Tuesday 9 December 2025

The federal government dumps energy rebates as the government rethinks its reform agenda.

• Communications Minister Anika Wells in more hot water over publicly funded flights for her family.
• The world watches as Australia ‘s social media ban kicks off.
• Close to one million Australians now work two jobs.
• Qantas finally gets its full fleet of A380s into the sky.

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From private credit to private equity, gold and real estate, alternatives are now playing a greater role in portfolio diversification. It's a story playing out in the US, where there is $US46 trillion in retirement savings, with about $17 trillion of that held in IRAs, or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Henry Yoshida, co-founder and CEO of Rocket Dollar, joins Sean Aylmer to unpack where US retirement money is flowing, what’s driving demand, and why he says the classic 60–40 portfolio no longer works in today’s markets.

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This is the Fear and Greed 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 lower ahead of RBA meeting

2. Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation

3. Arnott’s gets cash injection

4. Costello stopped Future Fund trip

5. Japan, Australia condemn aircraft incident

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