SUMMARY Added KAR on Thursday after a price breakout. Oil up over the weekend. MIN flies on Thursday, best performer in the top 50. No change to MQG or BHP/FMG One Stock Portfolios. Keeping an eye on BGL and NST after bond yields rise (gold also up). All other trades doing well, helps when the…
US markets closed mostly lower overnight as gains in technology and energy were outweighed by rising bond yields. Dow Jones down 241 points (-0.6%), S&P 500 down 0.2%, NASDAQ up 0.1%. The US 10Y yield rose 10.9bp and the 2Y rose 7.9bp after manufacturing PMI increased to 50.3 points. The highest reading since September 2022…
Another short week – Jobs numbers, RBA Minutes and not much else to go on
The start of a new quarter, not much to report. Waiting on US Jobs Numbers on Friday. RBA Minutes today don’t add much.
Wall Street ended higher, rallying in the final stretch of the quarter, with the Dow leading gains and the S&P 500 closing at a fresh record high. The Dow closed near session highs, up 487 points (+1.22%), sitting ~1% away from breaking the 40k level for the first time. Gains in Merck & Co. (+4.96%)…
ASX 200 finds the Easter Bunny. Up a huge 77 points at 7897 (+1.0%) hitting a record high. Seems appropriate. The end of the quarter and end of the month helped stimulate optimism. Banks took a breather with the Big Bank Basket up slightly to $210.48 (0.3%). MQG rose 0.9% with insurers mixed, REITs…
I have provided a spreadsheet today showing you what I consider to be the “Best” ETFs available in Australia.
Managing your own SMSF? Find out how in the newsletter today – we also have a look as the best ETFs – and off we go to Easter at a record high – let’s worry about the correction next week.
