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Is now the best time to buy if interest rates are on hold?
Property
Andrew Fyfe

With interest rates on hold, is now the best time to buy?

How does the RBA’s decision to keep the cash rate at 4.35 per cent affect property prices? Here’s what we know.

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Super funds describe themselves as being balanced even if they hold up to 70 per cent of high-risk growth investments such as shares, privately traded business investments and commercial property holdings.
Wealth
Neale Prior

ASX mayhem offers crash course in devilish details of super

More than half of Australia’s retirement savings are directly exposed to a share market crash thanks to the high-risk settings of most superannuation funds.

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The Australian dollar traded flat on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)
Business
Andrew Fyfe

Why the RBA kept interest rates on hold

After the latest monthly inflation figures, we were warned to brace for a rate rise, but the RBA held. Now we know why.

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More than $160 billion was wiped off the boards over two trading days.
Markets
Daniel Newell

ASX stages cautious comeback after Monday’s bloodbath

Australian investors have staged a cautious comeback, pushing the local benchmark index higher after an overnight retreat on Wall Street that, while savage, was not as deep as feared.

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Several suspects can be blamed for Monday’s market meltdown, but understanding why paints a clear image: this shift is not over.
Business
CNBC

Why did global markets crash on Monday and should we panic?

Several suspects can be blamed for Monday’s market meltdown, but understanding why paints a clear image: this shift is not over.

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Gold — which is up more than 15 per cent this year and would typically benefit during bouts of economic weakness — was also hit hard earlier as investors closed out trades to cover losses elsewhere.
Markets
Mark Burton, Alex Longley, Sana Pashankar and Devika Krishna Kumar

Commodities face contagion as global market meltdown deepens

Commodities from copper and gold to crude oil tumbled, while paring back some of the losses, as global economic malaise dimmed the outlook for industrial demand.

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Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social to blame Vice President Kamala Harris for the stock market meltdown.
Politics
CNBC

Trump blames Harris for stock market meltdown

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday blamed Vice President Kamala Harris for the stock market’s dramatic plunge, months after claiming he deserved credit for the market’s then-record upswing.

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Traders on Wall Street expect the US central bank to cut rates by 50 basis points in September. (AP PHOTO)
Business
By Sinéad Carew and Nell Mackenzie

ASX set to fall again as US bloodbath adds to global rout

US stocks have plunged amid a global stock market rout triggered by fears the country's economy could be falling into recession.

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The US’s broader S&P500 index slid a total of 3.2 per cent in the last two trading days of last week.
Markets
Neale Prior

Black Monday amid US recession fears

Australian shares have been smashed for the second consecutive day as growing recession fears in the US and Japan flummox markets around the world.

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Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged, extending sell-offs that began last week. (AP PHOTO)
Markets
Wayne Cole

ASX hit by huge losses as US recession fears intensify

World share markets have plunged over US recession fears, with Asian markets tripping circuit breakers and Japan's Nikkei dropping 13 per cent.

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Every ASX sector has started the week trading in the red as the market plunged. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
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Markets
Jacob Shteyman

Market bloodbath as $160b wiped off ASX in two days

The local share market has suffered its biggest daily sell-off in more than four years, amid growing fears of a hard landing for the US economy.

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Three factors have sent global markets into a tailspin.
Markets
The Economist

The three factors spreading fear throughout global markets

Two weeks ago stock markets were on a seemingly unstoppable bull run. Now they are in free fall.

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Dr Andrew Forrest AO CEO of Fortescue in Hazelmere.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Fortescue plummets after US investor offloads massive stake

Fortescue shares plunged to their lowest since November 2022 after a US investor offloaded nearly $2 billion worth of stock in the Andrew Forrest-led company on Monday night.

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Raiz Invest’s biggest mover for the week was a property company with the highest-paid CEO in the country. And for good reason.
Business
Raizinvest.com.au

How fashion and ice-cream pushed this group up share charts

Raiz Invest’s biggest mover for the week was a property company with the highest-paid CEO in the country. And for good reason.

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How do I start investing in gold?
Markets
CNBC

How to invest in gold — and whether it’s worth it

Gold has been coveted for thousands of years, with its beauty, versatility and reputation as a safe haven making it hard to resist. From bullion to mining stocks and ETFs, there’s myriad ways to get involved.

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