Marcus Take Friday

SUMMARY – A lot going on. Glad we’re not holding BHP as it makes a huge bid. Talk of three rates rises from the RBA after that CPI number. Big Australia bends. Big US Tech holds. The PCE Price index number tonight could just be the number that breaks the bond market’s back. Newmont paves…

Resmed Results Wake Investors Up

Resmed (RMD) results – Is trading up 11% afterhours in the US and up 6.7% on the ASX as results beat consensus expectations by 9%. Brokers said at the start of the week that focus for the results will be on sales growth, margins and commentary on the impact weight loss drugs have been having…

Trading Tutorial

For the benefit of new members this is a repost of recent trading tutorials. Offering an explanation of the terms and phrases used in the trading section. This section will be posted under "education" and updated with new insights over time. The two primary indicators used in our trading section are relative strength index (RSI) and moving averages (MA). The RSI is…

Marcus Take Wednesday – Big Tech results start with Tesla up 11.3%. Correction or downtrend. No-one

Focus on Australian CPI at 11:30am. Selling SNAS trade – downtrend loses traction. Good start to Tech results. Tesla up 11.3% after hours (is Tesla a Big Tech?). Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet results to come this week. US PCE Price Index number on Friday the main signpost. Citi says buy the dip. UBS says Big Tech profit growth to collapse. Some Stats on corrections. Education Corner – Ten Investors – which one are you?

End of Day Report

ASX 200 fell 1 point to 7683 (-0.01%) after a CPI gut punch stole the momentum. Inflation is once again higher than expected, and insurance costs and education continue to pressure the upside. Banks again led the charge higher, with the Big Bank Basket up to $203.73 (+0.4%). WBC the standout up 0.9% despite news…