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ASX to drop, iron ore tumbles, Beach Energy names new chairman

Shares to retreat from record highs; Atlas Arteria expands in France; Telix eyes Nasdaq listing; Flight Centre flags airfare deflation; gold hits all-time high; China GDP data ahead. Follow updates here.

  • 21 mins ago
  • Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran, Alex Gluyas and Natasha Rudra
Wall Street.

ASX to fall while strong US retail data boosts Wall Street

Australian shares are set to fall as a resurgent job market dashed hopes of an RBA rate cut but Wall Street rallied around strong retail data with the S&P and Dow briefly touching record highs.

  • Natasha Rudra
Cliff Asness says markets are getting less efficient.

Wall Street icon Cliff Asness says investors must change one key thing

The billionaire co-founder of US financial giant AQR says markets have become less efficient, but that could help rational investors. 

  • James Thomson

Yesterday

Super funds delivered strong returns in September.

Super funds return 8.6pc in less than 10 months

Australians have benefited from the US rate cut and China’s stimulus measures as super funds make their best start to a financial year in more than a decade.

  • Hannah Wootton
Australian shares are poised to start the day higher.

ASX resets record high; AMP, uranium stocks soar

CBA, banks stocks push ASX higher; traders taper rate cut bets after job data smashes expectations; iron ore weighs on the miners. Follow updates here.

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  • Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Alex Gluyas, Cecile Lefort and Joanne Tran
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ECP Justin Warton.

Why Jack Dorsey’s new plan for Block could see it re-rate

ECP’s Justin Warton says the US fintech is “too cheap” and explains why there is more money to be made in the smaller end of the sharemarket.

  • Joanne Tran
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Jobless rate holds at 4.1pc; Star’s big fine; Harris’ fiery interview

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The New York Stock Exchange.

ASX to rise, Dow paces gains in New York

Australian shares are set to open higher. BHP is set to report its quarterly operations. Nvidia rebounds, Apple retreats. Bitcoin briefly topped $US68,000.

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  • Timothy Moore
China’s stimulus announcement caused investors to raise their outlook on Chinese growth to net 48 per cent expecting a stronger economy (the most optimistic level since April 2023).

Investor optimism surges to four-year high: BoA survey

As the S&P 500 soars, global fund managers have lifted their global equities allocation to the highest level since June 2020.

  • Timothy Moore

This Month

ASX slumps on AI worries, BoQ has best day in two years

Shares retreat from all-time high; Woodside to delist from London; Apple resets record high; Rio iron ore output rises in Q3; Japan boosts Challenger; BoQ revenue falls. Follow updates here.

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  • Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas and Joanne Tran
A crystal ball is no guarantee of investing success.

These investors were given a crystal ball. It didn’t help

Reckon an early look at tomorrow’s front page might help you make profitable trades? You might be surprised.

  • James Thomson
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Wong backs US threat; Mortgage wars return; $1b founder growth tips

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The New York Stock Exchange.

ASX to fall, Nvidia paces chip sell-off

Australian shares are set to open lower. ASML miss hammers chip stocks. Oil plunges. Rio quarter review, NZ quarterly CPI pending. Goldman’s profit soars.

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  • Timothy Moore
Local shares are set to open higher, as megacap techs rallied in New York paced by Nvidia.

ASX closes at record high as CBA rallies; Tyro, IDP shares plunge

Shares extend gains; miners and banks rally; energy stocks fall on lower oil price; Tyro Payments slumps on government crack down on card surcharges. Follow updates here.

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  • Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
Bronte Capital’s John Hempton.

Bronte Capital’s John Hempton rethinks hedge fund after horror month

The high-profile short seller says his firm is “not built for markets like this” after a bull run sent the firm to its worst return in more than two years.

  • Joshua Peach
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ASX hits record; PM buys $4.3m coastal home; Markets’ hottest theme

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The bull market has entered a third year with the melt-up in full effect.

Why the bull market can keep running for a third year

Record highs in Australia and on Wall Street have marked the start of the rally’s third year. The biggest risk is that investors seem to see little risk at all.

  • James Thomson
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is all smiles.

Nvidia rides fierce Blackwell demand towards stock record

Stock in the chip maker is up more than 14 per cent so far this month and on track for its first record close since June.

  • Ryan Vlastelica
The New York Stock Exchange.

ASX to rise, Nvidia reaches for record high

Australian shares are set to open up. The S&P 500 and the Dow have reset their record closes. Apple, Microsoft gain as rotation stalls. Bitcoin at $US66,000.

  • Timothy Moore
Small investors have piled into the Chinese sharemarket, but many have already been burnt by the wild price swings.

‘Cutting leeks’: Beijing sparks a retail stock trading frenzy

Small investors have piled into Chinese equity markets, but many have already been burnt by the wild price swings

  • Arjun Neil Alim, Cheng Leng, Wang Xueqiao and Tina Hu