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    The ASX is set to start the week on a positive note as commodities surge higher.

    ASX rises as miners jump; Nuix soars, Michael Hill slumps 20pc

    Australian shares move within 50 points of record close. China leaves rates on hold. Copper and gold at record highs. Follow updates here.

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    • Timothy Moore
    Pedestrians in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Consumer and technology groups listed in the city are trading at a big discount, some fund managers say.

    Australian investors snag Hong Kong bargains as share prices surge

    Fund managers see opportunities, with Chinese authorities promising measures to stop a long-term outflow of money from one of Asia’s biggest sharemarkets.

    • Jessica Sier
    Rising bond yields have weighed on Wall Street’s loss-making stocks this year.

    Loss-making companies are surging on the ASX, baffling analysts

    Goldman Sachs is perplexed about the surge in unprofitable stocks, and says there are safer alternatives like retailers Lovisa and Cettire.

    • Alex Gluyas
    Population ageing will increase demand for pathology services.

    This routine health test is an investment opportunity

    The share prices of pathology companies are below pre-pandemic levels and the world will need more blood tests.

    • Mark Draper
    Anthony Selby says lingering high interest rates mean there’s nothing wrong with bagging a 5 per cent risk-free return in cash savings.

    10 investment tips to ride out the ‘new normal’

    Given elevated interest rates and inflation are forecast to flow through financial year 2025, investors are eyeing stocks, property and gold to get ahead.

    • Tom Richardson
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    Bronte Capital co-founder and chief investment officer John Hempton in his Bondi Junction office. About half the books on his bookshelf recount frauds.

    John Hempton laments return of meme machine Roaring Kitty

    Before being hit by last week’s meme-stock rally triggered by an online stock promoter, Sydney hedge fund manager John Hempton was having a great year.

    • Aaron Patrick
    Ellerston Capital's Ashok Jacob.

    Ellerston, Tattarang-backed private fintech bags new CEO

    Andrew Baines will join Azupay on Monday as Ellerston Capital and Tattarang plot how to help the payments start-up grow with an eye on an exit.

    • Tom Richardson
    Elizabeth Norman and Andrew Clifford at Platinum’s 2022 AGM.

    Platinum’s marketing, client relations boss a $1m earner

    The huge pay packet for the fund manager’s marketing guru has turned heads given its tumbling funds under management and share price.

    • Tom Richardson

    Yesterday

    Nvidia is on track to rival Apple’s market capitalisation.

    ASX eyes record high as rate cut hopes fuel euphoria for shares

    Australian shares are set to advance after the Dow Jones crossed the historic 40,000 level on Friday with Nvidia’s earnings this week destined to test the rally.

    • Cecile Lefort

    This Month

    Mark Freeman says AFIC’s discount to NTA makes it a buying opportunity.

    The stocks Australia’s biggest LIC is buying

    While the LIC sector is under pressure, the 98-year-old Australian Foundation Investment Company is staying patient and hunting for value. 

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    • James Thomson
    The erosive effects of inflation on retirees’ purchasing power is significant, says Integro Private Wealth director Tim Sullivan

    Higher living costs are eating into your super. Here’s what to do

    Retirees are vulnerable to inflation because higher living costs eat into carefully calibrated savings plans that do not benefit from the injection of regular wages. Here’s what to do.

    • Tom Richardson
    The ASX 200 is set to open lower, reversing some of Thursday’s rally.

    Shares drop; Bendigo Bank jumps, SkyCity to pay $67m AUSTRAC penalty

    Shares drop 0.85pc. Star’s license suspension extended. US equities swing lower. Iron ore climbs as China posts mixed data. Oil firms. Follow here.

    • Timothy Moore, Tom Richardson, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones and Alex Gluyas
    Watch out – the bulls are running hard.

    Why bad news has the ASX bulls running

    Bad news from the job market turned a good day on the ASX into a great one. Investors are ploughing into market darlings in the firm belief that rate cuts are coming.

    • Updated
    • James Thomson
    The Han River in Seoul. Bloomberg reported Regal was facing scrutiny from Korean regulators.

    Regal allegedly embroiled in South Korean securities investigation

    The prominent hedge fund told investors in September it was shorting stocks in South Korea, saying it was focused on “one specific bank”.

    • Joshua Peach
    Platypus Asset Management’s head of investment, Prasad Patkar.

    The Aussie stock picks that made this fund a top 10

    Platypus Asset Management’s Prasad Patkar names Reece among the $5 billion money manager’s key investment calls. But he’s wary of BHP’s big M&A bet.

    • Sarah Jones
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    Copper prices on COMEX have soared around 28 per cent this year.

    Panic sets in as short squeeze rockets copper price

    A violent spike in copper futures traded in New York has caught markets off guard and sent traders scrambling to cover short positions.

    • Alex Gluyas
    The ASX is set to open higher, following another positive lead from New York.

    Shares eye record high on rate cut bets; WiseTech tops $100

    Shares post best day in 2024. Economy adds 38,500 jobs on surging immigration. Bond yields retreat. Copper, gold, bitcoin rally. Follow here.

    • Timothy Moore, Tom Richardson, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Alex Gluyas and Cecile Lefort
    Macquarie wants to seize market share in the fast-growing exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector.

    Macquarie stokes ETF price war, slashes fees to 3 basis points

    Macquarie wants to shake up the asset management sector with ETFs charging management fees as low as 3 basis points.

    • Tom Richardson
    China has increasingly been shipping its steel overseas as demand from the property sectors continues to falter.

    Citi calls time on iron ore rally as budget bakes in price plunge

    Citi has told investors to “fade the rally” after more signs of weakness in China’s financial sector.

    • Joshua Peach
    Fund mangers are riding a wave of stimulus that is helping buoy sentiment and the market.

    Fundies are riding a wave of stimulus. Jim Chalmers just added to it

    Investor bullishness is as strong as it’s been since 2021, but one key question in BoA’s latest fund manager survey particularly resonates after the latest budget.

    • James Thomson

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