ASX basks in Wall Street's glow

Wall Street's positive mood spilled over to the local sharemarket on Monday, though buying lost some momentum in afternoon trade.

REITs on the nose, says T Rowe Price

They've been a beacon of steady income for years, but some fund managers are shunning REITs, the second worst performing sector this year.

Banks drive ASX's best day in 2017

Shares enjoyed their best day of the year as investors poured back into the market, while the Aussie dollar slipped after the RBA left rates unchanged.

For a few minutes, Apple was a $4.44 trillion company

The release of 'bad data' has jolted around the share prices of tech heavyweights in after-hours trade on Wall Street's Nasdaq.

ASX's new year off to a soft start

The sharemarket started the new year on the back foot, as gains in the big banks evaporated and investors remained cautious.

The bricklaying robots are coming

Investors poured into small-cap robotics company, Fastbrick Robotics, after the company struck a deal with global construction manufacturer Caterpillar.

ASX falls 1.7pc on Friday but finishes week in the black

The 2017 financial year came to an inglorious end on Friday, as the ASX suffered its worst session in more than seven months amid a global sell-off.

'The next guardians of global capital'

Millennials are set to inherit more money than any other generation and, according to UBS, they are committed to buying a better world for themselves.

Daigou craze to hit ASX

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As Chinese demand for Australian products hots up, a husband and wife team are hoping to raise $6m and IPO their daigou business.