End of Day Report

The ASX 200 finished the day up 62 points to 7637 with Real Estate and Tech stocks the star performers. GMG and SCG held onto midday gains. In the Technology sector WTC pushed 1.9% higher after a slow open and MAQ also gained 1.9%.  BHP down 0.4% on talk of a higher bid for Anglo American. Other big resources are benefitting from a switch out of BHP – RIO…

Trading Section

SUMMARY No change to SFR. Up 0.8% on Friday but missed out on the big gains seen by 29M. Increasing stop loss from 3xATR to 2xATR. Glad we got out of SNAS. Maybe time for LNAS once Amazon results out of the way. Oil up a touch of the weekend. No change to BPT. Will…

Pre-Market Report

Wall St had a strong session on Friday night, all three major indices closed higher on solid results from Microsoft (+1.8%) and Alphabet (+10%). The Dow Jones rose 154 points (0.4%), the S&P 500 was up 1.02% and the NASDAQ led by Microsoft and Alphabet was predictably up 2.03%. Other tech stocks such as Amazon…

Advice From Other Marcus Today Members

In 2022 we surveyed you all and asked "What Smart Financial Advice do you have for other Marcus Today Members learned from experience". Here are your replies. Not sure all of them are good advice but you might get some value out of it. Selling APT at $12 in 2020 was too early… ? 80%…

Marcus Weekend

Good Morning everyone. Please click on the Members Survey if you get a couple of minutes (there's another link at the end). Your opportunity to send the newsletter in the right direction. Thanks for your time. Henry is reporting in from the Perth Members meeting at the Lucky Shag pub last night. 50 Members –…

Marcus Take Friday

SUMMARY – A lot going on. Glad we’re not holding BHP as it makes a huge bid. Talk of three rates rises from the RBA after that CPI number. Big Australia bends. Big US Tech holds. The PCE Price index number tonight could just be the number that breaks the bond market’s back. Newmont paves…