Elon Musk Named Person of the Year (Twice)
Time magazine and the Financial Times this week both named Tesla founder and CEO – and undisputed King of the Twitterverse – Elon Musk as their person of The Year for 2021.
Read MoreTime magazine and the Financial Times this week both named Tesla founder and CEO – and undisputed King of the Twitterverse – Elon Musk as their person of The Year for 2021.
Read MoreInvestors should look anew at Newcrest’s Havieron WA prospect, the potential of which to be a major find looks to have improved following the latest end of year exploration update.
Read MoreGlobal copper prices rose on Thursday, jumping 2.4% to more than $US4.28 a pound on Comex, after news that one of the world’s major copper mines could close indefinitely.
Read MoreWe are seeing a very different approach to the one taken a year ago, as we again head into 2022 with Covid threatening global health and economic activity.
Read MoreImproving trends in key US segments show higher confidence in property stocks as a diversifying source of long-term returns and an effective inflationary hedge.
Read MoreIGO will pay $1.1 billion in cash for nickel miner Western Areas at $A3.36 per share, thereby confirming one of the worst kept secrets in the mining industry this year.
Read MoreQantas has warned of a “significant loss” for the December half as its recovering international business has been hit by the rise in global Covid omicron numbers.
Read MoreMichael Steele, Co-Portfolio Manager of Yarra’s Australian Smaller Companies Equities Strategy, looks at three themes for Australian small caps moving into 2022.
Read MoreThe RBA maintains that the dramatic change to US Federal Reserve monetary policy announced yesterday will have no impact on its own policy plans for 2022.
Read MoreWhile Covid-driven lockdowns saw the New Zealand economy shrink by a near record 3.7% September quarter, this wasn’t as bad as some had forecast.
Read MoreAs Covid case numbers rebound across the country – especially in NSW and South Australia – we are getting constant reminders of the continuing dangers from the virus.
Read MoreQantas has delivered a major blow to Boeing and its 737 series of jets by choosing Airbus as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic passenger fleet.
Read MoreThe ACCC has greenlit Woodside Petroleum’s proposed acquisition of BHP Petroleum.
Read MoreThe US Federal Reserve has made a dramatic change to its monetary policy – much more dramatic than any forecaster had predicted.
Read MoreRob Wilson and Rob Almeida from MFS discuss how efforts to become more sustainable will challenge many companies and perhaps even bankrupt some.
Read MoreThe final part of China’s November economic data dump yesterday showed another weakening in investment and retail sales but a small gain for industrial production.
Read MoreA shock 20% plus slump in China’s November production data from a year earlier may well take the recent gusts of favourable winds out of iron ore’s sails.
Read MoreWestpac chair John McFarlane apologised to shareholders after poor recent financial results raised serious questions about the bank’s ability to control its costs.
Read MoreWesfarmers’ decision yesterday not to sell its 19% stake in API is seen by most market pundits as effectively being a blocking move against the bid from rival Woolworths.
Read MoreNervous times for Afterpay shareholders as the value of the Block deal continues to slide as it awaits final approval from the sole remaining regulator, the Bank of Spain.
Read MoreCorporate Connect analyst Joh Snyman has released an updated research report on Laybuy (ASX: LBY), which after recent price weakness may be the focus of corporate activity.
Read MoreDespite the recovery in dividend payments this year, Scott Kelly from DNR Capital believes investors would be wise to recognise that not all income strategies are delivering.
Read MoreThe attached video covers biotech company Immutep’s latest news on their Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (LAG-3) treatment and outlook for the coming 12 months.
Read MoreNoront Resources is willing to talk to its new highest-priced suitor Wyloo Metals, the company controlled by Fortescue Metals chair Andrew Forrest.
Read MoreCovid’s Omicron variant emergence will see global oil demand slow by 100,000 barrels per day for the rest of 2021 and 2022 according to the IEA’s latest forecasts.
Read MoreBig global investors have cut their holdings of equities to a yearly low and lifted their cash holdings ahead of some key central bank decisions this week.
Read MoreGAM Investments’ Julian Howard believes sideways is a viable outcome for markets and that skilfully identifying consistent and independent sources of return is likely to be key.
Read MoreAn upbeat December business survey from the NAB yesterday says the economy is well placed to perhaps grow a little faster in 2022, despite the new Omicron variant of Covid.
Read MoreCSL announced late Tuesday that it has struck a deal to buy Swiss-based Vifor Pharma Ltd for $A16.4 billion, its biggest deal since listing in 1994.
Read MoreShares in Woolworths were whacked hard on Tuesday after the company revealed a shock first half earnings downgrade because of soaring Covid-related costs.
Read MoreRio Tinto has agreed to write off Mongolia’s outstanding $US2.3 billion debt for its share of the cost of developing the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project.
Read MoreT. Rowe Price’s Sam Ruiz gives his thoughts on how global equity markets have played out across sectors and around the world in the past month, and how his firm’s Global Fund has responded.
Read MoreThe New Zealand government has revamped its support for Air New Zealand by a further $NZ500 million and extended the repayment date by almost three years.
Read MoreOne of the less than expected by-products of the ‘COVID cycle’ has been the boom in household savings. Quay Global Investors explains why this might be.
Read MoreAll eyes will be on the board of Canada’s Noront Resources to see their reaction to the increased offer price from Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals.
Read MoreIn his final column with us for the year, AMP’s Shane Oliver reviews investment returns and their key drivers in 2021 and takes a look at the investment outlook for 2022.
Read MoreRamsay Healthcare has gone back to the UK private health sector with a very different and lower priced expansion idea, announcing a $1.4 billion purchase of Elysium Healthcare.
Read MoreThe market breathed a sigh of relief yesterday on news that Orica had finally offloaded Minova, which had haunted the company’s balance sheet for a decade and a half.
Read MoreAs the effort to slow climate change gains momentum, the relationship we have with commodities will be affected in wide-ranging ways—some more obvious than others.
Read MoreCatch up on the full webinar with presentations from Prospect Resources (ASX: PSC), Amaero International (ASX: 3DA), Dundas Minerals (ASX: DUN) & ArchTIS (ASX: AR9)
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