Stephen Bartholomeusz
Stephen is one of Australia’s most respected business journalists. He was most recently co-founder and associate editor of the Business Spectator website and an associate editor and senior columnist at The Australian.
Opinion
Commodity boom adds to confusion about the outlook for inflation
Does the new boom in commodity prices point to a longer and stronger post-pandemic surge in global growth and inflation than markets and central banks have assumed?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Kerry Stokes thumbs a well-worn playbook for ‘$8 billion’ Boral bid
Kerry Stokes’ nil-premium bid is designed to ensure Seven doesn’t end up spending $8 billion to gain effective control of the building materials giant.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Risky business: The Fed, and Elon Musk, sound the alarm bells on financial markets
The fact that Elon Musk could send the value of a cryptocurrency plummeting after a joke on Saturday Night Live tells you a lot about the state of financial markets.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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China’s miscalculation on trade deal helps Biden rebuild the Western Front
China’s response to European sanctions for its human rights violations has blown up a trade deal seven years in the making and pushed Europe closer to the US.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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For ANZ and its peers it’s like the pandemic never happened
ANZ’s interim results show few pandemic scars, leaving it apparently overcapitalised and able to contemplate big returns to shareholders. But it’s too early to declare victory.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The US dollar is on the nose again and that spells trouble for the RBA
After a brief respite, the US dollar has resumed its fall. While that says something positive about the outlook for the rest of the world it isn’t such good news for the US, or the Reserve Bank.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Boom times: We may be having another commodity supercycle
One could easily think we’re in the middle of the kind of commodities supercycle last seen in the China-driven boom in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. But this time it’s different.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
The Fed remains dovish even as the Biden binge hits $US6 trillion
The US central bank remains committed to its policies of ultra-low interest rates and large-scale bond-buying even as the Biden administration goes on an unprecedented spending spree.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Markets are behaving dangerously but central banks have their heads in the sand
The level of peculiar and potentially destructive speculative activity in financial markets is being downplayed or ignored by central bankers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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‘Green washing’ rife as ethical investing dollars roll in
There’s increasing scrutiny of companies and fund managers that profess to be socially responsible.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Ghost from the past: Kevin Rudd is making a big mistake reviving an old tax debate
Kevin Rudd has advocated revisiting the resources super profits tax that helped cost him his prime ministership in 2010. The idea is ill-conceived.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz