Pre-Market Report – Boeing CEO Steps Down

Wall Street ended in the red overnight in a quiet rangebound session after the biggest weekly percentage gains for the indexes this year. The Dow Jones traded lower all session ending near session lows, down 162 points (-0.41%), the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ fell 0.31% and 0.27%, respectively, while the Russell 2000 notched a…

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Trading Section

Gold likely to do well today. Holding BGL and NST. Bitcoin up 11.6%. SQ2 set to benefit. JMS drops 8.5%, shouldn’t have said it yesterday. Will hold with a stop loss just under 20c. MIN’s iron ore exposure offsetting lithium’s short-lived bounce. Uptrend still in place. No change to LLC. Back on the up. Tempted…

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Marcus Take Tuesday

SUMMARY Bond yields up. Markets down (only a bit). Enjoying the ride. Sceptical but no cracks yet – holding at the top. Debating buying FMG. But not buying it. A boring income stock 36% below intrinsic value. Mention AI and off you fly – Webjet – not complaining. Bitcoin up 11.6% and above $70,000. Just…

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END Of DAY Report

ASX 200 fell 32 points to 7780 in quiet trade. Winding down for Easter early it seems. Conflicting consumer sentiment surveys not helpful. Resources once again the problem. Iron ore down in Asian trade, hurting commodity stocks across the board.  After a steady start, lithium in China slid and iron ore under pressure. FMG dropped…

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Pre-Market Report

US markets closed mixed on Friday, either side of the flatline in quiet trade. S&P 500 down 0.14%, finishing the week up 2.3% (best for the year) and the NASDAQ up 0.16%. The Dow Jones lost 305 points or 0.77% thanks to an outsized move from Nike (-6.9% on negative earnings guidance). It is only…

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Trading Section

No changes to trades today.  Gold down slightly in the US but bond yields dropping will help. Lithium and Iron Ore's bounce short lived. No major damage to MIN yet. Edged out some more gain in LLC on Friday but monitoring closely. JMS looking good for now. Alert as it is a stock that could…

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End of Day Report

ASX kicked another 41 points higher to a near record close of 7812 (0.5%). Banks were solid again, CBA up 1.1% and ANZ slightly higher. The Big Bank Basket trading at $208.94 (0.6%). MQG slid 0.8% despite stories of a bid for part of Heathrow Airport. Insurers flat. REITs rallied with GMG leading the way…

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