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As the global economy continues to decelerate amidst a backdrop of escalating trade conflicts and war in the Middle East, interest rate futures markets are increasingly pricing in additional rate cuts from the RBA. As of the latest close of the futures market, roughly 3.9 rate cuts are priced in by the market over the

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As I have noted for many years, managing money successfully in Australia is as stupid as the structure of the underlying economy. The only question before any fund manager that matters, given his/her reliance on relative returns, is whether to be overweight miners or banks. Equally, for a year or so I have been arguing

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Mozambican writer Mia Couto once gave a remarkable speech about the political exploitation of fear, in which he denounced “those who fear that fear might end” (quem tenha medo que o medo acabe). In a nutshell: fearmongering — an extremely powerful and effective means of manipulation and control.

The Market Ear on extreme greed! Say hello to extreme greed We are back in extreme greed land, trading at the most “greedy” levels since Feb 2024. Source: MacroMicro Finally Bulls getting excited and bears starting to give up. Not at extreme levels, but getting closer. Source: LSEG Workspace Nets catch up Net leverage for

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DXY bounced with solid US jobs. AUD did not. Lead boots plod on. Gold gets more worrying by the day. Metals reversed. The big bear is not over. EM signs of life. But yields weighing. No bueno for BBB. Stocks only go up. US jobs were solid. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 147,000 in

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A new study will see how households and businesses without solar can buy it from households that produce excess.

Farmers are turning to renewables like solar, batteries and electric machinery to cut costs and boost resilience.

The UK Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, has played a central role in spreading false intelligence and engaging in provocative actions aimed at escalating global conflicts, British whistleblower and investigative journalist for The Grayzone, Kit Klarenberg, has told RT.

Speaking to host Rick Sanchez on Thursday, Klarenberg said MI6 was at the forefront of efforts to push the West deeper into the Ukraine conflict.

Pipeline company APA Group has said Beetaloo Basin gas is necessary to supply the domestic market. A new analysis by Market Forces suggests most is destined for export.

The St Louis Fed recently did an interesting AI survey that suggested the benefits of AI are large in certain areas but far from uniform. For each generative AI user, we computed the percentage of working hours saved as the ratio of time saved in the previous week to hours worked in that same week.

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Wokey has been trying to turn Australia into a Chinese satrap for a few years now. It is little more than jingoistic and self-serving ignorance as it bristles about losing Big Tech revenues, but it’s currently in tune with local Trump Derangement Syndrome, so it is more dangerous than usual. Wokey can barely contain itself

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