It’s all so short-term when you write daily. I sometimes go back to our newsletters from a year or more ago and, with the knowledge of hindsight, read in minute detail the reaction to overnight events and realise that we look too closely at the market. Much too closely, because, as always, there are only…
Renko charts are non-time based charts that are only concerned with price movement. Renko charts are "time independent" charts that do not have constantly spaced time axes. They are named after the Japanese word for bricks or "renga". Here is a Renko chart of the S&P 500 this morning which has just ticked a sell…
I have some good news. There is nothing wrong with that Big Super or Industry Fund that you are already invested in.
We saw Archie off to the Australian Army yesterday. This morning he woke up at "5 something", if he slept at all, to a buzz cut, in a section dormitory with four other boys, who are also wondering what they have done and are doubtless coming to terms with being a "number" for the next…
THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON There is a quote in the Richest Man in Babylon that says: “But too often does youth thinks that age knows only the wisdom of days that have gone, and therefore profits not. But remember this; the sun shines today as the sun shone when your father was born, and…
This Article was written by Foundation 49, a body designed to raise awareness of Men’s Health issues and, in particular, the need for 50 year olds to get colonoscopies. It was written in 2014. “It’s quite nice having a day off and waking up to a nice hot cup of tea and someone telling you you…
I had a question from a member asking what they should do about the huge capital gains they have on the CBA. I am licenced to give General Advice and am not a Financial Planner. But Marcus Today is licensed by ADVICENET Pty Ltd, which is an AFSL in the Clime stable. Clime owns a…
A Guide to getting the most out of Dividends – Every six months the results season comes around. Every February and every August and results time is the time to start maximising those relatively huge Australian dividend pay outs. On current forecasts over a third of the top 200 stocks yield more than 6.0% including…
Marcus’ Weekend Email is one of the most read sections of the newsletter summarising the week
ASX 200 finished down 96 points at 7100 (-1.3%) with another day of losses, the third in a row. 2.1% for the week. Once again, no real reason apart from Powell and the lack of Chinese stimulus perhaps, 10bps not really cutting it. Banks did a substantial nosedive with the Big Bank Basket dropping to $167.86 (-1.6%). CBA fell 1.6% and ANZ off 2.1%. MQG also falling hard with insurers in the red too. Industrials fared slightly better in the bloodbath, WOW and COL kept their heads above water, TLS only fell 0.5%, and BXB and other industrials managed small (ish) losses. Healthcare was mixed with CSL unchanged with SHL down 1.0%. REITs under pressure GMG down 2.6% and SGP off 2.2%. Tech eased with the All-Tech Index down 1.1% as WTC fell 0.1% and XRO dropped 1.8%. Resources held up relatively ok, BHP down 1.2% and RIO off 1.1% with lithium stocks mildly weaker but some bright spots there. Gold miners fell as bullion dropped, NST down 2.5% and DEG off 3.8%. Oil and gas though was smacked hard, as crude continued to head lower in Asian trade, WDS off 4.6% and STO down 4.3%. In corporate news, COH fell 3.5% on issues with an acquisition in the UK, DLI soared 30.1% on some ‘stunning ‘drill results. Nothing on the economic front today. Asian markets are weaker with China back trading after Dragon Boat Festival. Dow futures down 136 points. NASDAQ futures down 68 points.
