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European and Canadian defence spending jumped almost 20% in 2025 alone. This is where the next commodity boom is quietly being built.

European and Canadian defence spending jumped almost 20% in 2025 alone. This is where the next commodity boom is quietly being built.
By James Cooper,

With US bond yields rising and the 10-year yield reaching a level last seen in 2007, Charlie and I step back to examine the 40-year cycle in interest rates and what bear flattening of the yield curve has meant for stocks.
By Murray Dawes,

The AI labs have asked to be slowed down. Critics call it regulatory capture. The truth is somewhere in between. A black box forming inside the newest models is why this matters now.
By Charlie Ormond,

As the conflict in the Middle East takes another alarming turn, concerns are rising over whether this could drive the global economy into a 1970s market shock. Before we go back 50 years, let’s compare today with four years ago…
By Brian Chu,

In November 1952, one man flew low through a Pilbara gorge and noticed the walls were the wrong colour. His daughter is doing it again, with magnets.

The Nasdaq 100 trades near 34 times earnings. Households hold 48% of their wealth in stocks, a record. What happens to commodities when this unwinds?
By James Cooper,
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