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Share Market News

With inflation edging lower, here's the latest 2026 interest rate forecast from CBA

| Bernd Struben

Buying ASX shares and pining for interest rate relief? Here’s CBA’s latest 2026 forecast.

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Share Market News

1 move to avoid at all costs if the stock market crashes in 2026

| Leigh Gant

Volatility is inevitable in markets. The real danger comes from how investors respond when fear takes over.

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Best Shares

My 10 top stocks to buy to start the New Year off right

| Sebastian Bowen

I think these ten stocks are primed for 2026.

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Share Market News

US stocks vs. ASX shares in 2025

| Bronwyn Allen

Which market came out on top?

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Share Market News

When could interest rates rise next? It may be sooner than you think

| Cameron England

Experts are increasingly predicting that a move higher for interest rates could come soon as inflation remains persistently high.

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Energy Shares

ASX 200 energy sector leads the market ahead of OPEC+ meeting

| Bronwyn Allen

OPEC+ will meet today to decide whether to maintain its pause on oil production increases.

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Best Shares

Best and worst performing ASX 200 sectors of 2025

| Bronwyn Allen

The best performing sector delivered quadruple the gains of the broader ASX 200.

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Share Market News

Is the share market going to crash in 2026? Here's what I plan to do

| Grace Alvino

Everyone’s talking about a 2026 crash. Here’s why I’m staying calm, staying invested, and sticking to my plan.

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Share Market News

Here are the top 10 ASX shares today

| Mitchell Lawler

Here are your top 10 biggest gainers in the ASX 200 on Tuesday.

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Bank Shares

Westpac (ASX:WBC) share price slides amid $6 million staff back-pay

| Mitchell Lawler

A $6 million hit wounds Westpac. Here are the details

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Broker Notes

Is the Goodman (ASX:GMG) share price a good buy?

| James Mickleboro

Is the Goodman share price heading higher?

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Share Market News

These 3 ASX 200 shares are topping the volume charts on Monday

| Sebastian Bowen

We take a look at the most active ASX 200 shares by volume…

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Dividend Investing

Top brokers name 3 ASX dividend shares to buy today

| James Mickleboro

Top brokers have named 3 dividend shares they think are buys...

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Share Gainers

These 3 ASX healthcare shares are soaring today. Why?

| Zach Bristow

Forget the broad market today -- these 3 ASX healthcare shares have each outpaced their peers and landed firmly in…

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Share Gainers

Calix (ASX:CXL) share price leaps 6% as multi-billion dollar opportunities spruiked at AGM

| Mitchell Lawler

Big potential for clean technology puts Calix in the top gainers today...

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Technology Shares

This ASX 200 tech share just hit another all-time high, its fourth this month

| Sebastian Bowen

It's been a bumper month for TechnologyOne shares. Here are the details

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Broker Notes

Why these top brokers say the Incitec Pivot (ASX:IPL) share price is a buy

| Zach Bristow

The industrial chemicals and fertiliser company is having a good day today.

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Share Fallers

Why Best & Less, BHP, Mesoblast, and Nearmap shares are falling

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are out of form...

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Blue Chip Shares

Leading fund manager says these blue-chip ASX shares are buys right now

| Tristan Harrison

WAM Leaders currently likes big four bank NAB. Here's what they had to say

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IPOs

Evolution Energy Minerals (ASX:EV1) share price rockets 250% after IPO

| James Mickleboro

What a first day Evolution Energy Minerals shares are having...

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Share Gainers

Why Calix, Imugene, Legacy Iron Ore, and Lovisa shares are charging higher

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are on form today...

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ETFs

Why has the ETFs Hydrogen ETF (ASX:HGEN) leapt almost 20% in a month?

| Sebastian Bowen

This hydrogen ETF is giving investors some impressive gains…

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Broker Notes

Leading brokers name 3 ASX shares to sell today

| James Mickleboro

Here's why brokers are bearish on these ASX shares...

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Share Market News

Is the Aurizon (ASX:AZJ) share price undervalued in November?

| Tristan Harrison

Some brokers believe that Aurizon shares are an opportunity.

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Materials Shares

Own BlueScope (ASX:BSL) shares? Here's how the company is targeting US growth

| Bernd Struben

The United States steel market is a key focus of the company's growth

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Dividend Investing

Here's why ASX shares are beating the world for dividend payouts

| Mitchell Lawler

Aussies do dividends better than the rest of the world in Q3...

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Share Gainers

Here's why the Legacy Iron Ore (ASX:LCY) has exploded 200% in 2 days

| James Mickleboro

Legacy Iron Ore shares have been on fire this week...

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Resources Shares

Here's why the American Pacific Borates (ASX:ABR) share price has soared 33% in a week

| Bernd Struben

The ASX resource explorer is making progress with its US listing.

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Broker Notes

Why is Morgan Stanley still bullish on the Stockland (ASX:SGP) share price?

| Zach Bristow

Can Stockland resurrect from the pits of the ASX after a difficult year?

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Share Market News

ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) midday update: Telstra investor day, tech and materials shares fall

| James Mickleboro

It's been a disappointing day so far for the ASX 200...

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Economy

Why inflation and interest rate hikes are NOT a worry for ASX shares

| Tony Yoo

Well, not yet, anyway. Most Australian economists believe we're 2 years away from rate rises.

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Share Gainers

Australasian Gold (ASX:A8G) share price rockets 31% on lithium discovery

| James Mickleboro

Here's why this ASX share is rocketing higher...

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Broker Notes

40% downside: Why does UBS rate the Xero (ASX:XRO) share price as a sell?

| Zach Bristow

Here we cover some of the bearish sentiment on Xero shares...

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Healthcare Shares

Imugene (ASX:IMU) share price leaps 9% on Pfizer, Merck deal

| Bernd Struben

Cooperation between drug developers could speed up the delivery of effective treatments.

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Broker Notes

Why are these top brokers bearish on the Boral (ASX:BLD) share price?

| Zach Bristow

Here we cover the bearish sentiment on Boral shares.

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Energy Shares

Why ASX uranium shares are eyeing China's US$450 billion energy plan

| Bernd Struben

China could soon exceed the US as the world's biggest nuclear energy generator

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Broker Notes

Lovisa (ASX:LOV) share price surges to record high after Macquarie upgrade

| James Mickleboro

It has been a good day for Lovisa's shares...

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Broker Notes

Why the Life360 (ASX:360) share price could be cheap despite rising 240% in 2021

| James Mickleboro

It may not be too late to buy Life360's shares...

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Broker Notes

Macquarie warns the next ASX market downturn could come as soon as February

| Brendon Lau

A leading broker has issued a warning for investors

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IPOs

Is Ellume laying the foundations to list on the ASX?

| James Mickleboro

Is Ellume coming to the ASX?

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Share Market News

Is the Telstra (ASX:TLS) share price a buy after its investor update?

| James Mickleboro

Time to buy Telstra shares?

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Travel Shares

The Corporate Travel Management (ASX:CTD) share price could be a top buy

| Tristan Harrison

Corporate Travel might be a leading ASX share to consider.

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Ask a Fund Manager

2 little-known ASX shares returning riches: fund manager

| Tony Yoo

Ask A Fund Manager: Tribeca Investment Partners' Simon Brown tells how 2 obscure success stories are driving his fund to…

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Share Market News

5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Tuesday

| James Mickleboro

Here's what's happening on Tuesday on the ASX 200...

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Technology Shares

Xero (ASX:XRO) share price shrugs off Macquarie warnings of 'limited success' in US

| Mitchell Lawler

Concerns of stiff competition and market saturation weren't enough to stifle the Xero share price today...

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

The A2 Milk (ASX:A2M) share price has fallen 46% so far in 2021. Here's why

| Brooke Cooper

Here are the weights the A2 Milk share price didn't manage to shrug off in 2021.

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Share Market News

Here are the top 10 ASX shares today

| Mitchell Lawler

Here are your top 10 biggest gainers in the ASX 200 on Monday.

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Share Fallers

Why BrainChip, HT&E, Platinum, and Whitehaven Coal are dropping

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are starting the week in the red...

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