John Beveridge
John is a highly experienced business journalist and formerly chief business writer for the Herald Sun. He has covered Federal politics in Canberra, was Los Angeles Bureau chief for News Limited and was also chief of staff for the Herald Sun. He has covered a wide range of small and large cap ASX stocks and has a special interest in mining, technology and biotech.
Weekly Wrap: ASX slips on war fears as earnings beat expectations buoy week
War fears nudge ASX 200 lower despite QBE's 21% profit surge; energy gains lift oil names, tech slumps; Guzman sinks below float.
Weekly Wrap: AI Margin Squeeze Hits Software Peers as ASX Slips, Yet Week Ends Higher
ASX slips 1.4% as AI fears squeeze software margins; yet the week climbs 2.4% on bank strength and gold rebound.
Weekly Wrap: ASX 200 slides 2% as froth indicators deepen global pullback
ASX 200 skids 2% as Bitcoin froth indicators fade and AI concerns weigh on tech and miners; weekly loss 1.8%.
Weekly Wrap: Late pullback slams gold shares
ASX slips 0.7% as late pullback drags gold shares lower on Fed chair speculation; bullion drops ~5% amid rate-hike fears.
Weekly Wrap: Rising rates lift AUD and gold as miners lead ASX gains
Gold hits fresh highs and miners rally as rates rise; Life360 soars on upbeat guidance, AUD hits 16-month peak, ASX 200 slips 0.5% for the week.
Weekly Wrap: Winning Streak Persists as Tech, Banks Drive Aussie Shares
ASX 200 rises 0.5% to 8,903 as tech and banks lead; miners retreat, with Capstone Copper and Catalyst Metals rallying on strong results.
Weekly Wrap: Markets edge as Rio-Glencore talks spark change in mining bid
Rio Tinto slides 6% on Glencore all-stock merger talks; BlueScope up 2% after rejecting a $30 offer. ASX 200 drifts -0.1% as deal news dominates.
ASX ends New Year modestly higher as energy offsets losses
ASX 200 closes up 0.2% as energy leads gains; uranium miners surge, DroneShield rebounds. CPI data this week could set rate expectations.
Trump Tariffs, AI Boom Rewrite 2025 Markets Worldwide
Trump’s tariff turmoil roils markets in 2025, but AI-led rally lifts global equities and the ASX ~14% from April lows.
Retirees Could Shoulder CSLR Costs as Super Tax Windfall Grows
Super taxes soar: extra $10.9b to the budget, $4.3b in 2025-26, driven by wages and 15% accumulation tax; CSLR levy reform eyed.
New super rules tax earnings for large balances, up to 40% on $10m+
Australian super rules tax earnings on large balances, up to 40% for $10m+, with unrealised gains removed; effective July 1, 2026; industry to consult in Jan.
Mortgage trap in later life: housing debt keeps Australians working longer
Australians risk retirement as property wealth masks crippling debt: half of 55–64 homeowners owe housing debt; average >$230k, pension gap widening.
Weekly wrap: A modest rise to end the week
The Australian share market enjoyed a modest rise to end the week on Friday after a Wall Street rally caused by optimism of more interest rate cuts in the future.
The ASX 200 index closed up 0.5%, or 40 points, to close on 8628.2 points after eight of the 11 sectors rose.
Weekly Wrap: ASX Climbs on Santa Rally as Miners and Gold Stocks Lead Gains
The Santa rally arrived in earnest on the Australian stock exchange as the share market rose the most in almost three weeks on Friday.
A continuing rise in gold stocks and strong gains in miners happened as investors jumped aboard the US interest cuts train, hoping that it was creating a rising market tide that would lift all boats.
Weekly Wrap: Market Higher For A Second Week
Australian shares were up slightly for a second week on Friday with investors hoping for an interest rate cut in the US, even as the chances of a local cut have evaporated.
With the US Fed and the local Reserve Bank both meeting this week to decide on official interest rates, there are still strong hopes the US will cut rate even though still strong Australian inflation have greatly reduced the chances of any cut here.
Weekly Wrap: Australia and the US diverge over interest rates
The past week has been quite a significant one as it became clear that the US and Australia were diverging in a significant way.
Here in Australia the ongoing upward trend in inflation made it clear that there is now little hope of an interest rate cut.
Weekly wrap: Harsh day on ASX wipes off $40 billion
Another bruising day on the Australian share market on Friday saw it shed almost $40 billion and sink to a six-month low as hopes for US rate cuts once again diminished.
The ASX 200 dropped by 136.20 points, or 1.6%, to 8416.50 points as AI worries in the US transferred directly to our market.
Wrap: Four months of gains wiped out in $37 billion rout
A combination of increasing doubts about interest rate cuts, worries about AI overvaluation and a share crunch on Wall Street combined to strip four months of growth off the Australian share market.
市场综述：尽管能源股上涨，ASX 200 仍小幅下跌
尽管能源股因油价上涨而持续上涨，但在华尔街动荡的一天之后，澳大利亚股市小幅下跌。 美国和英国对也门胡塞武装目标发动空袭后，油价飙升至每桶 79 美元，能源板块上涨 0.5%。 截至周五收盘，ASX 200 仅下跌 0.1%，即 7.7 点，至 7498.3 点，本周小幅上涨 0.1%。 美国市场也受到截至12月一年内消费者价格上涨3.4%的打击，这降低了美联储3月份开始降息的可能性。 澳大利亚证券交易所 11 个行业类别中有 7 个收盘亏损，其中防御性股票跌幅最大，公用事业股下跌 1.4%，消费必需品股下跌 1.2%。 能源板块升温 在能源股上涨中，Beach Energy (ASX: BPT) 股价上涨 2.9%，至 1.57 美元，Santos (ASX: STO) 股价上涨 1.55%，至 7.55 美元。 铀股也继续延续新年涨势，Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) 股价上涨 5%，至 5.09 澳元，Paladin Energy (ASX: PDN) 股价上涨 1.7%，至 1.20 澳元，而大型铁矿石股主要上涨于 在价格上涨的推动下，力拓 (ASX: RIO) […]
如何避免缴纳新的退休金税
毫无疑问，绝大多数退休金储蓄者对于即将对超过 300 万澳元的储蓄征收新的退休金税一点也不担心。 目前，新的 15% 税收预计仅覆盖 8 万人，预计从 2025 年中期开始实施，每年将产生约 20 亿美元的收入。 这只是一小部分富裕的人口，但值得记住的是，目前阶段这种尚未立法的税收似乎并未与通货膨胀挂钩，这意味着即使作为一种理想的梦想场景，也值得密切关注。 。 税收具有改变行为的习惯，并且随着时间的推移适用于更大比例的人口——这两个特征尤其适用于这种税收。 为富人设计的印花税现在由中产阶级支付 一个很好的例子是印花税，在像维多利亚这样的州，印花税最初被设计为累进的，最高税率仅适用于图拉克和布莱顿真正富有的购买豪宅。 随着时间的推移，这些更高的门槛逐渐开始适用于更多的购房者，直到我们遇到目前的情况，即适用于 200 万澳元以上房产的 6.5% 的最高税率远不止针对非常富有的人。 另一方面，很少有人申请最低印花税税率 1.4%，该税率仅适用于价值 25,000 美元或以下的房产。 如今，一处房产售价达到 100 万澳元或以上的情况绝非罕见，墨尔本大约一半的郊区现在的中位价超过 100 万澳元。 300万澳元的退休金税有些相似，因为目前看来数额巨大得令人难以置信，有一天可能会变得更加普遍，因为每一美元的购买力都会下降，而工资会继续上涨以跟上。 通货膨胀将扩大这种税收 300 万澳元的 15% 超级税仍应受到关注的另一个原因是，该税的表现与其他税种略有不同。 虽然对于大多数 60 岁以上退休的人来说，他们的退休金无需缴税，但如果他们的退休金账户在停止工作后仍继续膨胀，情况可能会发生变化。 每年仅 4% 的小幅初始强制提款率，再加上投资市场的几年好景，很容易看到退休金在他们最意想不到的时候意外地突破 300 万澳元大关，同时仍然在退休时提取超级养老金 。 这里应该指出的是，对 300 万澳元以上的收入征收 15% 的税远非灾难，事实上，可能是一项非常好的政策，但这种税收有一些微妙之处需要记住。 一是提取金额可以包含在计算中——也就是说，您可能认为自己将保持在税收起征点以下，但可能是错误的。 假设您有 290 万澳元的退休金，并且已经退休，每年领取 […]