What are the most shorted stocks in the ASX?

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Friday 27 June 2025

Australia sticks to plans to not increase defence spending, lessening the chance of a tariff deal with the US. 

And more, including:

 * Job vacancies rise, in yet another show of the labour market’s strength. 
 * Chipmaker Nvidia once again takes the title of the world’s biggest company. 
 * A very unusual twist in a takeover war in gaming.
 * Stan set to win the rights to broadcast the EPL in Australia.

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Defence spending threatens tariffs; job vacancies rebound; Nvidia nears $6 trillion

As companies increasingly push their employees to return to the office, attention is turning away from mandates, to the working environment they can offer staff.

Matt Angus, Head of B2B at Nespresso, talks to Sean Aylmer about the expectations of the office - and of course the role of coffee in creating a productive environment.

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Interview: What we expect from the office in a post-COVID world

This is the Fear and Greed [https://fearandgreed.com.au/] 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. Xero tumbles

 2. Lithium stocks rally

 3. Aurizon downgrades forecast

 4. BP / Shell takeover talks

 5. NATO talks

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Afternoon Report | Markets, takeovers & NATO

Given we expect interest rates to fall in coming months, explain monetary policy – what it is, how it works and how the Reserve Bank controls the economy.

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Ask Fear & Greed: How does monetary policy work?

Thursday 26 June 2025

inflation figures hit a four year low, opening the way for an interest rate cut next month. 

 * New Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley concedes her party was smashed at the last election. 
 * Accounting software group Xero spends nearly $4 billion on a Silicon Valley start up. 
 * Confusion over how much damage the US did to Iran’s nuclear preparations
 * The incredible wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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Low inflation opens way for rate cut; Ley concedes Libs were smashed; Xero $4b bid

Every year, Australians send thousands of tonnes of perfectly usable furniture to landfill. At the same time, thousands of people in crisis go without the basics to make a house feel like home.

Ben Stammer is the co-founder of ReLove, a social enterprise that rescues corporate and household furniture and redirects it to people in need, including women fleeing domestic violence, refugees, and people exiting homelessness.

He talks to Sean Aylmer about the incredible work being done by ReLove and its corporate partners as part of the broader circular resource economy.

This interview is supported by ReGen, Australia’s Circular Resource Expo, being held at ICC Sydney from July 23–24. Tickets are free - head to regenexpo.com.au [https://www.google.com/url?q=http://regenexpo.com.au/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1751281838460481&usg=AOvVaw258qjnCZ76065CdZOW4A3b] to register.

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Interview: How 1,228 tonnes of discarded furniture changed lives

This is the Fear and Greed [https://fearandgreed.com.au/] 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 flat

 2. No US rate cut

 3. ACCC on petrol prices

 4. Gaming deals

 5. ABC loss

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Afternoon Report | Markets, politics and deals

Why are infrastructure assets seen as “safe” investments?

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Ask Fear & Greed: Why are infrastructure assets seen as “safe” investments?

Wednesday 25 June 2025

An extraordinary 36 hours in geopolitics and financial markets, with US President Donald Trump brokering a fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel. 

And more, including:

 * Virgin Australia rejoins the sharemarket and its price jumps 11 per cent on day one. 
 * The regulator focuses on superannuation companies’ spending. 
 * Rio Tinto and Gina Rinehart do a deal to expand iron ore mining in the Pilbara.
 * The first images are released from the world’s biggest telescope.

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Fragile ceasefire holds; Virgin rejoins ASX; first photos from super telescope

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