End of Day Report – Wednesday

The ASX 200 rallied 99 points to 7106 (+1.4%), hitting a two-month high. Up 119 at best. The SPI Futures were up 91 this morning. Interest rate sensitive sectors including REITs took centre stage as the top performers today as bond yields softened. GMG +3.4%, SCG +5.1% and VCX +5.6%. Iron ore futures nearly reached a two-and-a-half-year high,…

Henry’s Take – Specs in Focus

SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO 2.30pm Updates Nothing done today. Another rumour swirling around the lithium space on AZS looking to buy a stake perhaps. Hence the rise in the nearest and dearest RDN (see below). Speculative Stock of the Day: Raiden Resources (RDN) +36.2% one we have written up as a speculative buy and have interviewed…

Marcus Take Tuesday – Back from Thailand

SUMMARY Back from the golf courses of Thailand.  A look at what we missed. We seem to have timed the bottom in the Ideas and Strategy Portfolios – for now. What now? Don’t trust it much. Let's just keep making decisions day by day. Banks after results – glad we didn’t bother stripping dividends. All…

End of Day Podcast Tuesday

ASX 200 rose strongly holding above 700 closing up 58 points at 7007 (+0.8%). Resources are back in fashion as FMG led the iron ore miners higher up 2.7%, with BHP and RIO also doing well. Lithium had a rare day in the green, PLS up 0.9% and MIN up 3.1%. Gold miners slightly higher.