CPI Number lights the blue touch paper. Can this rally turn into a trend? No chance of another rate rise according to the bond market. US 2Y Bond yields now down 43bp from the top. US dollar collapses as A$ jumps. Interest rate sensitive sectors have their best day in a year. Financials, Tech, Resources and Lithium all come alive.
The ASX 200 rallied 99 points to 7106 (+1.4%), hitting a two-month high. Up 119 at best. The SPI Futures were up 91 this morning. Interest rate sensitive sectors including REITs took centre stage as the top performers today as bond yields softened. GMG +3.4%, SCG +5.1% and VCX +5.6%. Iron ore futures nearly reached a two-and-a-half-year high,…
US equities rallied overnight after cooler-than-expected inflation results raised bets the Fed’s tightening cycle may be over. Bond yields and the USD tumbled. Dow up 490 points (+1.43%). Up 593 at best. The NASDAQ jumped 2.37%, and ~95% of the S&P 500 rose, pushing the index briefly across the 4,500 mark for the first time in…
TECHNICAL SUMMARY One of our favourites, FANG hits a 52-week high and is overbought on a daily basis. MQG hits another 52-week low after going Ex-Dividend. Is that the bottom? Oil stocks WDS, STO and KAR all oversold on a daily basis after recent falls.
Wall Street finished mixed overnight in a quiet day of trade as markets wait for crucial inflation data tomorrow. The Dow Jones gained 55 points (+0.16%) in a narrow day of trade. Helped by a rally in Boeing on new aircraft orders. Up 123 at best. Down 77 at worst. The S&P 500 fluctuated near…
SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO 2.30pm Updates Nothing done today. Another rumour swirling around the lithium space on AZS looking to buy a stake perhaps. Hence the rise in the nearest and dearest RDN (see below). Speculative Stock of the Day: Raiden Resources (RDN) +36.2% one we have written up as a speculative buy and have interviewed…
SUMMARY Back from the golf courses of Thailand. A look at what we missed. We seem to have timed the bottom in the Ideas and Strategy Portfolios – for now. What now? Don’t trust it much. Let's just keep making decisions day by day. Banks after results – glad we didn’t bother stripping dividends. All…
ASX 200 rose strongly holding above 7000 closing up 58 points at 7007 (+0.8%).
ASX 200 rose strongly holding above 700 closing up 58 points at 7007 (+0.8%). Resources are back in fashion as FMG led the iron ore miners higher up 2.7%, with BHP and RIO also doing well. Lithium had a rare day in the green, PLS up 0.9% and MIN up 3.1%. Gold miners slightly higher.
