Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The S&P/ASX200 dropped 23.2 points or 0.3 per cent to 8515.70. The decline in the ASX followed a 0.5 per cent slide on Wall Street overnight. The Australian dollar was trading at US64.97¢ in the afternoon..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report calmed worries about the economy, while Tesla bounced, clawing back some losses from a sharp plunge the previous session..... [more]

• European Market Report: The major European markets closed slightly higher on Friday, supported by data showing stronger-than-expected jobs growth in the U.S., and an upward revision in eurozone first-quarter GDP..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mixed in lackluster trading on Friday despite the leaders of the U.S. and China agreeing to further talks aimed at reaching a deal..... [more]

Australian Business News

• Long-term U.S. bond yields jumped from April lows as policy developments, like the budget bill, draw focus to U.S. debt sustainability. This has revived questions about the diversification role of Treasuries. .... [more]

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• This week’s best investing insights. Stay up to date with our best investment opportunities and insights on investing..... [more]

• Businesses and consumers caught between opposing forces. Will a second rate cut be enough to settle the nerves of businesses and consumers spooked by global trade uncertainty?.... [more]

• Australia is in the firing line of Trump’s looming ‘revenge tax’. It’s a fight we’re unlikely to win .... [more]

• Global Rights Index report shows working standards, wealth dropping at ‘alarming pace’.... [more]

• IEL, DMP, TWE ratings and targets slashed after disappointing market updates, but one broker sees buy the dip opportunity.... [more]

• Fixed income investors have been urged to reconsider the “new reality” of emerging markets (EM) versus developed markets (DM) bonds, as new research from exchange traded fund (ETF) specialist VanEck.... [more]

• Vimal Gor on the future of bonds, currencies, and why he thinks shares can rally.... [more]

• An Australian dollar gold price heading towards $5000 an ounce has actually driven a reduction in production of the precious metal across the country, Melbourne-based industry analysts Surbiton Associates say..... [more]

• Patronus Resources Ltd (ASX:PTN) has entered into a selective buyback agreement to repurchase 158.1 million of its shares — nearly 10% of its share register — from St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM)..... [more]

• Ora Banda Mining’s surge towards becoming a 100,000-ounces-a-year producer looks likely to just fall short this financial year. Ora Banda told the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday.... [more]

• Ora Banda’s share price punished as FY25 production to fall -5%.... [more]

• GFG Alliance has placed its subsidiary company which formerly operated the Whyalla port into administration, after the state government intervened in an ownership dispute over the facility..... [more]

• Microsoft, Google and Amazon are urging the Albanese government to speed up the delivery of energy-storage projects that can guarantee around-the-clock power for data centres, after the Coalition’s decisive election defeat.... [more]

• An international student agency that collapsed in late February may have been trading while insolvent for more than a year, the liquidator believes. In a statutory report to creditors.... [more]

• Online ‘ghost stores’ are providing fake tracking numbers to dupe payment platforms, Australian shopper says Geelong woman lured by bogus ads for a boutique that didn’t exist says PayPal must do more to help scam victims.... [more]

• Comment - Tim Boreham: IDP Education’s share plunge is a harsh lesson for the overseas student industry.... [more]

• Comment/Analysis - Jovan Cvetkoski: Is cash a risky business in the long term? When markets become volatile, many investors view cash as a safe haven. But is it truly safe in the long run?.... [more]

World Business News

• Wall St Week Ahead US stocks edge toward records with inflation data, policy progress in focus.... [more]

• Trump wants to bring manufacturing jobs back. The aviation industry can’t hire fast enough.... [more]

• Fed's Musalem estimates ‘50-50’ chances on tariffs triggering prolonged US inflation.... [more]

• The tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget. The president has a patch handy, though: his sweeping import taxes — tariffs..... [more]

• What’s next for Fannie and Freddie under Trump administration? Bank of America analysts say President Trump’s recent remarks about Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) signal a shift in housing policy direction.... [more]

• DOGE just got a green light to access your Social Security data. Here’s what that means.... [more]

• Elon Musk's breakup with President Trump undercuts his personal empire, but it's good news for a variety of corporate players..... [more]

• Tesla shares recouped some losses that had been triggered by a spat between CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump, even though a truce appeared uncertain on Friday.... [more]

• Dogecoin has been tumbling as its most famous backer spars with Donald Trump over the budget bill. Dogecoin, the crypto Elon Musk has touted and made memes about for years on social media, saw its price tumble.... [more]

• What the Trump-Musk breakup may mean for SpaceX and Tesla. "If I cared about subsidies," Elon Musk said in 2015, "I would have entered the oil and gas industry." Yet the history of Musk's business empire tells another story..... [more]

• President Donald Trump wants to counter the threats drones pose to national security under new rules released Friday, while also aiming to make it possible for Americans to fly faster than the speed of sound.... [more]

• Apple is about to reveal what’s next for its most important products at its annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference on Monday. This year, the stakes are significantly higher than usual..... [more]

• The European Central Bank is "nearly done" cutting interest rates if inflation settles at 2% as expected, ECB policymaker Boris Vujcic said on Saturday. The ECB cut interest rates on Thursday for the eighth time in the past year.... [more]

• Trump tariffs could wipe out European steel sector, senior industry figure says. ThyssenKrupp executive warns of ‘collateral damage’ to supply chains and urges protective action on energy pricing.... [more]

• The Bank of England still expects the ongoing rise in UK inflation to fade but is "not sanguine" about it after price growth proved more persistent than anticipated only a few years ago, BoE monetary policymaker Megan Greene said on Saturday..... [more]

• Global growth is seen gradually slowing over the second half of the year, but European private credit spreads are tipped to remain rangebound, according to analysts at UBS..... [more]

• Poland's Monetary Policy Council could return to discussions about rate cuts in July or September, central banker Przemyslaw Litwiniuk told TOK FM on Friday, adding that there may still be a total of 100-125 basis points of cuts this year..... [more]

• Hot race for Pacific’s deep sea mineral wealth. Pacific Ocean’s seabed geopolitics heating up as US and China pursue divergent strategies for dominance and control.... [more]

• The Bank of Japan should make clear it is not monetising government debt by ensuring that fiscal considerations do not take precedence over its goal of achieving price stability, Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Saturday..... [more]

• Bangkok’s housing glut spreads to Phuket as developers rush for tourist demand. Unsold inventory in Phuket rose to 4,982 units across 16 projects at the end of the fourth quarter last year, Colliers said.... [more]

• A US trade team that’s currently in India for negotiations has extended its stay, according to people familiar with the matter, in a sign talks are progressing ahead of a July deadline..... [more]

• India central bank delivers sharp rate cut as growth and inflation fall.... [more]

• Analysis - Jillian Ambrose: Will the North Sea oil and gas industry be Labour’s next U-turn? With Nigel Farage targeting net zero, could government policy change to protect jobs, revenue and votes?.... [more]