Good morning. In case it's feeling a bit slow in the markets right now, well... the IMF agrees. The IMF updated their global growth forecasts overnight — cutting Australia from +1.9% to +1.6%. More in the Quick Sync.
Welcome back from the long weekend, all! We're now 4 weeks deep into the footy tipping comp, and Suisse_Cheese — which we're guessing is some sort of homage to Credit Suisse — has jumped out to a 2-point lead.
Good morning. Happy Passover to those who observe, and a Happy (impending) Easter ahead of the long weekend!
Good morning. No real surprises, but a report by Redpoint VC quantifies some of the 2020-2022 startup/VC boom days...
Good morning. It's interest rate day today, so we've got what we think is the ultimate sentiment predictor for what the RBA will do with our Linkedin Poll. We can only imagine Phil Lowe will be monitoring the results closely.
Good morning. The Aussie construction market is having a so-called Credit Suisse moment (fka a Lehman moment) with a couple of builders — Porter Davis and Lloyd Group — both going under over the weekend.
Good morning. As expected, a New York State Comptroller report showed that 2022 was a tougher (but not quite that tough) year for finance pros in NYC.
Good morning. ChatGPT is getting so good that Elon Musk (and many other tech folks) want everyone to chill out for the next 6 months before the implications are better understood. More in Quick Sync below.
Good morning. Old mate Bankman-Fried can't catch a break, as he's now been charged for allegedly bribing Chinese officials to unfreeze a crypto account in 2021.
Good morning. To commemorate the latest season of Succession premiering, here's a fan-favourite YouTube parody... it's Succession but as a rom-com starring Tom and Greg.
Good morning. After 2 weeks of tipping, @Pat Dillon is just edging out the pack in the LOI tipping comp. Plenty more weeks to go, and you can still join the LOI comp (email us) if you have already been tipping via footytips.com.au.
Good morning. The short-seller reports just keep coming with the latest target... Block (fka Square) and the company that bought Afterpay in 2020.