We don’t want our politicians to be playthings of billionaires and billion-dollar companies and the Albanese government is acting to curtail this US-style campaign funding.

Peter Switzer is joined by Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners, Diana Mousina from AMP, Peter and Paul give their outlook on banks.

EU worried about Biden, buyers worried about 20-30% house price falls, two big ‘economic’ events for stocks this week and more!

Claire Aitchison of Independent Investment Research provides comprehensive research coverage and commentary for listed managed investments. Here is the latest update.

Since the start of October, Westpac had rallied almost 17% making it the best performing major bank over this period. So on the basis of the old axiom “buy the rumour, sell the fact”, it was no surprise to see it fall today by around 3% when it delivered an “as expected” full year financial result.

Before the election, a would-be PM Albanese painted a picture of a future Labor government, where he paralleled it with the days of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

Overnight European share markets opened down, still spooked by what the Fed will do next to defeat inflation as American spending remains sticky and employment numbers defy predictions of a looming recession.

Over the past (almost) three years, much of the medical debate has been centered around the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump’s back, Albo waters down his wage bill, Stocks set to surge today and more!