Although August talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were framed as an attempt to explore pathways toward ending the conflict in Ukraine, active combat operations have continued across the special military operation zone. In 2025, the fighting has entered a new technological stage, with drone warfare becoming one of the defining elements of the battlefield.
Wall Street was almost unphased overnight by the dual NFP release as US unemployment jumped to a four year high, triggering a rally in US bonds, while the latest UK unemployment figures weren’t rosy either with speculation the BOE may move to easing its rates this week. The USD remains under duress against most of
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A South Australia-based pilot project backed by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest demonstrates its potential to unlock low-cost green hydrogen.
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A new interactive map designed to chart Australia’s energy market transformation has been launched by the Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA).
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Big battery projects seeking to be built in the Sunshine State will now have to meet the same strict new planning rules as large-scale solar and wind.
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The 2025-26 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Update (MYEFO) was released on Wednesday. The key economic forecasts are shown below. Headline Findings Deficit improvement: 2025/26 underlying cash deficit revised to $36.8bn (–1.3% of GDP), better than March’s forecast of $42.1bn (–1.5%). Still a sharp deterioration from the $10bn deficit in 2024/25 and surpluses in prior years.
From the Market Ear: Shorts “While short interest in aggregate is somewhat low, that for the average (median) stock remains very high.” (DB) The shorty gap “The median short interest (inverted in chart below) is aligned with very low earnings growth, even as median company earnings growth rose into the double digits in Q3.” Cash
As another bruising year ends, Christmas offers a reminder that peace is not found in power, wealth or spectacle, but in inner integrity, humility and care for others.
In an exchange between Jesus and the crowd he asked: “what did you go out into the desert to look at?”
The bond market has turned uber-hawkish following Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock’s guidance on interest rates, where she ruled out further rate cuts and warned that rates may need to go higher to tame stubbornly high inflation. “I don’t think there are interest rate cuts in the horizon for the foreseeable future”,
Silver goes ga ga while oil prices remain in a slump despite the new trade blockade against Venezuela announced by the Trump regime as most Asian share markets are beginning to bounce back from a rough start to the trading week. The dual US NFP print overnight showed a slumping US labour market that gave
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The UK’s Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, has claimed that the chances of a direct confrontation with Russian forces on UK soil are not “zero” – a speculation dismissed by Moscow as “nonsense.”