Global stocks finish week down
Global stocks retreated on Friday on the back of signs US tax reform could be delayed. Bitcoin dropped more than $1,000 from its Wednesday record high.
US market rally derailed by tax cut concerns
US equities posted the first weekly loss in more than two months as investors turned leery after congressional Republicans made little progress in passing tax cuts.
Miners, energy stocks weigh on ASX
The local sharemarket ended the week on a sour note but remained comfortably above the 6000-point threshold reached on Tuesday to hover around post-GFC highs.
Markets Live: ASX clings to 6000
Shares ended the week on a sour note but remained comfortably above the 6000-point threshold reached on Tuesday to hover around post-GFC highs.
AirXpanders substantial stake crosses, UBS on board
Lines of 12.9 million and 2 million AirXpanders Inc securities changed hands at lunch time on Friday for 68¢ a security.
More bull to come for the local sharemarket
There was really only one question to answer this week when the benchmark S&P;/ASX 200 index went through 6000 points this week : What's next...
Time to sell the investment property?
The perpetual housing boom is over. Property prices will be flat next year, and the next 10 years in property should look very different fro...
RBA banks on a 'Goldilocks' housing market
The Reserve Bank wants to engineer a "Goldilocks" housing market, one that's neither too hot, nor too cold.
Hasty rate hikes could trigger housing crash, UBS warns
As property prices come off, but wages fail to grow, people are much more sensitive to interest rate hikes, says UBS.
Delay in Republicans tax-cut plan hurts markets
News that the Republican Senators' plan would delay any tax cuts until 2019 has thrown cold water on Wall Street.
