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The rising sharemarket has boosted junk stocks over quality stocks, but the difference between the two is small.

Good time to buy quality stocks

Many of Australia's best companies can now be bought without the premium that normally accompanies quality stocks, Morgan Stanley says.

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Markets Live: ASX slumps again

Investors snap up sold-down iron ore miners and telco stocks, but renewed selling in the banks pushes the ASX 200 back below 5800 points.

Ample oil inventories that have undermined output cuts are set to shrink, according to Goldman Sachs.

Citi sees oil at mid-$US60

Citigroup joined Goldman Sachs in backing commodities, saying it's the season to have faith in raw materials and oil.

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: Stocks set to fall

Politics dominates markets and we now have a UK election on 8 June to contend with, while local shares are set to open lower on the back of falls overseas.

At its Tuesday fix, iron ore slid $US3.05, or 4.6 per cent, to $US63.20 a tonne, according to Metal Bulletin. The price ...

Iron ore sheds another 4.6pc

The spot price of iron ore has fallen one-third from its February peak, as the slide into bear market turns into a rout.

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the Institute of International Finance ...

Australian economy to boom as unemployment drops, IMF

Global economic growth is expected to pick up this year and in 2018, despite the political uncertainties created by Brexit and the election of maverick US President Donald Trump. And the International Monetary Fund has issued a better growth forecast for the Australian economy, compared to the Treasury's most recent predictions issued in December.

Peter Dutton announced the government would be cracking down on the issuing of 457 visas.

Who killed 457 visas?

Turnbull, Dutton or Trump? Or maybe Hanson or Bernardi? Who can really claim responsibility?

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