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The Short Squeeze: Is Trump's defeat good for markets?
This week's podcast takes a look the impact a Biden presidency is likely to have on markets, lockdown relief for Melbourne and the RBA's fears of a rising Aussie dollar.
- by Lucy Battersby
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Opinion
Wall Street
Wall St finds a silver lining from a messy election
The fluctuations in financial markets in the lead up to the US election demonstrates investors' search for optimism in any development, however unexpected.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Wall Street
Warren Buffett goes on historic $US9b stock buyback spree
Warren Buffett has gone from shunning stock buybacks to being one of the world's biggest repurchasers.
- by Katherine Chiglinsky
Markets Live
As it happened: ASX gains 1.8% to 8-month high
The ASX200 added 108.62 points on Monday to close 1.8% higher at 6298.8. It is now up 39% since the bottom of the market on 23 March.
- by Alex Druce and Lucy Battersby
World markets
Oil giants will miss 'friend' Trump, wary of Biden
The OPEC oil cartel had a difficult relationship with Trump but they ended up largely on the same page. Now they are wary of what President-elect Biden brings to the table.
- by Alex Lawler and Rania El Gamal
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Virus focus returns following US election
As the dust settles on the election, the health and economic impacts of the virus are to be back front of mind for investors, as the crisis continues to spiral out of control overseas.
- by Kyle Rodda
Investing
Pohl position: fund manager bets on Seek in race against short sellers
Fund manager Emmanuel (Manny) Pohl is sticking with one of his best bets in the market, Seek, calling the short seller attack a cheap shot.
- by Lucy Battersby
Markets Live
As it happened: ASX lifts to near three-week high as US count rolls on
The ASX entered the weekend at a near three-week high as a rolling gridlock rally and improved metals prices buoyed investors. The US election count continues.
- by Alex Druce
Wall Street
'Goldilocks Gridlock': ASX to open higher after Wall Street rallies on
The local sharemarket is set to open stronger on Friday as stocks continued riding Wall Street’s post-election wave overnight, with investors betting on the continuation of business-friendly Trump policies with a split control of Congress.
- by Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise
Opinion
US votes 2020
Fetch your tin helmet: Trump has set in motion a fateful chain of events
The US President's narrative as an electoral fraud victim was a calculated move - and will cause weeks of havoc. Have markets understood the gravity of what is unfolding?
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
US votes 2020
Wall Street likes gridlock, regardless of who is in the White House
Financial markets were initially unsettled but warmed to the Republicans' retention of their Senate majority, the prospect of a gridlocked Congress and the retention of Trump's tax cuts.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz