SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO Updated LTR at 11.00am – Bgt 1% back at 184c on the open. Having sold most of my holding at close to 300c, I am happy to buy around these levels and will add another 1% around 184c to take the total so far to a 2% weighting plus what I have…
Wall Street’s major indexes finished lower overnight after a choppy trading session as the market digested Powell’s comments, and the US 10Y yield approached 5%. The Dow Jones closed 251 points lower (-0.75%). Up 187 points at best. Down 297 points at worst.
Lynas (LYC) is down 1.8% today as it releases its Q1 activity report. The highlights include:
Quarterly revenue falling from $143m to $228m and Neodymium (NdPr) production falling from 1864 tonnes to 1526 tonnes.
ASX 200 managed to cling to 6900 falling 81 (-1.2%) points today. Across the board selling as yields and geo-political events take centre stage. ASX 200 down 2.1% for the week. 10-year yields stable at 4.74%, with US rates breaching 5.00% briefly. Banks sold off, with CBA down 1.0% and NAB down 1.6%. Banks have…
ASX 200 managed to cling to 6900 falling 81 (1.2%) points today. Across the board selling as yields and geo-political events take centre stage. ASX 200 down 2.1% for the week. 10-year yields stable at 4.74% with US rates breaching 5.00% briefly. Banks sold off with CBA down 1.0% and NAB down 1.6%.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY Finally buy signals on CSL and RMD from oversold levels. Healthcare sector has a daily buy signal. ORG finally a sell signal after a great rally. Host of Bond related ETFs oversold again as bond yields pop. AWC – weekly buy signal. Same list of quality large stocks still oversold – CSL, TCL,…
Our market down 87 and the jobs numbers not helping showing a tight labour market. Bond yields, poor US Results and Middle East tension doing us in.
A quick update from Northern Star – NST is up 3.5% today after posting well received Q3 activities report this morning. We hold in the Idea’s portfolio and is performing well (the gold price rose overnight again on more Middle East conflict concerns).
ASX 200 dropped 96 points to 6982 (1.4%) as a broad sell-off hit the market as bond yields and Middle East conflict weighed on risk-takers. Big Banks down in the dumps, with CBA off 1.6% and the Big Bank Basket falling to $175.68 (-1.4%). MQG fell hard on US investment bank sell-off, down 2.7%. Insurers…
