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Momentum trade sell-off: Why retail investors are suffering as high-flying stocks plunge in July
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (101+ words) Momentum crash hits ‘you only live once’ traders’ returns AFR A rapid sell-off in the high-flying momentum trade is wrecking the strategy’s staunchest bulls: Retail traders. A basket of 50 stocks favoured by amateur investors, which includes names like Robinhood Markets…...
Unprecedented tech inflation will drive rates higher
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (113+ words) AFR The big recent development in markets has been traders flirting with the possibility of a much earlier than expected interest rate increase from the US Federal Reserve at its next meeting at the end of this month, or in…...
Strait of Hormuz meets El Nino: Citi economist’s twin growth threat
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (84+ words) AFR The bank’s top economist says oil prices are unlikely to sink the economy, but they could collide with another big force. Citi’s top global economist, Nathan Sheets, has spent the day at home, out of the office, writing his…...
Inflation a bigger worry than housing for Australians
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (85+ words) AFR High inflation is a much bigger concern for Australians than housing affordability, interest rates and wages, upping the ante on the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Albanese government to get persistent price pressures under control. However, a lack…...
The Federal Reserve needs to tighten monetary policy
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (79+ words) AFR The pressure on Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh to tighten monetary policy has receded a bit. The Consumer Price Index report for June was benign. Not only did overall rate of inflation fall, helped by the sharp drop in…...
We’re working more and getting less
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (48+ words) AFR If you feel poorer today than four years ago, that’s because you are poorer today than four years ago. Productivity is a tricky subject for politicians. At best, mere mention of the word makes people’s eyes glaze over....
‘Back to the 1950s’: Sydney’s home ownership tumbles
1+ week, 1+ day ago (90+ words) AFR Sydney’s home ownership rates have fallen to their lowest level since the 1950s as the city’s lack of affordable housing prices first home buyers out of the market and prompts some young families to leave the city altogether. The research,…...
Demand for mortgages slumps in June as tax changes, rates bite
1+ week, 1+ day ago (80+ words) AFR The downturn in the mortgage market triggered by property tax changes and higher interest rates is gathering pace, with demand for home loans plunging 14 per cent in June, underlining the growing headwinds facing the bank sector. The decline accelerated…...
Trump’s inflation victory lap might be premature
1+ week, 2+ day ago (97+ words) AFR A sharper than expected slowdown in consumer prices in June should not be considered “mission accomplished” says Fed chairman Kevin Warsh. Washington | Donald Trump, with an eye on November’s midterm elections, was spoilt for choice on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST)…...
Super fixed the bond market, now equities are the problem
1+ week, 2+ day ago (109+ words) AFR Australian fixed income is on fire, and without any meaningful intervention. So when should we consider meddling with our capital markets? When Visy Industries and The Australian Financial Review first joined forces a decade ago to explore what could…...