Why rate rises will crush all asset prices
This month's sell-off is a timely reminder that fixed-rate bonds can be a horrific hedge to losses in shares when the economy is firming.
Joyce lashes Turnbull as 'inept'
The Coalition is at war after Barnaby Joyce slammed Malcolm Turnbull's condemnation of his extramarital affair, calling the comments "inept" and "harmful".
Malcolm Turnbull finally takes control
After 30-plus months in office, the Barnaby Joyce saga demonstrates Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has finally decided to take the reins of power.
Financial planners should expect another pasting
The first major shadow shopping survey of the self-managed super sector by ASIC has uncovered examples of poor financial advice, which could trigger compensation claims.
PM's sex ban is 'panicked' says business
Australian businesses are not warming up to the Prime Minister's consensual sex ban, saying office romances are inevitable.
Markets: ASX moves firmly higher
The ASX gained after a positive session on Wall Street, with financials moving higher and earnings also lending a helping hand.
Results: IOOF, Super Retail, Whitehaven, Medibank, Star
Welcome to the AFR's results wrap. This is how the day's earnings results unfolded.
The Star profit up 12pc but warns on outlook
The Star Entertainment Group released its half-year results on Friday
ANZ acquisition costs hit IOOF profit
IOOF said costs relating to its $975 million ANZ transaction saw its profit decline 39pc.
Medibank first-half profit climbs 6pc
Medibank Private said its interim net profit rose 5.9 per cent to $245.6 million, buoyed by solid gains from its health insurance businesses.
Rio Tinto hit by Mongolian power grab
Rio Tinto may face higher costs on its $US5.3 billion expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi mine, after Mongolia ordered the miner to source power domestically within four years.
Origin's LNG win adds to energy resurgence
There must have been some very satisfied sighs when the first cash dividend from the APLNG joint venture arrived at Origin Energy headquarters in Sydney.
Bitcoin retops $US10,000 on Bitstamp
Bitcoin, which shed more than two-thirds of its value from mid December through early February, is rallying again.
US producer prices rise in January
"The drumbeat of higher inflation is getting louder," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors.
Yields converge for first time in 18 years
US bond yields are almost certainly headed through 3 per cent, turning the spread between Australia and the US negative for the first time in 18 years.
London faces Brexit cost: Bundesbank
The UK's exit from the European Union will be a watershed moment for the City of London, a German central bank policymaker said.
Opinion
Malcolm Turnbull's #MeToo moment
Malcolm Turnbull's stance is an acknowledgement that the ground has shifted mightily in gender relations everywhere.
No sex please, we're ministers
After lagging the world of business when it comes to the fast changing rules on sexual affairs in the workplace, the political world has just leapt way ahead.
Joyce let slip his duty to own the story
Barnaby Joyce and the Nationals' failure this week has been ignoring a key tenet of their own conservatism: the importance of taking responsibility.
What's behind Bridgewater's big European short?
Why has the world's biggest hedge fund decided to build up more than $US14 billion in shorts against a selection of European stocks?
Inflation is becoming more prominent
RBA governor Philip Lowe said he expected property price growth and debt to expand slower than incomes to help defuse a dangerous build-up in housing debt.
PM's sex ban shames Barnaby Joyce
Malcolm Turnbull's harsh judgement on Barnaby Joyce's behaviour has infuriated his deputy and could harm their working relationship as the PM banned ministers from having sex with their staff.
Trump's Australia envoy warns of war
President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Australia has warned that the United States must prepare for the possibility of a war with China.
National Energy Guarantee paper only scratches surface
"They are doing no more than throwing their hands in the air and saying, 'what do you think about how this will work?'" said Bruce Mountain, director of Carbon + Energy Markets
Inside the campaign to kill business tax cuts
A politicised think tank undermined a policy that would have created jobs, profits and a bigger economy.
Hillary Clinton to visit Australia in May
The former presidential candidate and secretary of state is expected to address business events in Sydney and Melbourne.
Russia's Magnitsky affair and its links to Trump
In 2009, Sergei Magnitsky died in police custody, where he had been held in abject conditions for nearly a year.
'I can't believe this is happening'
A 19-year-old gunman returning to a Florida high school where he had once been expelled opened fire, killing 17 people.
Indonesian elections push trade deal aside
Indonesia's election season comes as just as Australia is looking to sign off on a long-negotiated trade deal.
Oil extends gains on Saudi commitment to cutting output
Oil prices rose more than 1 per cent on Saudi comments that it would rather see an undersupplied market than end a deal with OPEC and Russia.
Personal Finance
Westpac make 'regrettable' life insurance change
Westpac closes high blood pressure and cholesterol life insurance loophole after class action.
Tax cuts may hold key for incomes
Cutting corporate taxes could be the key to lifting Australian incomes and unleashing a private sector spending boom, CBA's chief economist Michael Blythe says.
Bitcoin is 'noxious poison'
Billionaire investor Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's deputy, is convinced that bitcoin is "noxious poison".
Want a profitable law firm? Avoid jerks
'Collaboration' has become a buzz word – but Heidi Gardner argues it can boost profit.
Transformation drives government employers
The perception of government might be of a staid, traditional employer, but the focus for big government employers in the Top 100 list is on innovation.
How Henry Davis York disappeared
The final partner from HDY's legacy Canberra office will join Ashurst. What does the HDY story say for the market?
'Quiz kid' Commissioner Hayne holds true
Destiny was writ large for school boy Kenneth Hayne: the banks face a formidable force.
Lifestyle
Why we forget most of the books we read
In the internet age, recall memory – the ability to spontaneously call information up in your mind – has become less necessary.
