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191,000 and Confused
After the recent government shutdown left policymakers flying blind, the first meaningful signpost - the upcoming PCE inflation report - is eagerly awaited by investors, analysts, and anyone who...
05 December 2025 at 12:56 am AEDT
Small is Beautiful Again?
In their ongoing quest for profitable year-end strategies and beyond, investors are once again turning their attention to small caps, speculating that the newly configured Federal Reserve may prove to...
04 December 2025 at 06:05 pm AEDT
Wall Street's Dovish Delusion?
Wall Street opened Wednesday in a hopeful mood, but the optimism didn't survive contact with reality. What began as a confident lean into the idea of a near-term Fed rate cut abruptly reversed,...
04 December 2025 at 01:32 am AEDT
Bitcoin puts Wall Street back on track
The stock market continues to move in fits and starts. The prospect of a Federal Reserve rate cut in a week's time has helped wipe out early November's losses, but doubts linger. Nevertheless,...
03 December 2025 at 06:12 pm AEDT
Ready or Not It's Coming
Markets do not usually enjoy surprises, yet they keep receiving them. Markets brought an end yesterday to the late-November rebound. Indices, having run their course, ultimately ran out of steam....
03 December 2025 at 01:01 am AEDT
The Bank of Japan returns to ruffle markets (slightly)
Markets brought an end yesterday to the late-November rebound. Indices, having run their course, ultimately ran out of steam. Meanwhile, Japanese monetary policy made a return to the international...
02 December 2025 at 06:12 pm AEDT
Markets Search for Solid Ground
The world economy is starting December in an oddly split-screen mood. On one side, investors are busy betting that America's central bank is about to cut interest rates again. On the other, reality...
02 December 2025 at 01:08 am AEDT
Wall Street scrapes through to extend winning streak
The bout of investor anxiety that took hold in November was largely swept away by a vigorous week of trading. Yet underlying jitters remain over risk assets, as evidenced by the 12% and 20% respective...
01 December 2025 at 06:22 pm AEDT
November's Final Verdict
A rare freeze at CME Group's data centers halted trading in key U.S. futures markets, offering a jarring reminder of how fragile the plumbing of global finance can be. The outage arrived on an...
29 November 2025 at 12:29 am AEDT
On the stock market, November goes all in on Friday
European markets were left to drift yesterday in the absence of their usual compass, with Wall Street closed for Thanksgiving - a holiday famed for its stuffed poultry and pumpkin pie. The lack of...
28 November 2025 at 06:10 pm AEDT
No more seasons: Wall Street kicks off the year-end rally early
If you know a turkey, now is the time to advise it to lay low: it's Thanksgiving, the American holiday poultry dreads. Wall Street is already halfway into its long weekend, with markets closed today...
27 November 2025 at 06:22 pm AEDT
The rate-cut riddle and America's curious economic confidence
America's economy, it seems, is delivering just the right amount of disappointment.
27 November 2025 at 12:59 am AEDT
The Market Rediscovers Its Spark
November may have gotten off to a rocky start, but equity markets have come roaring back. Three consecutive green sessions in the United States. Two in Europe. While the speculative fever around AI...
26 November 2025 at 06:18 pm AEDT
Wall Street Continues to Shift
The global economy remains in flux, full of abrupt developments and shifting expectations. Yet the latest news shows that progress hasn't stalled. Tech giants are once again outperforming, central...
26 November 2025 at 12:55 am AEDT
Nasdaq bets on the Fed put
Investor convictions appear strikingly soft this autumn. To paint with slightly broad strokes, last week's sentiment swung from extreme pessimism to sudden optimism. At first, artificial intelligence...
25 November 2025 at 06:28 pm AEDT
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