Clouds gathering over Wall Street as AI disrupts the tech boom
By Ian Verrender
Amongst tech investors the penny has finally dropped about just what the future may hold, and many are backing off or at least rethinking their strategy.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/ai-disrupts-tech-boom-shares-drop/106323844
#AI #InformationTechnologyIndustry #StockMarket #Superannuation #IanVerrender
How capital gains tax changes could impact you
By Ian Verrender
According to a well-sourced leak, changes to capital gains tax discounts could form the centrepiece of the next federal budget in May. And while the government has downplayed the idea, it has not been ruled out.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/how-capital-gains-tax-changes-could-impact-you/106309066
#Tax #PersonalInvesting #MonetaryPolicy #HousingPolicy #FederalGovernment #ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #IanVerrender
Nightmare on Martin Place as RBA outlines horror interest rates scenario
By Ian Verrender
The good news is the economy ended 2025 in relatively good shape — with growth starting to pick up, the economy transitioning away from government-led spending, and a historically strong jobs market. Unfortunately, that's where it ends.
#InterestRates #ReserveBankOfAustralia #Inflation #Mortgages #IanVerrender
Trump triggers a gold rush as investors flee the US
By Ian Verrender
While the surging gold price has been a surprise, the driving forces behind it are not. Investors are losing faith in the United States and its role as the standard-bearer for global capitalism.
#Gold #CommoditiesMarkets #Silver #WorldPolitics #IanVerrender
The problem gnawing at China's economy
By Ian Verrender
Unlike many Western economies, Chinese households stash away more than 40 per cent of their income. But the pressure to boost local consumption is mounting for Beijing.
#PopulationandDemographics #Economy #Welfare #OlderPeople #Communism #IanVerrender
Debt is America's Achilles heel in a fracturing world order
By Ian Verrender
For decades, global investors have bought US government debt as a safe haven when things turn pear-shaped. But investor attitudes are changing, and America's financial domination is at stake.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/trump-us-debt-carney-davos-fractured-world-order/106254272
#WorldPolitics #EconomicGlobalisation #FinancialMarkets #IanVerrender
The eerie calm over global stocks may be about to shatter
By Ian Verrender
There are signs Donald Trump's bold strategy to artificially lower interest rates could backfire, as a level of disquiet emerges on money markets, particularly in bonds.
#InterestRates #CentralBanks #Tariffs #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #FinancialMarkets #EconomicGlobalisation #IanVerrender
BHP popular with investors as CBA loses its shine in market
By Ian Verrender
The year is barely underway but already there's a power struggle between our biggest corporations as they fight it out for line honours.
Markets shudder as White House goes to war with everyone
By Ian Verrender
In the past week, the US has dramatically expanded and accelerated its attacks both inside and outside its borders. Here's where Australia stands in the fray.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-13/venezuela-us-fed-white-house-donald-trump-attacks/106220958
#BusinessEconomicsandFinance #UnrestConflictandWar #WorldPolitics #IanVerrender
Has Trump landed a dud with his Venezuelan oil play?
By Ian Verrender
While debate rages over the legality and the potential fallout from America's incursion, there's been a quiet acceptance that it is all about oil.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-11/has-trump-landed-a-dud-with-his-venezuelan-oil-play/106214900
#OilandGas #WorldPolitics #UnrestConflictandWar #IanVerrender
After 20 years missing in action, ASIC has found its teeth
By Ian Verrender
After 20 years in the wilderness, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's rehabilitation as a law enforcement agency seems almost complete.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-30/asic-the-tiger-that-found-its-teeth/106170504
#RegulatoryAuthorities #Businesses #FinancialServices #CorporateCrimes #Banking #IanVerrender
Gas lobby turns to liquid under pressure
By Ian Verrender
The gas export industry has cost the nation dearly. East coast prices trebled soon after exports began.
Multiple rate hikes next year? First look across the Tasman
By Ian Verrender
The RBA's interest rate cutting cycle is at an end and now a hardcore handful of critics say they shouldn't have cut rates in the first place. Conveniently, you only need to look across the ditch to see what could've happened if we'd followed that path.
Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation
By Ian Verrender
For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one.
#BusinessEconomicsandFinance #OilandGas #Inflation #Economy #FederalGovernment #CostofLiving #IanVerrender
'Borderline illegal': Kickbacks, coercion in fight for aged care funding
By Ian Verrender
Care providers are trying to strongarm cash from suppliers of equipment, including wheelchairs, a month after the federal government reformed home care packages for senior Australians.
#AgedCare #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #GovernmentPolicy #FederalGovernment #IanVerrender
Bitcoin slinks to shadows as crypto bros turn to new kid on the blockchain
By Ian Verrender
It remains a useful tool for some nefarious operators, including global crime gangs and questionable governments, but Bitcoin's role has been usurped by stablecoins — one in particular.
#Cryptocurrency #MoneyLaundering #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #Crime #IanVerrender
Politics and property — why the regulator was forced to act on investor loans
By Ian Verrender
It's been called a bubble for more than 15 years but the great Aussie housing price boom has barely skipped a beat, as regulators eye the threat of risky loans.
#Banking #RealEstateIndustry #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #RegulatoryAuthorities #CreditandLending #PropertyPrices #IanVerrender
Forget Wall Street, bitcoin and AI. Here's a real Aussie bubble
By Ian Verrender
Amid global warnings of impending financial doom, APRA and the Reserve Bank are far more concerned about a home-grown bubble, one that's been taking in oxygen for almost three decades.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/apra-wants-to-deflate-australian-property-bubble/106046326
#Banking #Economy #HousingPolicy #CreditandLending #IanVerrender
China succeeds in a decades-long quest to crimp Australian power
By Ian Verrender
For decades, China has resented being held hostage over the iron ore price by its own insatiable demand and a handful of Australian producers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/why-australias-iron-clad-future-is-under-threat/105992602
Elon Musk's potential trillion-dollar payday not just about money
By Ian Verrender
The world's richest man's believers have once again agreed to enrich the Tesla boss to levels far beyond the realm of ordinary billionaires. But how much is enough?
#CompanyNews #Industry #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #StockMarket #ElectricVehicles #WagesandBenefits #IanVerrender
