Human beings! So vulnerable, venal and corrupt. It’s almost amusing from a high altitude. Yet on the ground, it is closer to maddening. The country’s largest coal power station will run for almost two years longer than planned after owner Origin Energy said an extension was needed to keep the grid secure amid a slower
Charts from TME. Penty of room for a healthy correction. Not so healthy for tech. Iiiieeeeehhhwww. Volaltity structure more bearish but not crazy by any means. There’s no rush for protection. But perhaps there should be. Err, there definitely should be. This chart is a doozy. When everybody is bullish… Be bearish. Especially as markets
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The ferrous jaws have eased, but nowhere near enough. The news is amusing for bears. BHP Group’s iron ore discounts following Chinese pressure are “optical, temporary and economically bounded” and don’t reflect a decline in the mining giant’s pricing power, according to RBC Capital Markets. The world’s largest mining company is deliberately absorbing the discounts
Wall Street came back from its long weekend holiday and sold off immediately in response to the EU revokation of the previous Trump-induced 2025 trade deal as the fallout from the shambles over Greenland hit all risk markets. Treasury yields spiked as European bondholders started selling off US bonds, with the 10 year up near
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UAE, Belarus, Bahrain join Trump's Board of Peace alongside US rivals China, RussiaNorway was invited to serve on the board as well, but refused the offer. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry did not provide an immediate explanation.
The United Arab Emirates and Belarus accepted the invitation to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" on Tuesday.
Solar growth also met all of the daytime growth in electricity demand in the US, as well as some of the growth in demand in the evenings, with the help of batteries.
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Demand for survival supplies and long-lasting food products has soared in Greenland’s capital city of Nuuk, CNN reported on Monday, citing local retailers. The surge comes amid growing concerns over possible US interference on the Arctic island.
Global ice is melting fast, with major sea level rise and extreme heat locked in unless emissions fall sharply. The window to act is closing.
Mea culpa! DXY is not enjoying new Trump tariffs, while EUR is. Greenland TACO, anyone? AUD is a golden safe haven. Donald Dump has turned China from univestable to investment essential. Gold, gold, gold for Australia! AI metals smashed. Big miners are trying to outrun the iron ore black hole. Good luck with that. EM
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Australia’s November CPI release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that housing inflation rose by 5.2% over the year to November 2025. This made housing the single largest contributor to annual inflation in that release. The following chart from Justin Fabo at Antipodean Macro illustrates the quarterly acceleration in housing inflation, which has
One of Australia's biggest gold mines is sourcing nearly 90 per cent of its power needs from wind and solar from its off-grid hybrid power system.
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Wall Street futures fell sharply alongside the USD (and Bitcoin) while gold and undollars rose on the weekend tariff orders from the Trump regime, with the Europeans playing hardball. Asian share markets are all in the red given the risk off mood with the latest Chinese economic figures (and more importantly – population figures –
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Denmark has sent additional troops to Greenland after US President Donald Trump threatened European countries with tariffs unless he is allowed to purchase the self-governing Arctic island.
Former regulator, Ron Ben-David argues that loyalty penalties, consumer confusion and endless rule-making all stem from a flawed market design that puts responsibility on households instead of energy retailers.
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A new $2 billion solar and battery hybrid project has entered the federal EPBC queue, and hopes to be operational in 2031, if it can land state approvals too. .