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Behind every story is Fear & Greed. What distinguishes volatility and opportunity. Prosperity or peril. We take you to the heart of the story because when you know why, you know what’s next.

Love music? You can invest in it too.

Music is big business - even more so in recent years, with artists like Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen selling their catalogues for hundreds of millions of dollars.

But as Stefan von Imhof from alternative investing community alts.co explains - investing in music isn’t beyond the reach of ordinary investors.

This is Fear & Greed's summer investing series. All information is general in nature - you should seek independent professional advice before making investment decisions.

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Elon Musk vs commodity prices vs rise of AI

Sean Aylmer, Michael Thompson and Adam Lang each nominate their favourite story from the year, the gift that keeps on giving - and choose a winner.

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After a record-breaking year, can 2025 do it again?

2024 has been quite the year - local and international markets set records, as did gold, and Bitcoin, and more.

Grady Wulff, Market Analyst at Bell Direct, gives her take on the outlook for 2025 and what it means for investors.

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Global elections vs China's slowdown vs return of Trump

Sean Aylmer, Michael Thompson and Adam Lang each nominate their top international story from the year - and choose a winner.

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Three mid-cap stocks to consider

Logistics company Brambles, glass bottle manufacturer Orora and waste business Cleanaway - three very different companies, but three fascinating stories.

Jakob Cakarnis, Director of Equity Research at Jarden Australia, tells Sean Aylmer what he likes and dislikes about them.

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Sharemarket records vs end of Magnificent 7 vs Bitcoin booming

Sean Aylmer, Michael Thompson and Adam Lang each nominate their top markets story from the year - and choose a winner.

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Sunday feature: This Aussie company's share price is up 900% this year

Guest: Mesoblast founder Silviu Itescu

Original air date: March 9, 2022

ASX-listed biotech Mesoblast is spoken about a lot on Fear and Greed due to its extremely volatile share price. This is largely tied to some big medical breakthroughs they've been working on for a long time.

 

Founder Silviu Itescu discusses the exhaustive and expensive process behind getting critical new drugs developed, tested and approved and the possible announcements that are coming.

Update: Mesoblast's share price increased by 50% in just one day this week after the US FDA gave the green light to another one of its treatments. 

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The Weekend Edition | 21-22 Dec 2024

Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with Fear & Greed colleague Adam Lang adjudicating.

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Afternoon Report | Weak end to trading

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 closes lower

  2. CHESS fails

  3. Super buys banks

  4. WES sale

  5. Bilson’s sale

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Ask Fear & Greed: What is a Santa rally?

Listener Ruth asks: A couple of times recently I've heard a Santa rally mentioned. Is this a formal thing? Is there a definition / criteria? Or is it just a trend?

Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson as they answer listener questions.

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