Icahn leaves Trump party to bet $1.3b on US stocks

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As Donald Trump celebrated his surprise election win and sharemarket futures dived in response, billionaire investor and Trump supporter Carl Icahn headed home to start trading.

Billionaire investor celebrates Trump victory

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Carl Icahn says the Trump win is a "major step in the right direction" for the US economy.

'Thumped by Trump': Bookmakers pay dearly for US election result

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Everbody was caught with their pants down when it came to Donald Trump's unexpected election victory, including the bookies, which are paying dearly for their collective misjudgement.

Stocks that could gain under Trump

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Investors are betting that drug and coal stocks will benefit under a Donald Trump administration but not clean energy and hospital stocks.

Markets Live: BHP soars on Trump bump

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A surge in mining stocks is leading a $45 billion recovery rally on hopes a Trump administration will provide an economic boost.

Wall Street surges after Trump win

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US stocks rose sharply in a dramatic turnaround from deep overnight losses as Wall Street embraced the upset presidential election victory of Republican Donald Trump.

Trump will bring the unexpected, but good things could come out of it

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Keep your shirt on. The world as we know it may be ending, but if so it won't be for a while. And maybe things won't change as much as feared.

Qld government gives Adani water exemption

The Queensland government has granted the controversial Carmichael mine an 11th hour exemption to new water laws that could have seen the project subjected to further legal challenges.

Sydney's high-risk disaster hotspots revealed

Bushfires are not Sydney's biggest disaster threat

'Buy miners, avoid bond proxies': Trump winners and losers

Investors are focusing on Trump's promise to boost infrastructure spending as the basis to look towards resource stocks as the winners of the surprise election.

'It is a replay of Reaganomics in the early 1980s'

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Donald Trump is a demagogue but not ultimately a fool. The calculated trade is to bet on optimism.

'Trump Wins Big' shares in China win big

Donald Trump's journey to victory in the US presidential election prompted the biggest rally in five months for a Chinese stock that sounds like "Trump Wins Big" to Mandarin speakers. "Aunt Hillary" fell.

Trump day-one winners and losers piling up fast across the globe

​Donald Trump's stunning victory is already creating winners and losers in markets and governments around the world, from miners in America's Appalachian Mountains heartened by his devotion to coal, to Mexican peso traders stunned by the sell-off.

Which industries will prosper, which will suffer under President Trump

A Trump administration could take the lid off coal and fracking regulations, begin a massive repair of US roads and bridges, rebuild defence, repeal the Dodd-Frank financial reform act and kill Obamacare.

8@eight: Trump victory one of the most incredible market spectacles ever

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The local share market is set to jump at the open as global markets settle in the wake of Donald Trump's shock election victory.

Stocks stage dramatic turnaround as investors weigh Trump's plans

Global sharemarkets rallied on Wednesday in a dramatic turnaround from overnight losses fuelled by the upset victory of Republican Donald Trump as investors poured into sectors that appeared poised to benefit from the policies of a Trump presidency.

BlackRock sees Fed on hold

BlackRock said any delay by the US central bank in raising interest rates is "a near-term negative".

Mexico allows peso to find floor

Mexico's top economic officials expressed confidence in the nation's economic strength and financial stability.

Goldman retains S&P; 500 forecast

David Kostin, chief US equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, sees the benchmark gauge ending 2016 at 2100.

Turmoil eases after selloff

Turbulence in financial markets calmed after a knee-jerk selloff in stocks and rally in haven assets.

Supermarket oregano makers caught mixing in other leaves

Aldi and Menora have promised to make sure their oregano products contain 100 per cent of the ingredients, after the ACCC found they were adulterated with other leaves

Donald Trump facing huge economic challenges

Once the dust from the shock of Donald Trump's unlikely victory to become the 45th president of the United States of America settles, he faces many economic challenges.

ASX tanks as Trump wins US election

Australian financial markets flipped out over news that Donald Trump had secured the US presidency, Fairfax Media business reporter Jess Sier weighs in.

The 'broken' promise keeping car repair costs high

If dealers and independent repairs shared information about cars, repairs would be a lot cheaper. But that's not happening.

Democracy in action: CommBank falls foul to shareholders

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Wednesday's marked the day of the shareholder revenge - shareholders democracy in action.

The industry hurt most by Trump's victory, so far

Renewable energy manufacturers are sweating over Trump's shock victory as traders fear the new President of the United States may turn to dirty power.

The markets tell us President Trump is worse than Brexit

Even before the result was clear the prospect came as a profound shock to financial markets.

Trump's acceptance speech trims losses on European markets

Markets rallied off its lows, with traders saying Trump's acceptance speech was balanced and conciliatory.

European stocks sink as Donald Trump victory fuels global trade concerns

The bearish sentiment that engulfed European equities in recent weeks is being vindicated.