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The Weekly Finger: RRS Recap
Mining could raise MSCI weight from 2.2% to about 5%, signaling an imminent re-rate; Firefly Metals flags 42% IRR on Green Bay copper project.
A Chance for Pensioners to Boost their Standard of Living
Sept 20: New pension deeming rates (1.25%/3.25%). Discover how pensioners can beat them with top savings rates and term deposits.
Allowing Early Access to Super Remains Controversial
Early access to super sparks inflation fears; COVID-era withdrawals showed debt risk, higher spending, and a booming property market—flashpoints in the debate.
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Market Wrap: Soaring bond yields, oil and recession fears crunch Australian shares
ASX 200 falls as bond yields spike and oil surges, dragging miners lower while banks cling to gains amid rate-hike fears.
US Debt Levels Getting Critical but Australia Can’t Afford to Gloat
US debt hits $40T as global debt soars; Australia's fiscal wounds deepen with rising state debt and higher interest costs, no gloating, only risk.
The Weekly Finger: Ag squeeze, a quality of earnings red flag, and copper's discovery drought
Ag squeeze boosts grain prices; a red flag in S&P 500 earnings as unrealised gains surge; and copper faces a discovery drought—this week’s market briefing.
Aussie Super Set to Hit $5 Trillion
Australia's superannuation assets near $5 trillion after a 9% jump, eyeing a year-end target of about $5.23T unless markets derail.
Market wrap: Stronger Wall Street not enough to save Australian shares from a weekly fall
ASX 200 dips 0.2% as weekly drop deepens despite Wall Street tech gains; traders eye another RBA rate rise as oil tops $95.
Latest Super Fiddle Won’t Be the Last
Australian super reforms tighten control after $1.2b losses: ATO veto on SMSF rollovers, new knowledge tests, higher levies for a broader compensation scheme.
The Weekly Finger: Grains gone wild, the copper squeeze nobody's pricing in, and the bond market story tying it all together
Grains go wild as copper tightens supply and gold/silver pull back; bond-market signals spark a rotation into real assets—NVIDIA and Fed odds in play.
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