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British solar developer announces new world record for solar panel efficiency using its perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells.

Landmark Silicon to Solar Study finds establishing manufacturing capability is "credible and feasible" with the right government policy support – and will be crucial to Australia's decarbonisation plans.

DXY fell: AUD dumped then pumped: North Asia helped: Oil slumped on Gaza peace hopes: Metals followed: Miners meh: EM meh: Junk meh: Treasuries do not believe Jay Powell hawkishness: Which lifted stocks: US data was decent, with the ISM and construction spending printing above expectations: But it should still not lift DXY. The market

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The forward-looking indicators for Australian housing construction continue to worsen, pointing to worsening housing shortages ahead. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on dwelling approvals, commencements, and completions shows that each indicator is tracking around decade lows at the same time as Australia’s population is growing at an unprecedented pace: Loans

I’ve been thinking about empathy lately. You know, empathy. That capacity to put yourself in someone else’s shows and wonder how they can possibly walk with heels that high. I’ve decided that there’s a distinct lack of empathy from some politicians and it’s this lack from the Coalition that’s one of the possible reasons why…

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Asian share markets are reacting to the overnight moves on Wall Street and the latest FOMC meeting with rate cut expectations dampening the mood. The USD is quite mixed as a result although the Australian dollar is falling as domestic rate cut expectations hold true going into the RBA February meeting. Oil prices remain volatile

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Anti-renewables movement asked to stop using Australian Greens founder's name and image to promote a protest "hijacked by the coal lobby."

Santos, Woodside, Adani and Gina Rinehart feature among donors to major political parties in 2023.

Tasmania's Liberal government wants the federal environment minister to "get on and approve" the contentious 900MW project, despite an ongoing legal challenge to its state environmental approvals.

Not all stock market bubbles are created equal. Some have a kernel or truth that enables a change in technology, finance or another economic segment to accelerate dramatically. Although the inflated prices cause some economic distortion, they also dramatically accelerate whatever breakthrough change is occurring. One such bubble is that around AI unfolding in the

CoreLogic and PropTrack have released their house price results for January with modest rises (CoreLogic) and flat results (PropTrack) recorded respectively. CoreLogic’s dwelling values index rose by 0.4% nationally in January, with mixed results recorded across the capital cities: Dwelling value growth decelerated sharply over the past quarter across Sydney and Melbourne: This dragged capital

Inflation has fallen rapidly and is approaching central bank targets in many countries. Is inflation going to stop at 2-3%, or will there be an undershoot? Tune in to this week’s podcast as Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen and Chief Strategist David Llewellyn-Smith give insight on 2024’s most important question. Can’t make it

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