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Share Market News

Buying ASX shares or paying off a mortgage? Here's what the experts are saying about RBA interest rate hikes in 2026

| Bernd Struben

Leading experts sound off on the RBA’s latest interest rate hike, and what investors and mortgage holders can expect next.

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Share Market News

ASX 200 resilient in face of latest RBA interest rate increase

| Bernd Struben

ASX 200 investors had widely been expecting the RBA to increase interest rates again today.

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Share Market News

Worst fortnight in 4 years: How the Iran war is affecting ASX shares

| Bronwyn Allen

Since the war began, the ASX 200 has fallen 6.5%, and the ASX All Ords has dropped 6.65%.

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Opinions

A stock market crash feels like it might be imminent

| Grace Alvino

Rising geopolitical tensions and market volatility are making some investors uneasy.

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Opinions

How investing $50 a day into ASX shares could become $1 million faster than you think

| Tristan Harrison

Long-term saving and investing are essential for building wealth.

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Share Market News

US$100 oil is a big deal for every ASX share. Here's why

| Sebastian Bowen

Higher oil prices flow through to every corner of the economy.

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Share Market News

The one question I always ask before buying an ASX share

| Grace Alvino

If a stock stopped moving for three years, would you still want to own it?

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Share Market News

Game on! BHP retakes biggest ASX stock crown as CBA shares sink

| Bernd Struben

The battle of the top ASX titans continues, with BHP edging out CBA to win back the crown.

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Recent Share Market News

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Share Market News

ASX 200 Weekly Wrap: ASX shakes off lockdowns to rise higher

| Sebastian Bowen

What was happening on the ASX 200 last week?

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Share Market News

Telstra (ASX:TLS) share price in focus after confirming Digicel Pacific acquisition talks

| James Mickleboro

This telco giant could be making an acquisition soon...

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Broker Notes

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) share price on watch after broker upgrade

| James Mickleboro

The Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) share price could be on the rise on Monday. This follows the release of…

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Dividend Investing

2 ASX dividend shares that could be buys with yields above 5%

| Tristan Harrison

Accent and Pacific Current are two high-yielding ASX dividend shares.

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Share Market News

5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Monday

| James Mickleboro

The ASX 200 looks set to have a busy start to the week...

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Share Market News

2 ASX shares that could be worth looking at this weekend

| Tristan Harrison

Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF is one of the ASX shares that might be worth looking at this weekend.

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Broker Notes

Top brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy next week

| James Mickleboro

Brokers are feeling positive about these ASX shares...

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Broker Notes

Top brokers name 3 ASX shares to sell next week

| James Mickleboro

Brokers aren't feeling overly positive on these shares...

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Resources Shares

July's been a great month so far for the Fortescue Metals (ASX:FMG) share price

| Tristan Harrison

The Fortescue share price has been rising in recent weeks.

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Share Gainers

The A2 Milk (ASX:A2M) share price is up 17% in the last month, here's why

| Tony Yoo

The Kiwi dairy producer has given plenty of headaches for investors, but the stock seems to have turned around recently.

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Growth Shares

Top fund manager names these 2 ASX shares as buys

| Tristan Harrison

Johns Lyng and Maas Group are two ASX shares that WAM likes.

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Share Market News

2 top ASX shares to buy according to WAM

| Tristan Harrison

Domino’s is one the ASX shares that WAM likes right now.

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Share Market News

2 great ASX tech shares that could be buys

| Tristan Harrison

Volpara and Class are two ASX tech shares that could be opportunities.

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Share Fallers

These were the worst performing ASX 200 shares last week

| James Mickleboro

These ASX 200 shares had a week to forget...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) share price not hampered by news of class action

| Brooke Cooper

Will Wesfarmers' planned acquistion come with a legal battle on the side?

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Share Gainers

These were the best performing ASX 200 shares last week

| James Mickleboro

It was a great week for these ASX 200 shares...

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Bank Shares

Does Google plan to disrupt the ASX banks of CBA, ANZ, NAB and Westpac?

| Tristan Harrison

Google may have plans to disrupt the ASX’s big four banks.

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Share Market News

ASX 200 up, Evolution Mining drops, Appen rises

| Tristan Harrison

The ASX 200 went up and Appen shares climbed.

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Share Market News

Here's why the Wellnex Life (ASX:WNX) share price jumped 37% today

| Zach Bristow

It's been an interesting couple of days for this rebranded health and wellness company

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Share Market News

It hasn't been a great 2021 so far for the Qantas (ASX:QAN) share price

| James Mickleboro

The Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) share price has been out of form so far in 2021. Since the start…

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Share Market News

Here are 3 heavily traded ASX 200 shares today

| Sebastian Bowen

Which ASX 200 shares are getting the most attention from investors today?

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Dividend Investing

Top brokers name 2 ASX dividend shares to buy today

| James Mickleboro

Here are two dividend shares brokers have named as buys...

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Share Market News

Why the Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) share price is up 39% in 3 months

| Zach Bristow

We take a look at what's been driving the mining services provider's shares higher

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Capital Raising

SelfWealth (ASX:SWF) share price on watch next week after $10 million capital raising

| Kerry Sun

Could these new initiatives bring life back to the struggling SelfWealth share price?

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Broker Notes

Top broker says Appen (ASX:APX) might be a takeover target at this share price

| Tristan Harrison

Citi believes that Appen could be a takeover target at this lower price.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

5G Networks (ASX: 5GN) share price jumps 10% on Webcentral merger

| Ken Hall

Merger news has telco investors buying up these Aussie small-caps

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Share Gainers

Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) share price higher on lithium update

| James Mickleboro

Wesfarmers is a step closer to joining the lithium boom...

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Share Market News

Jupiter Energy (ASX:JPR) share price surges 75% on activities report

| Zach Bristow

It's been a big day on the ASX for this small-cap oil and gas exploration company

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IPOs

F45 Training share price (NYSE:FXLV) debuts in wild US IPO

| Sebastian Bowen

F45 shares have just hit the public markets...

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Share Fallers

Why Buddy, Evolution, Medical Dev International, & Whitefield are dropping

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares aren't having a good finish to the week...

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Share Market News

AMP (ASX:AMP) share price slides as ASIC ends criminal proceedings

| Zach Bristow

ASIC has ended it's investigation into AMP which lasted for 3 years.

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Broker Notes

Broker says Webjet (ASX:WEB) share price weakness is a buying opportunity

| James Mickleboro

Here's why this travel share could be in the buy zone...

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Bank Shares

It hasn't been a great week for the ANZ (ASX:ANZ) share price so far

| Sebastian Bowen

What's going on with ANZ shares this week? We take a closer look

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Broker Notes

Brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy today

| James Mickleboro

Brokers are bullish on these ASX shares...

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Share Market News

Why the Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) share price is higher today

| Mitchell Lawler

Freshly award contracts have investors excited...

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Share Market News

Here's why the Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) share price is sinking today

| Nikhil Gangaram

This comes after the release of it's respiratory function results earlier.

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Share Gainers

Why EOS, Integrated Research, Michael Hill, & Whitehaven Coal are charging higher

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are on course to end the week strongly...

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Share Gainers

Why the BlueScope (ASX:BSL) share price could be set to jump higher

| Brendon Lau

Morgan Stanley is convinced that the BlueScope share price is poised to jump higher. Here's why...

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Share Market News

Proteomics International (ASX:PIQ) share price jumps after diabetes study readouts

| Zach Bristow

The biotechnology research company's share price is in the green today.

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Share Market News

ASX 200 midday update: Rio Tinto update disappoints, Evolution sinks

| James Mickleboro

It has been another busy day for the ASX 200...

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