FED MEETING – Rates left unchanged as expected. Unanimous decision. Fed’s pause continues. Two months of pauses suggests they may be done. The meeting was not hawkish which was seen as dovish raising hopes that the Fed may have seen the last rate rise.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Daily buy signals after yesterday’s good day in all stocks from low volatility income to high volatility growth.
AKE illustrates how lithium has been fairing of late.
Fed Meeting lights up interest rate hopes and the market
ASX 200 up 83 points in response to the Fed Meeting. Will it hold and build, or flop and drop. Stay tuned.
ASX 200 pulled back from intra-day highs to close up 61 points at 6900 (0.9%). Banks led the market higher, with CBA up 1.6%, NAB up 1.5% and the Big Bank Basket up to $173.54 (+1.7%). Fund managers also better, but MQG set to report tomorrow was flat. REITs soared on falling yields, GMG up 2.22% and GPT up 3.0% as 10-year yields fell to 4.80%. Healthcare also finding support from…
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TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Plenty of daily buy signals after one good day yesterday. ASX200, Dow Jones and S&P500.
RMD with a weekly buy signal. Smooths out the daily volatility.
Information technology oversold on a daily basis.
Futures up again – Better but far from convincing. Yet. Fed tonight – might confirm rates are high enough – that’s the hope.
Thematic Pivot – Inflation beaten in Europe, next stop recession and rate cuts. WeWork – A Rant. Last Month – The scores on the doors. September and October live up to their reputation. Another down month to go. Coming up – US Jobs Number, the US Treasury decision, and the RBA.
ASX 200 up 17 having been up 33 at best – Fed tonight but a US Treasury announcement on borrowing may be more important
