Results: Nine, Santos, Scentre, Flight Centre
Welcome to the AFR's reporting season blog. Results today include Alumina, Nine Entertainment, Scentre, Perpetual and Santos.
October is going to be scarier than usual
Investors are worried that Donald Trump will fail to secure funding for the US government, triggering a vicious October sell-off in global share markets.
Why Buffett won't fight for Oncor
Berkshire has $US100 billion of cash. It could easily top Sempra's bid. But the company's unwilling to get into a competitive auction.
Hedge funds, investors seek esoteric credit risk
Traders say pension funds in Canada and New Zealand are among the institutional investors who have entered the market for bespoke credit default swaps.
Markets Live: Flight Centre takes off
South32 has joined the list of miners getting a good reception after its profits result, helping to reverse early losses, as Flight Centre emerges as the day's big early earnings winner.
What history is telling us about the markets
The Fed will be conscious of lessons of 10 years ago, which were that the central bank disastrously failed to nip bubbles in equities and ho...
ECB's Hansson dismisses euro gains
European Central Bank policy maker Ardo Hansson said he isn't currently concerned about the strength of the euro.
Politics matters less and less
Globalisation means that political upheaval has a depreciating impact on companies and markets, PFA chief Allan Polack says.
Oil climbs as US stockpiles drop
Oil markets rose after the US government reported another decline in crude and gasoline stockpiles.
Draghi urges open-minded central banking
Mario Draghi avoided any specific signals on the European Central Bank's current deliberations.
