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Wall Street rewrites market playbooks as second wave looms
As the world braces for a second wave of infections from the coronavirus, investors are dumping tried and true strategies.
- by Ruth Carson and Abhishek Vishnoi
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Markets Live
As it happened: ASX runs out of puff as banks and miners weigh
The big banks and miners kept the Australian sharemarket flat on Friday but the index still managed to add 1.6 per cent for the week.
- by Alex Druce
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8@eight
8@eight: ASX set to inch lower after soft Wall Street lead
What happened overnight and what is ahead for the Australian sharemarket.
World markets
Flying to safety: The world's ultra-wealthy are stocking up on gold
Advisers to the world's wealthy are urging them to hold more gold as they question strength of the share rally and the long-term impact of global central banks' cash splurge.
- by Simon Jessop and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi
World markets
Mixed day on Wall Street amid COVID-19 spikes, muted data
Wall Street in "wait and see" mode as it waits for the next big market-shaping move.
- by Stephen Culp
World markets
Wall Street titan warns of 'lost decade' ahead for investors
Ray Dalio's Bridgewater is the world's biggest hedge fund - now it is warning of troubled times ahead as the economic effects of the pandemic linger.
- by William Canny, Miles Weiss and Katherine Burton
Opinion
Currencies
Japan's currency could be the safest bet there is in an uncertain world
With no truly safe bets during a wild year for financial markets, there's now a hunt to cover all eventualities and Japan's yen could offer a peculiar twin role.
- by Mike Dolan
Property market
Chinese interest in Australian property shrinks as diplomatic rift grows
Chinese buyer enquiries for Australian homes fell to their lowest in almost three years in May, suggesting multibillion-dollar housing demand could be another casualty of a diplomatic spat between the two countries.
- by Swati Pandey and Jonathan Barrett
Regulation
Businessmen duo hit with long bans over binary options scheme
TitanTrade has come into the sights of regulators around the world. Now two local businessmen have been banned over their links to the trading site.
- by Sarah Danckert
Analysis
Trade wars
Welcome to the splinternet: We're heading towards a digital cold war
As tensions between the US and China intensify over trade and COVID-19, it is not just the internet which is splitting in two. Two distinct tech worlds are taking shape, threatening to bring a new era of tensions.
- by Margi Murphy and Matthew Field
Opinion
Sharemarket
'Buy the trash': The day traders punting on the sharemarket's rebound
A wave of new retail investors has emerged in the US during Wall Street's rebound from its pandemic lows. Will it end in losses and tears?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz