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SUMMARY WTC hits an all time high after jumping 11% on results yesterday. Iron Ore falls again. Staying in cash in both the BHP and MQG OSPs. NASDAQ prints a weekly sell signal. Likely to reverse tomorrow with NVIDIA up after hours. GOR hits a 52-week low as gold is sold off following the delay…

Marcus Take

SUMMARY Nvidia up 7.5% after hours on results at the top of guidance. Glad we still hold FANG, HNDQ and IHVV in the Strategy Portfolio. Busy busy busy. Busiest day of results is today.  CSR gets a bid approach at 900c. Don’t hold it. RIO results – why they are irrelevant. Results of stocks we…

COH Half Year Results

Cochlear’s (COH) results on Monday saw the share price fall 2% before recovering 3.5% yesterday and today to hit a fresh all-time high. Now up 17% since upgrading earnings guidance two weeks ago. We hold it in the growth portfolio. Prices are lofty but when adjusted for new earnings the stock valuation isn’t massively overpriced.…

BHP Half Year Results

BHP after the results yesterday got an unremarkable write-up from brokers. Take out the provisioning and the results were solid enough. Key points: Reported profit down from US$6.6 billion to US$927m thanks to $5.7 billion worth of charges and impairments against Samarco (US$3.2bn) and the nickel business (US$2.5bn). For those not up to date, the…

Trading Section

SUMMARY BHP falls 1.1% on results with more expected today. Glad we’re in cash. MQG down 0.5% yesterday vs the market near flat. Staying in cash. IVV prints a daily sell signal while IHVV prints a weekly sell signal. Froth coming off. PME recovers strongly from the post-results selloff. SHL falls into oversold territory. ANZ…