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As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

The US central bank left its policy rate unchanged and declined to provide any guidance about the outlook, so the bond market took matters into its...

previous day 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

The US central bank left its policy rate unchanged and declined to provide any guidance about the outlook, so the bond market took matters into its...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

The US central bank left its policy rate unchanged and declined to provide any guidance about the outlook, so the bond market took matters into its...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

As the Fed sits tight on interest rates, investors take action

The US central bank left its policy rate unchanged and declined to provide any guidance about the outlook, so the bond market took matters into its...

previous day 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Shares in AI-related companies have been falling as competition from China, rogue AI agents, complex financing deals and vast capital expenditures...

wednesday 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Shares in AI-related companies have been falling as competition from China, rogue AI agents, complex financing deals and vast capital expenditures...

wednesday 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Shares in AI-related companies have been falling as competition from China, rogue AI agents, complex financing deals and vast capital expenditures...

wednesday 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Scared by tech’s debt deluge, investors are questioning the AI boom

Shares in AI-related companies have been falling as competition from China, rogue AI agents, complex financing deals and vast capital expenditures...

wednesday 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

Global wealth is booming but alarm bells are starting to ring louder.

28.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

Global wealth is booming but alarm bells are starting to ring louder.

28.07.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

Global wealth is booming but alarm bells are starting to ring louder.

28.07.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

How the world’s $2.6 quadrillion wealth bomb could explode

Global wealth is booming but alarm bells are starting to ring louder.

28.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

America’s finances are already parlous, and they are deteriorating. Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade war is not helping matters.

27.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

America’s finances are already parlous and they are deteriorating. Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade war is not helping matters.

27.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

America’s finances are already parlous and they are deteriorating. Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade war is not helping matters.

27.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

Trump is making America’s money problem worse

America’s finances are already parlous and they are deteriorating. Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade war is not helping matters.

27.07.2026 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

The market reaction to the results of Google’s parent Alphabet and Elon Musk’s Tesla suggests that investors are becoming increasingly wary of the...

23.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

The market reaction to the results of Google’s parent Alphabet and Elon Musk’s Tesla suggests that investors are becoming increasingly wary of the...

23.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

The market reaction to the results of Google’s parent Alphabet and Elon Musk’s Tesla suggests that investors are becoming increasingly wary of the...

23.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

Money to burn? Big Tech’s AI splurge is blowing out

The market reaction to the results of Google’s parent Alphabet and Elon Musk’s Tesla suggests that investors are becoming increasingly wary of the...

23.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The opening of a second front in the war in the Middle East and depleted stocks of oil and refined products around the globe have left the world...

22.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The opening of a second front in the war in the Middle East and depleted stocks of oil and refined products around the globe have left the world...

22.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The opening of a second front in the war in the Middle East and depleted stocks of oil and refined products around the globe have left the world...

22.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The real oil shock from the Iran war might be just beginning

The opening of a second front in the war in the Middle East and depleted stocks of oil and refined products around the globe have left the world...

22.07.2026 30

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Donald Trump is threatening more tariffs on Canada, Brazil and Spain, even as his new round of global levies is about to take effect this week.

21.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Donald Trump is threatening more tariffs on Canada, Brazil and Spain, even as his new round of global levies is about to take effect this week.

21.07.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Donald Trump is threatening more tariffs on Canada, Brazil and Spain, even as his new round of global levies is about to take effect this week.

21.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Trump wants to make his trade wall bigger and better than ever before

Donald Trump is threatening more tariffs on Canada, Brazil and Spain, even as his new round of global levies is about to take effect this week.

21.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

The US president and his family could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars a year from selling instant access to his social media posts. His...

20.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Donald Trump and his family could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars a year from selling instant access to his social media posts. His company...

20.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Donald Trump and his family could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars a year from selling instant access to his social media posts. His company...

20.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Trump’s shady plan gives his failing company a lifeline

Donald Trump and his family could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars a year from selling instant access to his social media posts. His company...

20.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s economic divide is widening in era of protectionism

China’s growth is faltering and its export-led economy is threatened by increased protectionism around the world. Now, Beijing is finally looking to...

16.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s economic divide is widening in era of protectionism

China’s growth is faltering and its export-led economy is threatened by increased protectionism around the world. Now, Beijing is finally looking to...

16.07.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s economic divide is widening in era of protectionism

China’s growth is faltering and its export-led economy is threatened by increased protectionism around the world. Now, Beijing is finally looking to...

16.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s economic divide is widening in era of protectionism

China’s growth is faltering and its export-led economy is threatened by increased protectionism around the world. Now, Beijing is finally looking to...

16.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘I don’t see it that way’: Why Trump’s man just rained on the president’s parade

Donald Trump was quick to celebrate some surprising economic news, but his own actions mean his joy will probably be short-lived.

15.07.2026 30

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘I don’t see it that way’: Why Trump’s man just rained on the president’s parade

Donald Trump was quick to celebrate some surprising economic news, but his own actions mean his joy will probably be short-lived.

15.07.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘I don’t see it that way’: Why Trump’s man just rained on the president’s parade

Donald Trump was quick to celebrate some surprising economic news, but his own actions mean his joy will probably be short-lived.

15.07.2026 30

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘I don’t see it that way’: Why Trump’s man just rained on the president’s parade

Donald Trump was quick to celebrate some surprising economic news, but his own actions mean his joy will probably be short-lived.

15.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s absurd and illegal plan will backfire on him

If we wanted more proof that Donald Trump has no real strategy in the war he started, we just got it.

14.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s absurd and illegal plan will backfire on him

If we wanted more proof that Donald Trump has no real strategy in the war he started, we just got it.

14.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s absurd and illegal plan will backfire on him

If we wanted more proof that Donald Trump has no real strategy in the war he started, we just got it.

14.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s absurd and illegal plan will backfire on him

If we wanted more proof that Donald Trump has no real strategy in the war he started, we just got it.

14.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries could ignite a new energy shock

Ukraine’s successful targeting of its oil refineries has moved Russia from an exporter of diesel to an importer. That’s a threat for the rest of...

13.07.2026 30

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries could ignite a new energy shock

Ukraine’s successful targeting of its oil refineries has moved Russia from an exporter of diesel to an importer. That’s a threat for the rest of...

13.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries could ignite a new energy shock

Ukraine’s successful targeting of its oil refineries has moved Russia from an exporter of diesel to an importer. That’s a threat for the rest of...

13.07.2026 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries could ignite a new energy shock

Ukraine’s successful targeting of its oil refineries has moved Russia from an exporter of diesel to an importer. That’s a threat for the rest of...

13.07.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Fed is divided. But its ‘hawks’ are likely to prevail and face Trump’s wrath

If the AI boom, the war in the Middle East and Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to fuel inflation, “almost all” members of the Federal Reserve...

09.07.2026 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Fed is divided. But its ‘hawks’ are likely to prevail and face Trump’s wrath

If the AI boom, the war in the Middle East and Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to fuel inflation, “almost all” members of the Federal Reserve...

09.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz