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Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, pictured on a screen in Times Square during the company’s IPO celebrations. He is now the world’s first trillionaire.

SpaceX’s $3 trillion debut expected to kick off wave of AI mega IPOs

The spectacular debut of SpaceX paves the way for an unprecedented series of floats this year as AI giants such as Anthropic and OpenAI plan to go public.

  • Colin Kruger

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In the first quarter, the President bought at least $US1 million ($1.4 million) each in companies including Nvidia, Oracle, Microsoft, Boeing and Costco Wholesale.

‘Insane amount of trades’: Trump’s multimillion-dollar flurry astonishes Wall Street

The president’s trading totals tens of millions of dollars and involves major companies that have dealings with his administration.

  • Bill Allison and Jessica Menton
Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled a property tax shake-up in this week’s budget.

Labor’s property taxes are worth the pain

The latest tax changes will hurt people, including some of the people they’re meant to help. But they’re the right move to make.

  • Millie Muroi
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil.

Spooked investors could see house prices sink after big budget changes

The property industry is predicting that rents will be driven higher as investors choose to sell, warning Labor it must ditch the changes if they wind up harming the people they are supposed to help.

  • Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
Labor’s changes to negative gearing and CGT is likely to dampen investor appetite for property.

‘The days of multiple properties are over’: How to invest after the budget

Labor’s changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax are set to increase investor appetite for shares, commercial property and self-managed super funds.

  • Dominic Powell
Burry, who rose to fame after predicting the 2008 housing crash, developed a large social media following for his predictions of looming risks.

‘We are witnessing history’: The Big Short investor warns of Wall Street crash

Michael Burry says Wall Street’s surge to record highs resembles the peak of the dot-com bubble just before it burst.

  • Jessica Menton
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Warren Buffett is increasing his stakes in oil and gas producers as the push towards environmentally focused investing makes them cheaper.

Warren Buffett’s big bets set to haunt the $1.4 trillion giant he built

He is known as the greatest investor of all time, but Warren Buffett has left the man taking over from him quite a dilemma.

  • Nir Kaissar
The current gap between generations is narrower than the record reached in 2019.

Housing isn’t just a young people problem. We know how this story ends

Intergenerational fairness is an issue for all of us. Our politicians need to act on it.

  • Millie Muroi
Older and wealthier Australians have increased their ownership of rental properties by up to 1500 per cent over the past two decades, while young people have been priced out of the investment market.

The Boomer landlords: the charts that show how the over-60s control the rental market

The government is about to change capital gains tax and negative gearing. These are the numbers that show why.

  • Shane Wright
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes giving a speech at the Nasdaq on Wednesday, 11 December 2025.

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for storage.

  • David Swan and Nick Bonyhady