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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 4 Aug 2026

This is the Fear & 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.

  1. ASX surges 1.4pc

  2. NDIS delays costing $11.5m a day

  3. BHP fails to stop strike

  4. Canva cuts revenue expectations

  5. Diamond industry shaken up

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Fast Five | 4 Aug 2026

Tuesday 4 August 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.\

  1. Drugs, escorts and gambling
  2. EVs and hybrids hit 50pc
  3. Steadfast $7b deal
  4. Fleet companies to merge
  5. Being poor can damage your brain

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 3 Aug 2026

This is the Fear & 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.

  1. ASX up 0.5pc

  2. One Nation ahead in polls

  3. Bird flu mass deaths

  4. Transurban caps weekly tolls

  5. Oil falls after Trump cancels strikes

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Fast Five | 3 Aug 2026

Monday 3 August 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Dividends to dominate earnings
  2. House price slump widens
  3. Mag 7 tech stocks find friends
  4. Telstra turns on satellite access
  5. Wine exports hit lowest in 20 years

 

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Fast Five | 1-2 Aug 2026

Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson go head to head to decide on the top business stories of the week.

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 31 July 2026

This is the Fear & 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.

  1. ASX up 2.3pc in July

  2. Microsoft: best day in 18 years

  3. Corporate wrap: Fortescue, Web Travel, Origin Energy

  4. Vic teachers prepare to strike again

  5. Trump secures Hamas deal

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Fast Five | 31 July 2026

Friday 31 July 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Market frenzy over inflation
  2. Labor MP assault charges
  3. FIFA offers Football Australia $29m over sale
  4. AI means higher and lower airfares
  5. Rise of micro-influencers

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 30 July 2026

This is the Fear & 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.

  1. ASX slips 0.8pc

  2. Trump says Iran “going to get a beating”

  3. Ampol triples June half profit

  4. Domino’s Pizza surges

  5. Bird flu reaches Victoria

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Fast Five | 30 July 2026

Thursday 30 July 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Low inflation to end rate hikes?
  2. ASIC warning on offset accounts
  3. Rio Tinto’s boom earnings
  4. Price of stamps to rise
  5. Qantas record flight

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 29 July 2026

This is the Fear & 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.

  1. ASX surges on softer inflation numbers

  2. Corporate wrap: Mineral Resources, Perpetual, Woodside

  3. Bird flu found in local birds

  4. OpenAI rogue incident expands

  5. At least 13 killed in Japan quake

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