Q+A: The Week Ahead | 3 August 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. ASX up 0.5pc One Nation ahead in polls Bird flu mass deaths Transurban caps weekly tolls Oil falls after Trump c ...  Show more

Monday 3 August 2026 Earnings season kicks off with dividends set to dominate as a result of CGT changes. The housing downturn in Sydney and Melbourne has spread to the rest of the country Investors warm again, for now, to the Magnificent 7 tech stocks on Wall Street Telstra swit ...  Show more

Expect questions about Fed independence at the chairman's Q&A. (0:59) Apple, Microsoft, Met and Tesla report results. (3:10) Alphabet may be sitting on an Nvidia rival. (5:53) Show Notes Six of seven bubble conditions have been met Earnings calendar Dividend roundup Episode trans ...  Show more

Welcome to The Adviser's What's Making Headlines podcast, your go-to source for the week's biggest stories in finance and real estate, distilled into bite-sized insights.

Join commercial content writer Ben Squires and senior journalist Will Paige as they review the news ...

Jobs data and politicized rate cuts (0:25) Gold highs, silver surging (2:10) Retail earnings a mix (3:25) Google and how AI is hitting bottom lines (6:45)Take our Investment News Quiz!Show NotesWall Street's major averages slide after briefly tagging record highs as payrolls data ...  Show more

With BLS data suddenly suspect, can the markets trust nonfarm payrolls and the CPI? (0:17) Palantir and McDonald’s among those reporting earnings this week. (2:27) Berkshire-Hathaway profit down. (3:49)Show Notes Earnings CalendarDividend RoundupEpisode transcripts seekingalpha.c ...  Show more