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Australia’s Unemployment Jumps to 4.5%: Why the ASX 200 Is Rising on Bad News

ASX 200 Rises as Australia's unemployment rate Hits 4.5% Australia's unemployment rate rose to 4.5% in April, with a net 19,000 people losing work and the number of unemployed climbing by 33,000. On the surface, that sounds like bad news. Yet the ASX 200 has pushed higher on the back of it, trading up around…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 21, 2026

Why the ASX 200 Just Hit a 7-Week Low: Global Bond Yields Explained

The ASX 200 dropped to a fresh 7-week low on Wednesday, closing down 1.26% at 8,496.6, a fall of 108 points on the day. The index is now down roughly 5% over the past month. With banks and miners both sinking and the selling spread across most of the market, this looks less like a…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 20, 2026

Tax Loss Selling Season Is Coming: 7 Beaten-Down ASX Stocks Most Likely to Get Dumped Before June 30

ASX Stocks Most Exposed Before June 30 Every June, billions of dollars get sold on the ASX for tax reasons rather than business reasons. With the Australian financial year ending June 30, investors are clearly losing positions to offset gains taken elsewhere. The pressure usually peaks in the final two weeks before EOFY, pushing already-weak…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 18, 2026

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ASX Week in Review: Budget Shock, DroneShield Crisis and the AI Bubble Question

ASX 200 Falls as Budget and DRO Hit Market The S&P/ASX 200 closed Friday at 8,630.80, down 1.3% for the week and sitting at a five-week low. It was a choppy week pulled in three directions. The Federal Budget rewrote the rules on capital gains tax. DroneShield got hit with an ASIC probe. And on…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 16, 2026

Are Discretionary Trusts Still Worth It for ASX Investors In A World Of Minimum 30% Distribution Taxes?

For decades, discretionary trusts have been one of the most popular investment structures for higher‑income Australians. They offered tax flexibility, asset protection and estate‑planning advantages in a way that direct ownership simply could not match. The ability to stream income to low‑tax family members, apply the 50% CGT discount at the trust level and manage…

ByNick SundichMay 15, 2026

Should I Sell My ASX Shares Before July 2027? What the New CGT Rules Really Mean

ASX Investors Face New CGT Rules in 2027 From 1 July 2027, Australia's 50% capital gains tax discount disappears for good. In its place comes a system based on inflation indexation, plus a 30% minimum tax rate on real gains. For ASX investors sitting on profitable positions, this raises a question worth thinking through carefully:…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 14, 2026

Pre-1985 ASX Shares Are About to Be Taxed: What Long-Term Investors Must Do Before July 2027

ASX Pre-1985 Shares Face New Tax Rules If you bought ASX shares before 20 September 1985, you have lived through one of Australia's most generous tax breaks. Any profit you made on those shares was completely free of capital gains tax. That ends on 1 July 2027. Under the 2026 federal budget, pre-1985 shares lose their…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 13, 2026

Labor’s Radical CGT Changes: Here Are 11 Things That Will Change In ASX Investors’ Strategies to Minimise Tax

Labor's proposed CGT changes have triggered a wave of speculation about what investing will look like from 1 July 2027. The headline idea is simple enough: replace the current 50% CGT discount with inflation indexation and introduce a minimum 30% tax on real gains. The implications, however, are anything but simple. If enacted broadly as…

ByNick SundichMay 13, 2026

oOh!media (ASX:OML) Jumps 7% as I Squared Tops PEP With A$770m Bid, Board Says Still Not Enough

oOh!media Jumps as A$770m Bid War Heats Up oOh!media (ASX:OML) jumped around 7% on Monday after I Squared Capital lobbed a fresh takeover offer at A$1.45 per share. That values the outdoor advertising group at roughly A$770 million and tops the A$1.40 per share offer from Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) made on 29 April. The…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 11, 2026

Federal Budget 2026: Should You Sell ASX Shares Before Tuesday Night’s CGT Changes?

Federal Budget 2026 CGT Changes for ASX Investors The Federal Budget drops at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, 12 May. And one question is on every long-term ASX investor's mind this weekend: should you sell some shares before Treasurer Jim Chalmers stands up to speak? The 50% capital gains tax discount has been part of the…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariMay 11, 2026

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Australia’s Unemployment Jumps to 4.5%: Why the ASX 200 Is Rising on Bad News

Why the ASX 200 Just Hit a 7-Week Low: Global Bond Yields Explained

Tax Loss Selling Season Is Coming: 7 Beaten-Down ASX Stocks Most Likely to Get Dumped Before June 30

ASX Week in Review: Budget Shock, DroneShield Crisis and the AI Bubble Question

Are Discretionary Trusts Still Worth It for ASX Investors In A World Of Minimum 30% Distribution Taxes?

Should I Sell My ASX Shares Before July 2027? What the New CGT Rules Really Mean

Pre-1985 ASX Shares Are About to Be Taxed: What Long-Term Investors Must Do Before July 2027

Labor’s Radical CGT Changes: Here Are 11 Things That Will Change In ASX Investors’ Strategies to Minimise Tax

oOh!media (ASX:OML) Jumps 7% as I Squared Tops PEP With A$770m Bid, Board Says Still Not Enough

Federal Budget 2026: Should You Sell ASX Shares Before Tuesday Night’s CGT Changes?

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