James Thomson

Investor belief in the artificial intelligence boom and prolonged government stimulus have pushed markets higher, but expectations of rate cuts are now fading.

A hero of “The Big Short” has doubts about artificial intelligence, and Ray Dalio is worried the Fed might make it worse. Investors need nerves of steel.

On the same day, investment banking leaders went out of their way to flag a sharemarket pullback and the potential for something much nastier.

The 129 rate cuts central banks have delivered this year have pumped up markets, but problems in the public and private credit sectors just won’t go away.

The huge growth in both Australia’s super system and the $200-billion private credit sector is creating connected risks that ASIC is worried about.

Having trained a chatbot to do the work of junior bankers, could OpenAI, with some assistance and deep pockets, potentially start its own investment bank?

Shareholders decided to ignore the controversies around the co-founder and expand his power. On Tuesday, it cost them billions – and counting.

The Fed’s about to cut rates, China and the US look closer to a deal and the AI bubble is intact. The bulls are eyeing a big end to the year.

More regulators are waving the flag, but it is becoming clear that the explosion of this sector has been allowed with few checks, balances or guardrails.

Trouble emerging when equity and debt markets are calm is just one of many contradictions investors must live with. One strategist has tactics they can deploy.