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    Joshua Peach

    Markets reporter

    Joshua Peach is a Markets Reporter at The Australian Financial Review Email Joshua at joshua.peach@nine.com.au

    Today

    The ASX 200 is set to open lower.

    ASX flat, CSL on course for biggest drop this year

    Shares steady; immunoglobulins unit boosts CSL earnings; Seek hit by job ads fall; Orora knocks back Lone Star’s bid; NBN losses deepen. Follow updates here.

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    Ted O’Brien and Sally Sitou have emerged as the best stockpickers in parliament.

    Meet Canberra’s best and worst stockpickers (one got returns of 64pc)

    From investments in lithium to Fortescue, disclosures made by parliamentarians give at least a glimpse of whose portfolios are up – and whose are down.

    This Month

    CBA shares have come under pressure this month but remain nearly 25 per cent up over the last 12 months.

    L1 Capital shorts CBA as cracks emerge

    The hedge fund has become the latest to take the so-called “widow-maker” trade against Australia’s largest bank.

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    The ASX 200 is set to open lower.

    ASX falls as miners weigh; AMP shares soar 13pc

    Shares lower at the closing bell; AMP’s profit rises; former Qantas boss Alan Joyce to lose more than $9 million in bonuses; Myer warns on profit; iron ore falls below $US100. Follow updates here.

    ASX lifts as GPT shines, Rio slumps

    Shares reverse early losses; Wall Street firms amid persisting volatility; shares in retailers and property lose steam; lower iron ore prices hit miners. Follow updates here.

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    The ASX 200 is set to open lower as volatility persists.

    ASX rebounds after global rout; Woodside shares tumble

    Shares advance at the closing bell; US futures bounce back; Treasury Wine flags impairment; Coronado revenue slumps 10 per cent; Bullock says rate cut not on the agenda in 2024. Follow updates here.

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    The ASX is tiling higher on Tuesday, recovering from its worst day of trading in four years in the previou session.

    ‘Fears are overblown’: ASX steadies as recession panic eases

    Australian shares were around 0.4 per cent higher, rebounding from the worst sell-off in more than four years.

    Australian shares are poised to extend their losses to start the week.

    ASX charts worst day in four years; tech stocks crumble

    The sharemarket ended the session 3.7 per cent lower. Wall Street tumbles after July jobs miss. ResMed unscathed by market-wide rout. Follow here for more.

    Dougal Maple-Brown, portfolio manager at Maple-Brown Abbott in Sydney.

    Lessons from 40 years of investing, from one value investor to another

    Dougal Maple-Brown discusses his family’s decision to sell the famed Sydney boutique founded by his father, the late Robert Maple-Brown.

    Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock will front media after the central bank’s latest decision this week.

    RBA to hold rates steady as inflation gets closer to target

    The central bank is expected to oversee a “straightforward” meeting this week, after last week’s inflation result took the heat out of tightening fears.

    A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

    US recession rumblings to roil ASX

    The Australian sharemarket is set for its worst two-day sell-off in two years after jobs data in the US confirmed traders’ biggest fears of a worsening economy.

    The S&P/ASX 200 plunged 1.8 per cent to 7235.3 on Monday.

    Worst day for ASX since SVB crisis as US recession fears surge

    Australian shares ended their worst session in more than a year on Friday after fears of a hard economic landing returned in droves in the US overnight.

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    The ASX 200 is set to plunge at Friday’s open.

    ASX dives 2.1pc as NAB, CBA, Westpac slammed

    Shares plunge; Macquarie eyes $1b hybrid issue; Afterpay’s Nick Molnar promoted to head of sales for Block; ResMed revenue up 9pc; Follow updates here.

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    Local shares are set to open higher.

    ASX tops 8100 points; oil gains on MidEast worries, DroneShield sinks

    Australian shares reset record high. Meta rallies after its results beat expectations. Regulator backs Namoi Cotton buyout. Follow updates here.

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    July

    Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock will meet to discuss interest rates next week.

    Relief rally sweeps market after cool inflation tempers rate fears

    Shares had the best day since 2022, the Aussie dollar fell, and bond yields tumbled after core inflation prompted traders to rapidly start pricing in a rate cut in Australia.

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    Local shares are set to open higher, though futures pared their gains after Microsoft’s earnings disappointed.

    ASX jumps 1.8pc after June CPI data; Rio rallies

    Shares jumped the most since 2022 amid a broad rally; traders bet on Reserve Bank rate cuts; Commonwealth Bank tops BHP to become biggest Australian firm; Rio Tinto half-year profit at $5.8 billion. Follow updates here.

    Local shares are set to open higher.

    ASX rises; Bellevue Gold plunges 22pc; MinRes rallies

    Shares advance at the closing bell; Mineral Resources says its on track to meet production guidance; Bellevue tumbles on discounted equity raising. Follow updates here.

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    Donald Trump is expected to continue to dismantle green initiatives in the US if he wins a second term in November.

    Funds hit as Trump shadow looms over green energy

    Fund managers are scrambling to assess what a Republican win in November could mean for the billions of dollars earmarked for green investments.

    Eleanor Swanson: “The final piece of the puzzle is just the penetration of the Millennial population in each market.”

    ‘Don’t wait until it’s too late,’ warn ASX small-cap managers

    Local fund managers are telling clients to start moving money out of large caps before Australia catches up to the US in the global inflation race.

    The ASX 200 is set to open sharply lower.

    Shares fall; Macquarie, Fortescue sink on results

    Shares lose 1pc. Seek warns on profits. ANZ suspends, terminates staff. Fortescue misses production expectations. Wall Street tumbles on slowdown worries. Follow here.