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The Market Ear on the bear. Shake out, or? A perfect storm may be brewing: the S&P’s death cross reappears just as investor confidence hits new lows and equity outflows surge. With tech allocations plunging and volatility well bid, the big question is — is this a shakeout or the start of a larger unwind?

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Former RBA man Peter Tulip does a good job of destroying the current array of house price appreciation policies offered in the election. He concludes at the AFR. Immigration policy is not usually considered as “housing policy”, but it actually has larger effects on affordability than most of the measures discussed above. The Coalition is

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Risk sentiment is flat lining again as stock market volatility moves lower but all eyes still remain on US Treasuries and the USD itself with Swiss Franc now taking the lead while Euro took a slight back seat on poor sentiment readings in Germany. The impact on global trade continues to be felt with leading

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The latest pricing from the interest rate futures market has the official cash rate falling to 2.9% by year’s end, suggesting another five 0.25% rate cuts this calendar year. The minutes from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting cautioned that Australia’s $11.3 trillion housing market could be at risk if a series

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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has branded incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz a Nazi after he allegedly suggested that Kiev should destroy the Crimean Bridge.

In an interview with state broadcaster ARD, Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and the likely future leader of Germany, stated that Berlin could supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, but only if it is done in coordination with other EU nations.