Marcus Weekend

SPI Futures down 10. S&P 500 up 0.16%. NASDAQ down 0.03%. Dow Jones up 125 points. A higher than expected consumer inflation expectations number and a weaker than expected consumer sentiment number provided a negative. A rise in Nvidia a positive. Mixed Fedspeak overnight. A number of comments about the markets being on hold ahead…

Henry’s Weekend Take

THE WEEK THAT WAS The ASX 200 rose 1.6%. A good week really. Plenty of volatility. That equals opportunity. We hit 7800, as I had forecast and then moved back down to 7600 before a rally. Fun and games all round. I know I should have been braver and loaded up with GEAR when it…

Marcus Take

Midday update: New research on SIQ, JBH, CBA and SPK. One Stock Portfolios. SUMMARY Adding JLG to the Trading Portfolio today. Recovery on charts, brokers positive. Some Macro positives overnight. Lithium coming alive – holding PLS in the Trading Portfolio. Uranium price up again. 10% of the Growth Portfolio is in uranium stocks. The Ten…

Trading Section

SUMMARY BPT has a good session yesterday. Oil stocks slowly building momentum. JLG is recovering fast from its February results drop. Adding for a trade. Lithium takes off in the US. PLS to resume its uptrend. Profit takers descend on ILU. No change. ORI rises on results. Increasing stop loss to $17.76. GMG prints an…

Pre-market Report

Wall Street rose overnight, extending the weeks upside after weekly jobless claims data offered fresh hope for interest-rate cuts. The Dow marked its 7-day winning streak, up 331 points (+0.85%). Dow up 357 points at best. Dow down 68 points at worst. S&P 500 and NASDAQ are on track for a third week straight week…