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Wall Street shoots to new records
The latest round of strong earnings reports, including from Intel and AbbVie, along with continued weakness in the dollar lifted each of the major Wall Street indexes to closing records on Friday.
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Australian dollar dives after Trump says the US dollar will get 'stronger and stronger'
The Australian dollar has dived after President Donald Trump told CNBC he wants a strong US dollar, contradicting comments made by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin one day earlier.
- by Timothy Moore
George Soros unleashes on Trump administration in Davos speech
George Soros predicts that the groundswell of opposition that President Donald Trump has generated will prove to be his downfall.
- by Katia Porzecanski
COMMENT
Why Donald Trump's Davos speech should worry investors
President Donald Trump's address at the Global Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will be critical for investors.
- by Komal Sri-Kumar
Opinion
Innovation
GetSwift looks like another setback for the ASX's tech ambitions
Australian investors used to ignore tech. Now they are backing untested tech stocks with gleeful abandon.
- by John McDuling
Currencies
Australian dollar surges to 32-month high as US talks down the greenback
The Australian dollar surged more than 1 per cent, before easing, after US officials signalled their openness to a weaker greenback.
- by Timothy Moore
ASX slides into three-day weekend, $A shines
ASX investors ended a holiday-shortened week on a downbeat note, while the Australian dollar briefly vaulted back over US81¢.
- by Sarah Turner
Markets Live: ASX retreats, $A jumps
The ASX sported small losses on the last trading session of a holiday-shortened week, while the Aussie dollar jumped higher.
- by Sarah Turner
BAEP tops Mercer survey of the best Australian share funds of 2017
The latest Mercer survey reveals the roosters and feather dusters among Aussie equity managers in 2017.
- by Patrick Commins
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8@eight: ASX set to open lower
The local sharemarket is poised to open lower on the back of retreats on global markets, with futures pointing to a 14-point drop.
- by John Kicklighter
Markets Live
Markets Live: ASX stretches out gains
Investors in Australian shares pushed the market back to levels last seen at the middle of January on Wednesday, amid ongoing optimism for economic growth at home and overseas.
- by Sarah Turner