Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The S&P/ASX 200, edged down slightly on Friday, closing 8.1 points lower at 8946.9, and adding to a weaker showing the day before..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ​each rallied to their third record close in a row on Friday, while the blue-chip Dow marked its highest finish since late February.... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks closed on a strong note on Friday, buoyed by news that Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz completely open to commercial traffic on the heels of the 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Friday, snapping a three-day rally.... [more]

Australian Business News

• We watch U.S. PPI to see if energy-driven cost pressures keep pushing prices up. We expect modest growth in China as external demand fuels recovery..... [more]

• US-Israeli war against Iran means world has ‘permanently lost’ a chunk of daily oil supply. Oil markets are now entering a more uncertain phase, with analysts warning that elements of the current supply shock will be felt for years .... [more]

• When Australians feel worst, retail stocks often do best.... [more]

• A proposal to move retirees out of taxed superannuation accounts could cost the government about $1 billion a year, but supporters say it would leave older Australians better off and paying less tax. The proposal by the Actuaries Institute.... [more]

• ‘On the precipice’: Property expert Catherine Cashmore points to 18-year cycle as evidence of looming crash. It’s a theory that only shows up on the fringes in Australia. But some experts swear by a property cycle.... [more]

• Your inheritance will likely be a house. What should you do with it? Implications of inheriting or bequeathing property..... [more]

• Understanding the Death Cross: A Guide to This Bearish Technical Pattern. The death cross represents one of the most closely watched technical analysis patterns in financial markets. .... [more]

• In a direct response to global governments raising defence budgets and ‘stockpiling’ arms, investors have visibly piled into defence exchange traded funds (ETFs) and sent the last year’s funds under management (FUM) skyrocketing..... [more]

• Vanguard will pay the latest distributions (dividends) to investors in their ASX exchange-traded funds (ETFs) today. This includes investors who hold the most popular ASX ETF in the market, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF.... [more]

• Gold Fields and Great Southern Mining are sharpening the diamond bits in preparation for a return to the duo’s expansive Edinburgh Park gold grounds in north Queensland, with diamond drilling set to begin.... [more]

• Gold exploration stories often turn on a single moment — a key drill hit or a result that changes the narrative. For NewPeak Metals Ltd (ASX:NPM, OTC:NPMFF, FRA:NPM), the next few months could deliver several of them..... [more]

• Automation is growing at Australia's biggest gold mine — but at what cost?.... [more]

• Life360: location is the new feedstock. Shares in 360 are ~67% lower than 5 months ago, in our opinion due to three reasons. Written by Reece Frith, Blackwattle Large Cap Team.... [more]

• 4DMedical Shares Pull Back as Profit Taking Cools Rally, and RSI.... [more]

• SKS Technologies Group (ASX: SKS) has secured a further $80 million of work on hand for an existing project, bringing the total contract award to $210 million for a data centre contract with major construction company Hickory..... [more]

• Analysis - Patricia Karvelas: Australia's 'lucky country' mantle has slipped — and we're not happy about it. If it feels like Australians are a bit grumpy, a new survey provides the data to validate the perception..... [more]

• Opinion - Carrie Norman: The massive generational divide in superannuation and retirement. Retirement has always been a deeply personal journey. But right now, the paths Australians are taking look more different than ever before..... [more]

• Opinion - Liam Bartlett: Australia’s energy security has been sacrificed on altar of green politics amid Middle East war. If the war with Iran has done nothing else, it’s given us all a real-world, real-time lesson in what truly runs our lives..... [more]

World Business News

• Wall St Week Ahead Surging record-high US stocks to wade deeper into earnings season.... [more]

• Bitcoin dips as Iran conflict stokes broader crypto market volatility.... [more]

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday he believes gas prices have peaked but predicted that they may stay above $3 per gallon ​until next year..... [more]

• A strategist unpacks the bullish thesis that helped him navigate the Iran war volatility. "The bears fumbled the ball," Ryan Detrick, Carson Group's chief market strategist, told Business Insider, as stocks traded at record highs this week..... [more]

• Trump expects his Fed chair nominee to cut interest rates. Here’s how Kevin Warsh might try to do it. Warsh will be pressed on his outlook for rates at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.... [more]

• A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so is scheduled to launch Monday..... [more]

• Short-seller Andrew Left is 'nervous' ahead of a trial that could send him to prison for 25 years.... [more]

• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei visited the White House on Friday for a high-stakes meeting with the president’s top adviser, while his AI company battles the Trump administration in court for blacklisting its Claude AI model..... [more]

• Cleveland-Cliffs earnings on deck as steel prices, costs collide.... [more]

• FanDuel wants to carve a sports niche in the controversial prediction market business. FanDuel has built a large and growing business with its sports betting app, becoming the largest online sportsbook in the United States..... [more]

• Reed Hastings created a work culture that made Netflix a giant. Can it survive without him?.... [more]

• U.S. construction supplies distributor QXO (QXO.N), said on Sunday it will acquire commercial roofing firm TopBuild (BLD.N), for ‌about $17 billion, adding to a wave of acquisitions by the company.... [more]

• QVC, the home shopping TV network that has been a staple for almost four decades, has filed for bankruptcy. The channel’s parent company, QVC Group, announced Thursday that it has voluntarily entered Chapter 11 proceedings.... [more]

• Canada’s prime minister says economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected..... [more]

• The World Bank on Friday unveiled a new strategy aimed at helping small island states and other ​small countries better address unique challenges such as remoteness, exposure to shocks and a narrow economic base.... [more]

• One of the UK’s largest car park operators has collapsed. Here’s what went wrong.... [more]

• The bosses of Britain’s “big five” retail banks have been summoned to a meeting with the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, this week to discuss how to limit the economic impact of the crisis in the Middle East.... [more]

• Major mortgage lenders are making "meaningful" cuts to the rates on new deals, bringing some solace to first-time buyers hit by the economic impact of the Iran war. Money markets are reacting to hopes of a long-term truce.... [more]

• Uber ups stake in Delivery Hero in £235 million deal.... [more]

• Spain's energy and competition regulator said on Friday it had opened formal probes into ‌the country's largest energy companies and the power grid operator over last year's unprecedented blackout in Spain and Portugal.... [more]

• How Chinese drug makers are tackling Western dominance in US$16 billion Parkinson’s race. The future of treating brain diseases could lie in non-invasive technologies, according to Chongqing Haifu Medical Technology.... [more]

• India's ICICI Bank (ICBK.NS), reported a stronger-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter profit on Saturday, ​driven by robust loan growth and lower provisions for bad loans..... [more]

• Luxury Brands Bet on the Middle East. War Has Damaged Their Plans. High-end brands such as Louis Vuitton and Hermès are looking to other regions as sales in Persian Gulf nations plummet..... [more]