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    Local shares are set to open higher.

    ASX eyes best day since mid-May as Collins Foods jumps

    Shares rebound; Energy & Minerals Group quits Coronado bid; ResMed dives 11pc in the US; Qantas buys 14 DeHavilland aircraft; Healius updates earnings guidance. Follow updates here.

    • 23 mins ago
    • Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

    Nvidia’s murky AI future isn’t reflected in its price

    Despite the recent sell-off, Nvidia’s shares have still surged some 4000 per cent over the past five years. It’s clearly a great business, but is it a great investment?

    • 1 hr ago
    • Nir Kaissar
    Cettire shares traded lower on Tuesday.

    Brokers turn on Cettire after profit downgrade

    The company’s shares fell again on Tuesday as analysts doubted whether a soft luxury market was the only cause of its dramatic downgrade.

    • 1 hr ago
    • Jonathan Shapiro and Carrie LaFrenz
    Michael Ullmer (left), the outgoing chairman of Lendlease, and chief executive Tony Lombardo.

    Woolworths, CSL among ASX giants that should sell foreign assets

    A wave of Australian companies are ditching their overseas businesses to bring capital back to Australia. MST Marquee says there are more that should do the same.

    • Alex Gluyas
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    Julian Assange released | Career tips from award winners | KFC economic crunch

    Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

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    Nvidia, briefly, became the world’s most valuable company last week.

    Nvidia share slide erases $646b in market value

    Shares in the semiconductor maker have tumbled more than 10 per cent, putting it back below the $US3 trillion market-cap threshold.

    • Updated
    • Ryan Vlastelica
    Wall Street.

    ASX to rise, Nvidia rout gathers momentum

    Australian shares are set to open higher. Oil retakes $US86 a barrel. Nvidia sheds 6.7pc. Bitcoin tumbles near 8pc, trading below $US59,000. S&P 500 slips.

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    • Timothy Moore

    Yesterday

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    Kean gets top climate job; Cettire dives 44pc; Myer’s huge expansion

    Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

    US stocks have rallied nearly 15 per cent this year.

    Wall Street’s record rally built on ‘shaky foundations’

    The AI-powered surge in the US sharemarket has lifted the S&P 500 by 32 per cent from its October lows, but equity strategists warn not everything is so rosy under the hood.

    • Updated
    • Alex Gluyas
    New trial results from Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug has sparked another ResMed sell-off.

    ResMed sinks as drug trial sparks Ozempic-style sell-off

    New results from Eli Lilly’s weight-loss treatment have traders reaching for the sell button, but analysts aren’t so sure.

    • Updated
    • Joshua Peach
    The ASX 200 is set to open lower.

    ASX slips; Cettire slumps 49pc; Paladin to buy Fission for $1.3b

    Shares close down 0.8 per cent; Star drops after profit warning; Myer explores merger with Premier’s Just Jeans, Jay Jays; Cettire issues profit warning; ResMed sinks as Ozempic fears resurge. Follow updates here.

    • Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
    Geometrica’s James Bradley was only 23 years old when he co-founded the hedge fund.

    Why hedge fund Geometrica only wants to make ‘easy money’

    Fund managers James Bradley and Gary Hui go to painstaking lengths before they buy a stock like Nvidia or bet against one like The a2 Milk Company.

    • Joanne Tran

    This Month

    RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser will speak on Thursday.

    ASX to fall as RBA’s inflation problem rattles nerves

    Shares are set to start the week down 0.2 per cent with investor nerves tested by monthly inflation data and RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser’s assessment of the economy.

    • Cecile Lefort
    Wall Street.

    S&P 500 slips, Nvidia paces semiconductor slide

    The S&P 500 ended modestly lower as semi stocks pared some of their advance. BofA broadly positive on China’s economic outlook.

    • Updated
    • Timothy Moore
    Neil Howe says the world is building towards a climax. “This book is not about where we want to go, it’s about where we are going – whether we want to go there or not.”

    Why the favourite demographer of market gurus predicts catastrophe

    History says something really ugly is coming, according to Neil Howe. Investors need to be ready.

    • James Thomson
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    QBE’s Frank O’Halloran, ANZ’s Mike Smith and Macquarie’s Shemara Wikramanayake have had different experiences expanding their empires overseas.

    Global ambitions a dangerous trap for overzealous local giants

    “An organic approach to world domination is a better way to do it,” says Allan Gray’s Simon Mawhinney. A string of failures shows he’s on the money.

    • Jemima Whyte
    Steven Marks.

    Gen Z demand makes Guzman y Gomez the hottest retail stock

    About 30 per cent of all shares traded on Superhero, a popular online platform, were in the Mexican restaurant group on Thursday. Still, demand is falling.

    • Joanne Tran
    The Commonwealth Bank building in Sydney. The bank is on its way to becoming the country’s largest listed company.

    CBA rally threatens to dethrone BHP as ASX top stock

    A 25 per cent rally in the country’s largest bank has placed it within striking distance of the miner, which has been Australia’s most valuable listed company for more than two years.

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    • Joshua Peach and Tom Richardson
    Putting nuclear back on the table in Canberra could have implications for ASX uranium explorers over the long term.

    Investors see uranium riches if Coalition’s nuclear plan takes off

    The country’s largest uranium developer could almost triple in value if Australia relaxed its restrictive position on the energy source, Morgan Stanley says.

    • Joshua Peach

    GyG’s winning bank; PM addresses gas risk; It’s Bullock v burritos

    Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.