Lithium stocks led the way in an Australia Day-shortened trading week but the more important news, which will shape markets for the next few months, is that inflation is not yet under control and...

China’s rush to reboot its slowing economy is underpinning confidence in the Australian stock market, but the Chinese shift has been so sudden that signs of dislocation are emerging, such as evidence of a...

Is the boom back? That’s a question worth asking after a fabulous opening burst of trading on the Australian stock market since the start of the new year.

The Santa rally which has delivered a 10% rise in the Australian stock market over the past three months started to fade this week as investors took a look at 2023 and the waves...

Energy sector deals, funded in part by the re-allocation of iron ore profits, put a spark in the stock market this week even as investment banks ran fresh storm warnings up their economic flagpoles.

Christmas came early this week for investors as interest rate pressure eased, the battery metals rush accelerated, gold bounced and Australia’s soccer team progressed to the final 16 of the World Cup.

Discovery and deal news was the highlight of a week of steadily rising share prices, but with the most significant event being signs of a breakdown in the relationship between governments and central banks...

Takeover time and the promise of an easier-to-deal-with China sparked a burst of optimism on the Australian stock market this week, where the hunt for energy assets, old and new, picked up speed.

Gold moved back to centre stage for Australian investors this week but the bigger event was in the wings with the collapse of a cryptocurrency exchange which has been dubbed “crypto’s Lehman moment”.

Costs, especially the cost of money, weighed heavily on financial and commodity markets this week with the U.S. central bank warning after its latest jumbo interest rate increase that rates will keep rising until...