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Global markets reacted sharply after Donald Trump signalled a two-week pause on Iran strikes linked to negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz deal as equity futures jumped.

The market is underestimating a brewing economic downturn, the investment bank has warned.

New ‘payday super’ laws take effect on July 1. But there’s a few traps for workers who pay to retire on June 30 but also want to max out their nest egg contributions.

Guzman y Gomez has delivered a welcome surprise in the third quarter, analysts say, with Australian sales growing on the back of its tie-up with popular online food ordering platform Uber Eats.

Charlie Aitken thinks investors can create wealth for themselves over the next decade by buying up certain stocks.

Government borrowing costs around the globe are being pulled in opposite directions.

Australian investors have followed a positive lead from Wall Street overnight, pinned on hopes of an 11th-hour peace deal between the US and Iran.

Google researchers warn that Bitcoin’s $US1.4 trillion network needs urgent security upgrades to counter hacking threats.

YOUR MONEY: Your super balance is growing. So why does retirement feel further away? When the blueprint keeps changing, even disciplined, long-term savers can feel like they’re building on shifting ground.

YOUR MONEY: Some regard ‘investing’ as sticking money into an asset that generates a regular income return. The only way to make money on crypto is to find someone prepared to pay more than you paid.

YOUR MONEY: As squeezed households and young shoppers turn to BNPL providers as a cash flow management tool, many do so unaware of how each new account and purchase is affecting their credit score.

Prices for diesel surged again over Easter on worries the Middle East war could extend for weeks or months.

In the first comments from a senior executive about the growing risk, Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller said Australia needed to acknowledge the ‘chance’ of recession amid the Iran war.

Labor’s workplace laws introduced in 2023 risk causing Australia to suffer from stagflation, a University of New South Wales professor has warned.

Mike Dorrell grew up in the country town of Griffith the son of a teacher, and is now among Australia’s 10 richest and a neighbour of Donald Trump in Florida.