How to beat the house price blues
House prices are slumping but across Australia property values near public transport and employment centres could defy the trend.
Why the Trump book has Washington agog
The controversial new book about Donald Trump's White House contains titillating details on everything from how he does his hair to his extra marital affairs.
Bitcoin tax traps for home sellers
Bitcoin may be gaining currency in property deals overseas but there are potential capital gains tax implications in Australia.
Uber car rental startup Splend raises $7.2m
Australia's largest car rental provider for Uber drivers has raised $220 million in debt financing to expand its fleet.
Global boom just getting started
If the global upturn is only just getting started, which is my central case, 2018 could look a lot like 2017.
Markets: Dow cracks 25,000
After the Dow topped the 25,000 mark for first time, the ASX is poised to open 42 points higher.
Billabong agrees to Oaktree takeover
Billabong board, including founder and former Rich List member Gordon Merchant, has agreed to back a $380 million bid to buy the company.
Quintis investors seek return of founder Frank Wilson
A group of Quintis investors are agitating to unseat the board's three most senior members and are seeking an EGM.
Jewellery chain upgrades guidance on strong sales
Jewellery chain Lovisa has defied the retail gloom and justified its share price surge by reporting a 7.4pc increase in sales for the December half.
UK fund to take $22m stake in AJ Lucas as part of capital raising
AJ Lucas will sell $22 million of shares to a UK-based fund as part of a capital raising to help fund shale gas drilling in England and to cut debt.
Challenges remain for business cycle
Business profits should flow through to wage growth and improved consumer spending. But there are structural challenges.
New year cheer for LNG players
The LNG market has defied gloomy predictions for 2017, presenting exporters with the brightest conditions for two years.
Housing boom over, but prices limp along
Outsized gains in Sydney and Melbourne are a thing of the past, but modest rises in house prices should still be possible in 2018
Robo-adviser takes $US100m in a single day
Wealthfront, one of the largest independent digital wealth management start-ups, just closed a $US75 million funding round to develop products for its growing client base.
The hidden dangers of comfortable investing
Passive investing may be popular, but in Australia this means having a 50 per cent exposure to just 15 stocks, writes Auscap's Tim Carleton.
Caution urged for emerging markets
When hedge fund legend Howard Marks from Oaktree Capital wrote a book on investing he devoted a chapter to the importance of being attentive to cycles.
Opinion
Red flags that led to Steinhoff short
Steinhoff was on the radar of one of London's most-secretive hedge funds nine months before news escaped of a possible accounting fraud.
Devil in the detail for republic movement
Nearly 20 years after the republic was buried as an issue, it could be back in play.
Challenges remain for business cycle
Business profits should flow through to wage growth and improved consumer spending. But there are structural challenges.
New central bank faces, same old problems
US central bankers remain frustrated by stubbornly low US inflation and divided about how best to deal with it.
Workers deserve pay rise says minister
Rising company profits should help end low wages growth, Malcolm Turnbull's new IR minister says.
Uber wins case over drivers' employment rights
Uber has secured a rare win in the first major Australian ruling on whether its drivers are employees or independent contractors.
Wages to finally grow this year
The confidence gap between downbeat consumers and upbeat businesses should narrow, as economists tip a return to healthy wage growth.
Facebook calls for cyberbullying laws only as last resort
The social media giant doesn't support new criminal offences in Australia and wants better education to stop malicious behaviour online.
Cannabis moves are 'fake news' says rich lister
AFR rich lister and chairman of hemp company Ecofibre Barry Lambert has taken a dim view of the government's new pot moves.
Explosive Trump book provides 2 leads for Russia investigation
Two tidbits in Michael Wolff's new book point to areas of inquiry for special counsel Robert Mueller.
Inequalities fuel unrest in Iran
Members of the country's two main political factions each tried to channel the public mood with a gamble.
US gas prices soar as big freeze hits
Natural gas prices surged to 60 times the going rate as howling blizzard conditions stoked demand.
North Korea to meet South Korea for talks
North Korea accepted a proposal to hold talks with South Korea on January 9 on reducing tensions ahead of the Winter Olympics next month.
Trump potboiler important, even if you don't believe it
Wolff's colourful book will magnify all the worries of people who might work for, negotiate with, or even just vote for Donald Trump.
Personal Finance
Top US share picks for millennials
While it makes sense that millennials are trading differently to retirees the most popular stocks across the board are in the technology sector.
SMSF tips for the first-home buyer scheme
This can be a way to get more towards a deposit but you'll need to get your trust deed sorted.
Four struggling stocks poised to rebound
Some of the most beaten-up stocks on the ASX are perfectly poised for a recovery, according to Morningstar's list of the best global equity picks.
The race to erase Kevin Spacey
"Two octogenarians kicking absolute ass": how Christopher Plummer replaced disgraced Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World.
Confessions of a great magazine editor
The Vanity Fair Diaries stands with Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities as reminders of an era sick with excess and set for disaster.
Cannon-Brookes calls on Twitter to remove Trump tweet
Twitter users are up in arms about the social network refusing to remove a provocative tweet from Donald Trump toward North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Buffett, optimistic, but wary of wealth gap
Warren Buffett believes American children will have a better standard of living than their parents though the divide between rich and poor must be addressed.
Lifestyle
The economist who unearthed cricket's untold story
Stephen Walters' book tells the story of the 1946 Australian cricket tour of New Zealand, a post-war feat that would not be repeated until the 1970s.
