Hardie’s $14b bid for US co; billions in budget handouts; Disney’s Snow White madness

Tuesday 25 March 2025 James Hardie bids $14 billion for a US building products company, and its share price gets hammered.  And more, including: Tonight’s federal budget set to hand out billions of dollars for cost-of-living relief, health and housing.  And Disney’s controversial version of Snow …

Interview: Is the ASX in trouble?

James Hardie is set to merge with US giant AZEK, in a move that will see the new company’s primary listing on Wall Street, and a secondary listing on the ASX. There are other examples too, like Newcrest mining, bought by US-based Newmont. Plus more and more Australian investors are buying US shares…

Afternoon Report | $14b deal

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. ASX closes flat Helia tumbles MinRes road reopens Milk money Canada heads to polls

Budget deficits and handouts; Aussies head overseas; health insurance premiums surge

Monday 24 March 2025 The federal government set to hand down a budget with deficits for many years, and cost-of-living handouts for now.  And more, including: Australians are heading overseas in record numbers.  Health Minister Mark Butler is worried that private health companies are price gougin…

The Week Ahead | 24 March 2025

A preview of the Federal Budget and monthly inflation figures, plus a review of last week's shock unemployment numbers. Sean Aylmer and Stephen Koukoulas discuss the major events, reports and releases that provide insight into the economy this week. 

Interview: Overpriced stocks in a market pullback

With the ASX recently entering correction territory - albeit briefly - there were plenty of calls to buy the dip. But that's not so simple when plenty of companies are still considered overvalued by analysts. Lochlan Halloway, Equity Market Strategist at Morningstar, talks to Sean Aylmer about dec…

Sunday feature: Inside the fickle world of startup investing

Guest: Michele Romanow, co-founder of ClearCo Original air date: October 4, 2021 Original description: Michele Romanow started her first business after uni, was a 'Dragon' on Dragon's Den at 28yo and founded what is now the world's largest e-commerce investor before turning 30. Clearco has invest…

The Weekend Edition | 22-23 March 2025

More tariff battles, the soaring price of gold, unemployment numbers, WiseTech's slap on the wrist for Richard White, and so much more. Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with Adam Lang picking a winner in a fierce debate.

Afternoon Report | Markets, grocers and deals

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. ASX has a positive week Woolies, Coles not price gouging. Nine talks Domain sale Premier future. Trump dumps Education Dept

Job losses but no rate cut; Australia-US drug wars; Starbucks fined $50m for spilt tea

Friday 21 March 2025 More than 50,000 jobs were lost last month but that doesn’t mean the Reserve Bank is rushing to cut interest rates.  And more, including: A war of words has erupted between Australian and US authorities over the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.  Australia’s population pushes b…