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…

End Of Day Report Thursday

ASX 200 closed down 2 points to 7195, sinking from early gains after Retail sales show signs of resistance, coming in at 0.7% for May compared to 0.1% forecast. Consumer discretionary had an obvious boost from the higher retail numbers, EDV up 0.6%, DMP up 2.1%, and BBN jumped 7.4%. Banks continued to rally, ANZ…

Midday Report Wednesday

MARKET AT MIDDAY The ASX rallied at the opening bell, climbing 43 points in the first 10 minutes of trade, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, with Healthcare, Technology, and Consumer Discretionary stocks leading gains. At 11:31, the ASX 200 jumped 1% to 7,190 after inflation data came in cooler than expected at 5.6% in May, vs…

End Of Day Report Wednesday

ASX 200 closed up 78 points to 7197 (+1.1%), boosted by cooler-than-expected inflation results. The Aussie dollar fell to 66.43c (-0.6%), and the 2Y and 10Y bonds took a hit following inflation results, before closing down 6bps and 5bps, respectively. Interest rate-sensitive sectors performed well. Consumer discretionary the best-performing sector today WES up 1.3%, JBH…