Pre-Market Report Thursday

US equities closed higher overnight, and the US dollar strengthened after a surprise cooling of UK inflation bolstered sentiment across global markets. The Dow rose 109 points (+0.31%), marking its eighth straight day of gains, its longest streak since September 2019. Dow at best up 282 points. S&P 500 up 0.24%, reaching levels not seen…

Technical Scans Thursday

TECHNICAL SCANS – (Daily Scans) We scan the All Ordinaries (500 stocks) every day looking for buy and sell signals. The results are below. The lists are in alphabetical order with the larger or more interesting stocks highlighted in yellow. The size of the lists gives you a feel for the market trend (lots of…

Henry’s Take – A Bubble or Something More?

2.30pm Update LRS – I have taken the weighting in the Portfolio down from 6.6% to 4.6%. Sold a little early at 37.5c but it is now nudging 40c and I would take another 1% weighting off here. That would bring the position down to 3.6%. And lock in a 3-bagger from initial purchase in…

Strategy By Henry – Two FANGs Bared

SUMMARY Market looks a little tired and waiting for a fresh catalyst to push either way. Results? China? Bueller? RIO and BHP production reports. Not much to get excited about. Mission accomplished. Maybe a bit premature! Two FAANGS are out and not so flash. Is it time to bank the money? Macquarie Group (MQG) –…

Midday Report Thursday

MARKET AT MIDDAY The ASX 200 is up 15 points to 7339 (+0.2%), losing early gains after unemployment data came in flat at 3.5%, raising the likelihood of another rate rise. The Aussie dollar gained on the news while bond yields climbed higher. BHP Group (BHP) +0.3%, Rio Tinto (RIO) +0.5%, and Fortescue Metals (FMG) +1.2% also advanced, boosted by BHP Group's record annual iron ore production. Mineral Resources (MIN) up 5.4% after agreeing to sell…

End Of Day Report Thursday

The ASX 200 closed flat, near unchanged, up 1 point to 7325, after jumping over 50 points in early trade before unemployment data dampened the market’s mood raising bets of further tightening from the RBA. The Aussie dollar jumped 0.6% to 68.15c, clawing back recent losses, and bond yields rose with 2Y yield up 12bps,…