Marcus Take Thursday

SUMMARY The Sugar hit didn’t last long.  The Fed confirms its hawkishness.  Taking some profits on our ideas. Let's quit whilst we're ahead.  Bailing on BHP and MQG – let’s wait for some momentum.  Not brave enough to try SNAS or BBUS.  A STOCK TAKE on JBH – great stock, decent yield, but not a…

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Marcus Take Wednesday

SUMMARY Wall St closed – not much to go on. The RBA pause – Short term sugar hit. Big Tech – how overvalued are they? Chinese PMI numbers disappoint. STRATEGY PORTFOLIO Nothing to report – I have to say, I feel like it's a matter of "When do we sell the US" rather than "What…

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RBA Pauses

The RBA has left rates unchanged. Looks like they have taken on board last week's lower than expected CPI number – theire hawkishness appears to have been significantly tempered. They say inflation is only "slightly" higher than expected and due to temporary factors. Goodness – a lot less hawkish than expected. Runs against the Fed…

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Diary this Week

MAIN EVENTS US Markets are on holiday on Tuesday July 4th and close early on Monday. A lot of Americans are on holiday this week. RBA Interest Rate Decision Tuesday. FOMC Meeting Minutes Thursday. US Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate Friday. ECONOMICS Australia – Building Permits Monday and Balance of Trade Thursday.  US – Manufacturing…

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Technical Scans Friday

SUMMARY Today’s observations: Doing Weekly and Daily signals now. Weekly are more appropriate for investors, Daily for traders. US markets and Technology overbought on weekly charts – ACDC, NASDAQ, QLTY, RBTZ, FANG+, LNAS, IVV (S&P 500), IOO (Global stocks ETF), Oversold – Gold and the GOLD ETF. Buy signal on NEU which is a bit…

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Technical Scans Thursday

SUMMARY I have listed Weekly (for investors) as well as Daily (Better for traders) signals today. After a solid rally on the ASX yesterday there are more buy signals than anything else. Some Retail sector buy signals today. Weekly Buy signals – BOQ, HVN, IPL, PMV. Daily Buy signals – FLT, LOV, PMV, AX1, ADH,…

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Marcus Take Wednesday

SUMMARY Was that the end of the selling? Macro Blah Blah. CPI Today. SNAS Bears going to get clipped today. Short term versus long term Technical Signals. BREAKING NEWS The CPI number is well below expectations. Just what we wanted and will help reverse this recent sell-off. May CPI +5.6%, well below the 6.1% expected…

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Technical Scans Tuesday

SUMMARY Finally – sell signals on the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, S&P 500, GGUS, ACDC, DRIV, IHVV, LNAS. BBUS (Bearish S&P 500 geared) with a buy signal. I can see from the Facebook Discussion page some of you have been buying SNAS – you naughty Bears. Gold and Small Ords below their lower Bollinger Bans (sharp drops). US…

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MARCUS TAKE – FRIDAY

SUMMARY Whiplash – some things you can’t explain. Global hawkishness infects the psyche. Post-It Notes for the rest of the year – send me yours. Some of the STOCK TAKE data explained. Telstra STOCK TAKE coming today. BULLETS Global hawkishness dominates the mood – The Bank of England rate rise last night (a surprisingly sharp…

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