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The RBA decided to leave the cash rate target at 3.6% yesterday, as Philip Lowe stated that the full effect of the past year’s substantial interest rate hikes is yet to be felt, and highlighted the importance of assessing the impact on the economy before taking further action. While February’s monthly inflation indicator (which was only started in September last year) showed 6.8%, moderating from the December quarters annual measure of 7.8%, the RBA has left the door open to future hikes if need be.

After the release of a Definitive Feasibility Study Refresh for flagship Goschen Rare Earths and Mineral Sands project, revealing a pre-tax A$1.525 billion Net Present Value (NPV) and a 44% Internal Rate of Return (IRR), VHM Limited (ASX:VHM) has also discovered a new high grade rare earth, titania and rutile ore body at their Cannie prospect area – 13.5km south of Goschen.

Over the weekend, OPEC+, the cartel that includes the biggest oil-producing nations in the world, announced production cuts of 1.1 million barrels.

Aussie junior explorer Far East Gold (ASX: FEG) has identified visible gold and electrum within a drill core from the Rek Renti prospect area within its Woyla tenement – a project touted by the company to be one of the most highly prospective undrilled copper gold projects in South East Asia.

Every second week we invite a leading fund manager to present at The Insider: Meet the Fund Manager. In February 2023, we were joined by Cyan Investment Management’s co-founder and co-owner Graeme Carson who mentioned Mighty Craft Limited (ASX: MCL)…

The global $200 billion black hole in marketing spend and the Aussie tech trying to fix it. Global marketers are wasting $200 billion, or one third of their budgets, because advertising campaigns are poorly briefed and don’t have a strategy, according to the global Better Briefs Study which focussed on the effectiveness of modern marketing.

An onslaught of interest rate rises aimed at bringing the markets back to normal led to a hard reality check for Credit Suisse. While UBS, or Union Bank of Switzerland, secured an opportunistic 3-billion Swiss Franc deal to buy out its rival, the e-commerce crowd decided to follow suit.

After the bailout of Credit Suisse by UBS and Swiss regulators, faith in the banking system was seemingly restored, as equities markets rallied the following day, after an initial sell-off.

US markets rebounded as investors keep a laser focus on the Fed’s interest rate decision, which is now just one day out. 8 out of 11 sectors in the S&P 500 finished higher, with the index locking in 1.3% of gains. 

Every second week we invite a leading fund manager to present at The Insider: Meet the Fund Manager. In February 2023, we were joined by Cyan Investment Management’s co-founder Graeme Carson who cited RAIZ Invest Limited (ASX: RZI) as one…

Since its IPO on January 9th, rare earth and critical mineral sands mine development company, VHM Limited (ASX: VHM) has been busy, with some key announcements over the last couple of months.

The integration of Spectur’s (ASX: SP3) acquisition of 3 Crown Technologies (3CT) is going swimmingly, with phase one of the unification complete – meaning primary HR, financial and banking workstreams are supported with Spectur systems.