Marcus Weekend – Cash is King Again

After the 109-point bounce off the lows in our market on Friday, I expected to wake up to find Wall Street did something similar. Wasn’t to be. Looks like the buying in our market yesterday was simply some fund manager on Friday deciding to buy a few hundred million dollars worth of resources. For Friday's…

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End of Day Report Friday

The ASX 200 finished the week up 4 points to 7069 (+0.1%), clawing back earlier losses after falling over 100 points (~1.5%) at the opening bell and snapping a four-day losing streak. SPI Futures were down 97 points this morning. ASX 200 fell for a second consecutive week, down 2.89%. Sectors were mixed. Real Estate and Tech were hit hardest, while…

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Pre-Market Report Thursday

Dow Jones down 370 points or 1.08%, closing near the low and down 2.38% for the week. S&P down 1.64% and the NASDAQ worst down 1.82%. Global risk-off sentiment continued as the Bank of England followed the US and other central banks in holding rates while making clear signals that rates will remain as high…

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Pre-Market Report Thursday

Dow Jones down 77 points (0.2%) closing near the low. It was up 259 at best and down 83 at worst. S&P 500 down 0.9% the NASDAQ down 1.5% as interest rate sensitive tech gets hit hardest of all sectors. Intel, Alphabet and Nvidia the biggest losers down 4.5%, 3.1% and 2.9% respectively. ASX to…

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End of Day Report Thursday

The ASX 200 closed down 98 points to 7065 (-1.4%). Falling for a fourth consecutive session and hitting a 10-week low, tracking Wall Street overnight after a hawkish pause from the Fed. All sectors finished in negative territory today in a broad market sell-off with financials and energy stocks the worst performers. Oil prices slid for a third…

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