Midday Report Friday

MARKET AT MIDDAY The ASX 200 started with early losses before an 11am rebound, now heading for a weekly gain; The Market is up 7 points to 7202 (+0.1%). Private sector credit in Australia increased by 0.4% M/M in May, the same as a downwardly revised figure in the prior month Energy shares Beach Energy (BPT) +1.1% and Woodside Energy Group (WDS) +0.7%…

Members Podcast Friday

This is our Members Exclusive Podcast – The last day of the financial year. The US is on holiday on Tuesday and has a half-day Monday. We have the RBA to worry about next week and an inflation number in the US tonight.

End Of Day Report Friday

ASX 200 closed with a modest gain of 0.12% to 7203, up 8 points as EOFY came and went. For the week, the index is up 103 points or 1.5%. A mixed session with resources slightly firmer, BHP up 0.1% and FMG up 0.3% with lithium stocks drifting higher, PLS up 1.2% and IGO up…

Ex-dividend Date Forecasts

Someone asked, so here it is. Using the Marcus Today DIVIDEND PREDICTOR, you can find our best guess at an ex-dividend date. But you can only look at one stock at a time. Then we have our Dividend Tables  – but they only ever show dividends that have been announced. So they won't include the…

Forecast Ex-dividend Dates

Someone asked, so here it is. Using the Marcus Today DIVIDEND PREDICTOR, you can find our best guess at an ex-dividend date. But you can only look at one stock at a time. Then we have our Dividend Tables  – but they only ever show dividends that have been announced. So they won't include the…

Midday Report Thursday

MARKET AT MIDDAY The ASX rallied at the opening bell, despite SPI futures 5 point lower overnight. The ASX 200 dropped lower after the release of jobs numbers and Retail sales at 11:30 as Retail sales beat forecasts of 0.1%, coming in at 0.7%. Market at midday up 7 points (+0.1%) to 7204. Job vacancies in…

Members Podcast Thursday

Good day yesterday, no follow-through overnight. Retailers bottoming as rate rise fear dissipates.US sees low volumes as long weekend approaches – Holiday Season in the US. I have started breaking out Weekly (for Investors) from Daily signals (for Traders) in the Technical Scans. By popular demand – a spreadsheet with expected dividend dates on it.

END Of DAY Report

COMPANY NEWS National Australia Bank (NAB) – Alison Kitchen, the chair of KPMG Australia, has been announced as a non-executive director of NAB. Medibank Private (MPL) – Revealed its plan to return $125m to customers as a result of permanent net claims savings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The insurance provider aims to give cash back…