Looking back at 2024, Australia's economy was generally sluggish due to weak demand and stagnant labor productivity growth, although population growth, a surge in infrastructure projects, and rising public demand helped the economy narrowly avoid a recession. Despite the economic slowdown, the Australian stock market has shown resilience and strength due to strong performances in the banking and i...

More positive news on inflation saw equity market gains in the US, Australia and Europe last week. The US Fed appears increasingly confident that they can get inflation back to 2.00% and this saw US Treasury yields fall.
US 2 year bonds have fallen to 4.56% (from 5.21% on Oct 17) whilst US 10 year bonds have fallen to 4.22% (from 5.00% on Oct 17). Australian bonds have been falling as well with 2 year bonds last week closing at 4.17% (fr...

G'day, mooers! Check out the latest news on today's stock market!
• US stocks ease
• ASX 200 drops, weighed by consumer discretionary stocks.
• Stocks to watch: Tyro Payments, City Chic, New Hope
- Moomoo News AU
Wall Street Summary
Fear crept onto Wall Street Friday after talks to raise the debt ceiling sputtered in Washington, bringing a week of steady trading to a tense conclusion.
Major indexes started the day higher but tur...

G'day, mooers! Check out the latest news on today's stock market!
• Wall St rallies, Bank of England pivots to avert 'Lehman' moment
• Australian shares lift on Thursday, ASX 200 up 1.65 per cent
• Stocks to watch: AGL, Premier Investments, Iress
- moomoo News AU
Wall Street Summary
US stocks surged on Wednesday afternoon as Treasury yields retreated from a sharp ascent and investors cheered on a surprise policy pivot by the Bank of England.
T...