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The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are doing more than reshaping geopolitics—they are forcing nations to rapidly accelerate their move away from fossil fuels in the name of energy security.

Should you invest now or wait for stock markets to settle? This is the number one question on every investor’s lips. The answer:

First COVID. Then the Ukraine war. Then tariffs. Now the Iranian war. Plus massive government deficits in many countries. At some point, the concern is that inflationary expectations are going to be permanently embedded into consumers' and workers' psyches. At that point central banks might need to ...

Most Australians think about petrol prices as a weekly annoyance. But what is happening beneath the surface is far more important, especially for investors.

If you can ignore the plume of smoke rising from the Middle East for a moment, the fundamental backdrop for global equities is actually… great. A weak (ish) consumer and cooling inflation suggest a glide path to lower interest rates (except in Australia). At the same time, earnings are booming. ...

Artificial intelligence is often discussed in extremes. Either it will change everything tomorrow, or it is dismissed as another technology bubble. The reality sits somewhere in the middle, but the economic impact could still be enormous. For Australian investors the question is not just whether AI ...

Superannuation is an essential part of retirement planning for most Australians. It is a tax-efficient way to save for your retirement, and this article will give you seven key things to consider when transitioning from the accumulation phase to the pension phase within superannuation.

This page contains each chart from the latest property market update. See residential real estate for the forecasting methodology. Within all cities, a clear divergence is occurring between houses and units.

From an analytical standpoint, Australia’s housing market continues to present some of the most stretched affordability conditions in its recorded history. In reviewing the data across wages, rents, inflation dynamics, and interest-rate settings, it is clear that the primary constraints on the ...

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There is a lot of paranoia about AI. And we should be worried about it taking jobs too quickly, worsening inequality and mental health effects.

Silver surfed a massive wave, then wiped out. But it remains a long way above long-term prices. Is there a new paradigm for silver, or are we heading back to its long term real price of sub-$20?

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a subtle but unmistakable shift in the way markets react to political pressure on the Federal Reserve. Traders still move on headlines, but beneath the usual noise there’s a growing sense that the old assumptions about central-bank independence are not as ...