Trading Section – S&P 500 At All Time High

The Ideas Portfolio and One Stock Portfolios have been combined into one umbrella section named Trading Section. This will also incorporate the Technical section, subject to feedback. IDEAS PORTFOLIO Action – none today. Not feeling terribly comfortable with the oil price trend. Still holding WDS. Not doing us any harm. TLS was boring us but…

Marcus Take – 2024 Post-It Notes

We’re back. Each Portfolio gets its own section. A look at the Post-It Notes for this year. Pretty comfortable with the market as we start 2024. Growth Portfolio kicking some goals in the break – JBH and PDN. Income Portfolio restructure pending – less stocks, more income.

Pre-Market Report

US markets closed mixed on Friday night with the Dow down 118 points (-0.3%) while the S&P and NASDAQ finished near flat. The first corporate quarterly results and PPI (producer prices) were the primary news events. BofA (-1.1%) and Wells Fargo (-3.3%) dropped as their results fell short of estimates, while JPMorgan (-0.7%), despite posting…

End of Day Report

ASX 200 fell 2 points to 7496 in quiet trade fighting back from early small losses. Banks solid but unspectacular, the Big Bank Basket up to $193.85 (0.1%). Financials followed suit, MQG up 1.0% on Blackrock infrastructure deal and REITs doing ok, GMG up 0.6% and MGR rising 0.5%. Insurers better. Healthcare is struggling as…