unexpected decline in revenue and sales for the 12 months. The group reported a 29% drop in earnings at the December 31 halfway mark, which was trimmed in the

American business analysts have just realized that Warren Buffett is the largest owner of short-term U.S. Treasury bills (or notes) – even larger than the Federal Reserve, America’s central bank. The figures are breathtaking. After selling nearly half his stake in Apple in the June quarter, Buffett and his managers did what he has been