From the Market Ear: Mighty NVDA NVDA takes out resistance levels, breaking above the consolidation that has been in place since mid July. Weak hands have been shaken out, so we could be seeing a short-term vacuum kick in… Will… …NVDA lead us higher, or ORCL lower? De-leveraging Last week we saw US Fundamental L/S
On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released dwelling approvals data for July, which showed 15,624 trend approvals for the month, down 1.0% from July. Approvals remained 4,376 (22%) behind the National Housing Accord’s five-year objective of 20,000 dwellings per month. In the year to August, 189,105 dwellings were approved for construction, which was
Cotality has released its September housing market report, which contains more bad news for renters. The national rental vacancy rate has fallen to a fresh record low of only 1.4%, according to Cotality, which has driven a reacceleration in rental growth. “The national vacancy rate slipped to a new record low of 1.4% in September,
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As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has chosen to hold the official cash rate at 3.60%, in what was a unanimous decision. In arriving at its decision, the statement noted that “the decline in underlying inflation has slowed”, with “recent data, while partial and volatile, suggest[ing] that inflation in the September quarter may
On Monday, Stats NZ released data on filled jobs for August, which recorded a 0.2% monthly rise, in line with expectations. However, as shown below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, the August data incorporated chunky historical revisions, which suggest a weaker labour market starting point. The earlier reported 0.2% increase in July was revised
When then Treasurer Scott Morrison came to the Prime Ministership in 2018, he did so as something of a compromise candidate. In the first leadership spill held on August 21, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defeated challenger Peter Dutton 48 votes to 35. This led to the now-infamous jab at Dutton that he was unable to
The explosion of artificial intelligence has triggered one of the largest capital expenditure booms in history. Trillions of dollars are being poured into building and upgrading data centres, which now sit at the heart of the global economy. Understanding their underlying economics—cost structures, pressure points, and investment implications—is becoming essential for investors and policymakers alike.
Former Coalition Prime Minister John Howard used a ‘bait-and-switch’ on the Australian public, scapegoating and closing the door on the very few refugees arriving by boat while throwing the door wide open to economic migrants arriving by air. The ultimate result was a significant increase in Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM), which surged from the
Health Minister Mark Butler has stated organised crime had recently taken a “stranglehold” over the illicit tobacco market and that the tobacco black market has “exploded” into the biggest threat to public health in Australia. “It started in Melbourne and it spread right through the country. It means that there is violence and arson taking