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The first week of the new month and the new quarter begins tomorrow, bringing new data releases, speculation on interest rates, more challenges for companies like Star Entertainment, growing concerns about the Middle East, and, of course, the final month before the November elections in the U.S. Additionally, we have the start-of-month surveys for manufacturing […]

Global oil prices posted a weekly loss by Friday’s close, as fears of growing oil supplies from Saudi Arabia overshadowed China’s efforts to stimulate its economy. The U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, fell 4.4% for the week (despite a small rebound on Friday), while the global benchmark, Brent, pulled back by 3.6%. Prices declined throughout

Martin Crabb, Chief Investment Officer at Shaw and Partners, speaks on the mixed market outlook. He discusses growth, financial conditions, central bank policies and valuations. He advocates for a cautious approach focused on stock picking in the current climate, favouring small caps over large caps. Martin Crabb: Thanks very much, Peter, and welcome, everyone, to

Dr Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist at AMP, discusses developments in investment markets over the past week, economic activity trackers, major global economic events and Australian economic events. Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rose again over the last week on expectations for a continuation

Matthew Pustahya – Managing Director – Litchfield Minerals Limited (ASX:LMS) is a pioneering copper exploration company using sustainable methods to unlock copper resources in the Northern Territory.

Doug Grewar – CEO – Emu NL (ASX:EMU) is an emerging Australian copper exploration company. Its key project is located in the Georgetown Mining District in northern Queensland.

Scott Brown – Managing Director – Pure Hydrogen Corporation Limited (ASX:PH2) is building a network of clean hydrogen production facilities across Australia while supplying the market with multiple fuel cell products such as trucks, buses and generators.

Struggling casino group, Star Entertainment (ASX:SGR), has taken its losses over the past two years to more than $4 billion, with another substantial deficit revealed in unaudited annual accounts released Thursday afternoon. The way Star downplayed its trading performance since July 1 suggests the company is in for another challenging year in 2024-25—one that will

Just as its associate, Brickworks (ASX:BKW), still lifted its final and full-year dividends for 2023-24 despite a significant loss for the year to July, its biggest shareholder, Washington H. Soul Pattinson (ASX:SOL), did the same, even though it reported weaker inflows from two major investments. Soul Patts, as it is known colloquially, is primarily an