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What will spark the next financial crisis? Here is one candidate
Now that everything has been said about the 10th anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, it's worth asking how close we are to the next crisis.
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Dow hits another all-time high on mixed day for US stocks
Wall Street capped a milestone-setting week Friday with a mixed finish for the major US stock indexes and the second all-time high in two days for the Dow Jones.
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'World is probably economically less safe': BlackRock chief sends warning over trade war
Larry Fink says the United States is "a big winner" in the trade war with China "in the short-term," but not necessarily over time.
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8@eight: ASX set for bright end to week
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Kyle Rodda
World markets
Reefer Madness: why marijuana shares could be the new crypto
Marijuana shares have taken over Wall Street and are going through some volatile ups and downs - and its bringing back some unpleasant memories.
Wall Street
Wall Street hits new records as trade worries ease
World stock markets rallied, with the Dow and S&P 500 setting new highs, while the US dollar slipped as worries eased over the US-China trade spat.
- by Herbert Lash
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8@eight: Global markets rise; ASX set for flat start
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Kyle Rodda
Trade wars
'No way to deliver the promise': Alibaba's Jack Ma dumps plan to create a million US jobs
Jack Ma says the trade spat between the US and China has made it impossible to deliver on his promise.
World markets
Global sharemarkets rally for a second day, setting aside trade fears
World markets rallied for a second straight day on bets the ongoing US-China trade spat would inflict less damage than feared.
- by Herbert Lash
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar could surge in all-out trade war, RBA study finds
Study finds that if a global trade war broke out, the Australian dollar could jump - flying in the face of its historic response to global upheaval.
- by Michael Heath
Trade wars
'There is no solution': China's richest man warns to prepare for a 20-year trade war with US
China's richest man warns the trade war with the US will last longer and have a bigger impact than most people think.
- by Lulu Yilun Chen