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Australian shares rise for a second straight day as the Reserve Bank lifts interest rates for a third straight month in a desperate attempt to bring inflation down.

Australian shares rise sharply after falling for three consecutive sessions as investors await for another potential interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank on Tuesday.

The ASX 200 drops for a third straight day, while Wall Street suffers its worst first-half since 1970 on worries that aggressive interest rate hikes may tip the US into recession.

"Buying the dip" is no longer an easy way for inexperienced traders to make money, according to a seasoned stockbroker, despite the ASX losing roughly $250 billion in the past year.

The Australian share market has wrapped up the financial year sharply lower, with health care the only sector to close in the green. Meanwhile, AGL has told shareholders Brookfield has bought into the company through a subsidiary.

Goldman Sachs has elevated their recession and bear market indicator to 35% odds of happening within the next 2 years. That may not sound that alarming at first, but do realize that most bear markets come around when less than 50% of experts predict it’s on the way. So this…

In last week's commentary we spoke about the big bounce of the S&P 500 (SPY) that got us back in the mix of all the key trend lines (50/100/200 day moving averages). And likely we would be stuck in a trading range around those levels for a while as investors…

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