This is the Fear and Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. ASX up for week

2. Chalmers 1m jobs

3. Regal in spotlight.

4. Israel kills Hamas leader

5. Gold hits record

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Listener Brian asks: Sean, does the rise in ETF-based investments contribute to greater market sensitivity? If we were to imagine a market entirely owned by ETFs, there would be no direct price-setting by individual investors. Is there a risk of moving toward such a scenario?

Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson as they answer listener questions.

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Friday 18 October 2024

Any hopes of a Christmas rate cut have been dashed after figures show a surge in jobs last month.

And more, including:

• Star Entertainment will be allowed to keep operating casinos

• A damning report into culture at Nine Entertainments reveals “a systemic issue with abuse of power and authority”

• Uber considers buying Expedia

Plus don’t miss the new episode of The Property Pendulum, brought to you by Domain and Fear & Greed. This week’s episode: the lengths people will go to to win the keys to their next home. Get it from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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AI trading tools, such as those featured on the moomoo platform, can provide unique market insight, from tracking stock-price patterns to revealing market mood, and alerting you to potential risks.

Michael McCarthy, Chief Commercial Officer at moomoo, talks to Sean Aylmer about the AI tools that are transforming trading.

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This is the Fear and Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. No rate cut any time soon

2. ASX hits new high

3. Aus donates tanks

4. Nine under fire

5. Harris takes on Fox

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Thursday 17 October 2024

Federal politicians rush to fly Qantas, even though the national carrier isn’t always the best value.

And more, including:

• The Reserve Bank warns on inflation expectations.

• The Commonwealth Bank opts to embrace artificial intelligence.

• And a court rules Richard Pratt’s love child can challenge the billionaire family for her slice of the fortune

Plus don’t miss the new episode of The Property Pendulum, brought to you by Domain and Fear & Greed. This week’s episode: the lengths people will go to to win the keys to their next home. Get it from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Buying beer and champagne for agents, writing letters to vendors: some homebuyers will go to great lengths to secure the property they want.

And with more properties on the market - and fewer buyers - now could be the perfect time to nab your next home.

Alice Stolz, National Property Editor at Domain, and Fear & Greed's Michael Thompson look at the strategies that work, and the ones you should definitely avoid.

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Circular economy - where goods are reused, recycled, and repurposed - could be seen as the holy grail of waste reduction. But the economics of packaging mean there's less and less incentive for modern materials to be recycled.

Entrepreneur Tom Szaky founded TerraCycle in the US more than two decades ago. And since then, he’s worked with more than 650 major brands across 21 countries to deliver solutions on recycling and reusing materials.

Tom talks to Sean Aylmer about recycling, the circular economy, and how Australia stacks up in the global push to become waste-free.

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