Marcus Take

SUMMARY There are Income Stocks – and there are stocks with high yields. Why brokers are always wrong about the CBA. Why brokers say STRONG BUY. CPI behaves – climbing the Wall of No Worries. Growth and Income Portfolios are now in 17-18% cash. Selling PPT today (it's now gone ex-dividend). Lots of Central Bank…

Trading Section

SUMMARY BOE recovers from another soft open to finish in the green. BHP chart getting worse by the day. Close to oversold. MQG hovering near highs. Not buying. Japan and India ETFs print weekly sell signals. SUN hits a 52-week high. WDS hits a 52-week low despite the oil price fairly steady. OBSERVATIONS BOE recovers…

Pre-Market Report – US CPI Inline with Expectations

US stocks rallied overnight, with the S&P 500 reaching a record high close fuelled by gains in Oracle shares and despite a marginally higher-than-expected CPI result. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1%, while the NASDAQ and Dow Jones also posted gains of 1.1% and 0.61%, respectively. Headline inflation rose to 3.2%, exceeding forecasts, the monthly rate…

End of Day Report

The ASX 200 has ended the day up 17 points (0.22%) in mixed trade. US inflation data has filtered through to our market with Consumer Discretionary stocks leading the gains along with Real Estate and Financials. ALL and JBH rose 2.1% and 1.4%. GMG and SCG both finished up 2.5% and 0.9% despite bond yields…