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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 2 Sep 2025

This is the Fear and 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. Stocks go ex-divident

  2. Gold sets record

  3. Account deficit climbs

  4. New airline suffers setback

  5. Russia jams plane’s GPS

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Fast Five | 2 Sep 2025

Tuesday 2 September 2025

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

  1. Trump spooks investors
  2. ANZ prepares radical cuts
  3. ACCC pursues vege cartel
  4. Self-drive Tesla coming to Aus soon
  5. $350,000 wagyu cattle sale

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 1 Sep 2025

This is the Fear and 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 down, gold up 

  2. Social media ban study

  3. Katter doubles down

  4. SA bans soy sauce fish

  5. Afghanistan earthquake

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Fast Five | 1 Sep 2025

Monday 1 September 2025

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

  1. House prices surge
  2. Profit season wraps up
  3. Thousands join rallies
  4. Crackdown on 'shrinkflation'
  5. Tariffs ruled illegal

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Q+A: The four components of a building your personal brand

Is it enough to just do a good job, and hope your reputation precedes you? Or do you need to be building a personal brand through social media platforms like LinkedIn? 

Turns out, it's both - because a personal brand and platform could be the thing that find your next job, or launch your side hustle. 

Michael Thompson speaks with Fear & Greed presenter Natalie MacDonald, who spent seven years working at LinkedIn, and has just launched her new business Working@It. She explains the four components of building a personal brand.

Fear & Greed Q+A: Join the Fear & Greed team as they answer questions on business, investing, economics, politics and more. If you have your own question, get in touch via our websiteLinkedInInstagram or Facebook!

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Fast Five | 30-31 Aug 2025

Michael Thompson and Natalie MacDonald go head to head to decide on the top business stories of the week.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 29 Aug 2025

This is the Fear and 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. Harvey Norman booms

  2. Virgin Australia’s first results

  3. Former Labor Premiers ‘honoured guests’ of China

  4. Aus Post boss defends parcel decision

  5. Trump sacks CDC boss

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Fast Five | 29 Aug 2025

Friday 29 August 2025

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

  1. Qantas’s bumper profit
  2. Bunnings, Kmart deliver for Wesfarmers
  3. Govt axes tariffs
  4. ANZ’s redundancy mix-up
  5. OpenAI to set up Aussie office

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 28 Aug 2025

This is the Fear and 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 finishes higher

  2. Eagers boosted by EV sales

  3. Nine demands Katter apology

  4. Iran ambassador leaves

  5. Nvidia smashes expectations

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Fast Five | 28 Aug 2025

Thursday 28 August 2025

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

  1. Shock jump in inflation
  2. Woolworths hammered
  3. Domino’s flags end of discounts
  4. ‘Supercharged’ spring selling season ahead
  5. Workers stressed over AI upskilling

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