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The Trump regime continues to goose the stock market with non-existent reports of trade deals with “hundreds of countries” while the economic reality continues to set in as the latest initial jobless claims spiked while the ISM manufacturing survey went into contraction territory. Trump may need to up his Macca’s order as well as the

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Trump and Musk have likely done Labor a favour, and caused the Dutton vote to implode. A minority government with Teals and Greens would be preferable.

The total value of Australia’s housing stock was $11.3 trillion as of March 31, 2025, according to CoreLogic, with the average home worth exactly $1 million. The surge in average home values to $1 million has notionally made Australians some of the wealthiest people on earth. For example, the UBS Global Wealth Report ranked Australian

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Risk markets are still running on hopium as US officials admit there’s no talking going on whatsoever with China (who are having a week long holiday anyway – call back later Donny!) while the Bank of Japan held fire in today’s meeting which sent Yen selling off and stocks lifting higher. The latest trade data

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AEMO says there is "no going back" to a baseload and peaking power system, but for the moment prefers spinning machines over battery inverters for system security.

Gas industry veteran Rick Wilkinson from EnergyQuest on the state of play in the market. Plus: Spain's blackout and election day.

Commerzebank with the note. Manufacturing PMIs showed initial damage The official manufacturing PMI fell to contraction territory at 49.0 in April from 50.5 in March, the lowest since December 2023 (Chart 1). The decline was due to a drop in production and new orders which both fell into contraction territory. In particular, new export orders

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Join us in this week’s podcast as Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and Chief Economist Leith van Onselen as they examine the economic impacts of Dutton vs Albanese vs a hung parliament. Do you need to position your portfolio ahead of the election? Can’t make it to the live series? Catch up on the

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Peter Dutton blames Labor for high energy prices. The reality is prices would have gone up with either party in power because of the trap set by coal and gas industry.

Primary votes for major parties have hit a record low, and they may break that record this weekend. There are also more crossbenchers in the House of Representatives than ever before, with numerous other credible candidates threatening to produce an even larger crossbench in the new parliament. Certainly there is a lot of talk about a hung parliament.

But it would be wrong to assume that we have seen the last majority government, or that multi-party majorities in the House will be our universal experience.

The Market Ear on the rally. Not too bad The 6 day SPX streak has actually been rather impressive. As John Flood writes: “Since 1970, S&P 500 up 6 days in a row with returns of over 7% has only happened 12 times. Post yesterday’s close we locked in # 13. We are due for a

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The US share markets were mixed on Wednesday after data showed the US economy contracted in the March quarter for the first time in three years. The decrease underscored concerns about the impact of US tariffs and the global trade war on growth. The Dow Jones index rose by 142 points, or 0.4%, and the

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Melbourne not-for-profit secures federal government funding to roll out three new community batteries in partnership with a renewables focused retailer.