Trading Section

SUMMARY Oil and Gold stocks up, markets down. Trimming the vulnerable, keeping oil and gold. Selling JMS and MIN. JMS as a small cap particularly vulnerable. Will hold onto KAR, BGL and NST. Unless they fall below stop losses. Adding SNAS for a trade and short-term bet that we have seen the top for a…

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End of Day Report

ASX 200 finished down 44 points to 7773 (-0.6%) to close out a miserable week down around 1.5%. Broad-based losses following the dip in the US last night. Jobs number tonight shaping up as a crucial data point. Banks eased back slightly, the Big Bank Basket off to $207.53 (-0.2%). MQG fell 0.9% with insurers…

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Trading Section

SUMMARY Wall St holds up indicating yesterday’s selloff was overdone. Few big name sell signals MIN weathers the selloff yesterday relatively well. Iron ore closes mixed. Staying on the sidelines in MQG and FMG. KAR gives up 3% of gains to close flat. Oil up. Likely to head back towards $2.25 today. Gold stocks up…

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End of Day Report

ASX 200 rose 35 points to 7817 (+0.5%) in quiet trade. Banks and industrials are making gains after the drubbing yesterday, with The Big Bank Basket up to $207.93 (+0.4%). MQG did ok, and insurers mixed, with SUN up 0.2% and QBE slipping slightly. REITs are back in demand, led as always by GMG, up…

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Pre-Market Report

Wall Street ended mostly higher overnight after data showed the US services industry growth slowed in March, but gains were capped after Powel signalled a rate cut was still not in sight. The Dow slipped 43 points (-0.11%). Up 136 points at best, down 153 points at worst. Intel down 8% weighed on the 30-stock…

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Pre-market Report

All three major US indices closed lower overnight as an increasing amount of strong economic data supported the “higher for longer” narrative. Dow Jones fell 397 points (-1%), S&P 500 fell 0.72% and the NASDAQ dropped 0.95%. New orders for Manufactured Goods rebounded more than expected and Job Openings came in line with expectations. Another…

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