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8@eight
8@eight: Wall Street rally to bolster ASX
Here's what happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Tyler Yell, Ilya Spivak
Latest
Positive, and cautious start to the week for equity investors
Local investors appear poised to start the week on a positive note, bolstered by a rally on Wall Street and amid expectations of an "election" budget.
- by Timothy Moore
Sharemarket
The wit and wisdom of 'Oracle of Omaha' Warren Buffett
From Apple to Amazon, tax cuts, trade and cryptocurrencies, Warren Buffett answered five hours of questions at Berkshire’s annual meeting.
Big four
Wealth management closing down sale! Everything must go!
The Financial Services Royal Commission has achieved a remarkable feat in its reasonably short history. It’s made the extraordinary seem commonplace.
- by Scott Phillips
Pharmaceuticals
Rupert Murdoch among star-studded investors duped by Theranos
High-profile investors who collectively lost hundreds of millions of dollars included media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Walmart's Walton family.
Sharemarket
US stocks log biggest gain in over three weeks
US stocks logged their biggest advance in almost four weeks after the country's jobless rate hit an 18-year low.
Superannuation
Our $130 billion super giant is starting to throw its weight around
Cut-throat takeover battles and a portfolio flush with trendy Silicon Valley tech stocks. What is AustralianSuper up to?
- by Nassim Khadem & Ruth Williams
ASX posts best weekly advance in more than a year
The ASX snapped a five-session winning streak on Friday but managed to post its best weekly advance since March 2017.
- by Sarah Turner
Markets Live
Markets Live: ASX snaps five-session win streak
The ASX snapped a five-session winning streak on Friday but managed to post its best weekly advance for more than a year.
- by Sarah Turner
Analysis
Apple
How rich is Apple? Latest buyback shows it's world's biggest cashmaker
Like a bottomless ATM, the tech giant spent $28.7 billion on its recent share buyback - enough to buy any of 275 companies listed on the US benchmark.
- by Thomas Heath
Ethical investing
Indigenous group launches nation's first private carbon trading fund
The Aboriginal fund will back social and cultural causes, giving companies the chance to make an impact beyond simply cutting carbon emissions.
- by Cole Latimer