Marcus Take Wednesday – Not quite a big bad day

Elliott Waving at us again – Was that “B”? Waiting for the Fed and Apple before selling. Looks like the top is in. But waiting for Friday. WOW sells $500m of EDV and offers capital return – desperate to impress. Sell in May and go Away – Fact or Fiction (Fact today). Subtle changes to our sections today.

Trading Section

SUMMARY Wall St falls over. Bad luck starting two new trades yesterday. The ASX200 is down 3% since the top on April 2. ILU performs well on its first day. No change. PLS fades from the open yesterday. Tesla has become a barometer of lithium optimism. Down 5.6% overnight but still up 31% in the…

Pre-Market Report

US equities ended higher overnight, building on last week's gains, in a mostly uneventful day of trading as the market prepares for another big week of earnings reports and the Fed’s rate decision (Hold expected). The Dow ended near best levels, up 146 points (+0.38%). Up 167 points at best and down 24 points at…

End of Day Report

The ASX 200 has closed up 27 points to 7932. Weak Retail Sales numbers (down 0.2% in April v consensus +0.4%) too the pressure off the RBA next week. Good Chinese PMI numbers helped resources ahead of the Chinese three day holiday from May 1-3 (rest of the week). ASX 200 closed near the high…

Trading Section

SUMMARY SFR finally kicks into life. Raising stop loss again. BPT has a good day while WDS, STO and KAR all fall. Brokers hold target prices. Moving the One Stock Portfolios to Marcus Take to better reflect the longer-term trading we are targeting. Not to say we aren’t prepared to hold stocks in this section for longer…