BHP Stock Take – Waiting for the Next Trade

BHP’s full year results confirmed that BHP is a long-duration trading stock, not a quality, reliable, and especially not a "hold forever" income stock as some people imagine. Despite the brand name there is nothing the company can do when iron ore prices fall 18% in six months, copper prices fall 12% and coal prices…

Pre-Market Report Wednesday

Wall Street ended mostly lower overnight, ending just off worst levels. Dow down 175 points (-0.51%). Dow at best up 50 points. Dow at worst down 207 points. S&P 500 extended its August slide down 0.28%, weighed down by banks as S&P Global Ratings joined Moody’s in cutting some US lenders’ ratings amid a “tough”…

Marcus Take – Will Nvidia Pump or Pop

MARCUS TAKE SUMMARY Waiting for Nvidia results tomorrow morning after US market close. Good results will be OK, OK results will be bad and bad results will be disastrous. There’s nothing suggesting the NASDAQ is a buy – can Nvidia change that? Jackson Hole still in focus. Might be an anti-climax. Risk of Hawkishness. Chinese…