FED MEETING – Rates left unchanged as expected. Unanimous decision. Fed’s pause continues. Two months of pauses suggests they may be done. The meeting was not hawkish which was seen as dovish raising hopes that the Fed may have seen the last rate rise.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY Daily buy signals after yesterday’s good day in all stocks from low volatility income to high volatility growth. AKE illustrates how lithium has been fairing of late.
ASX 200 pulled back from intra-day highs to close up 61 points at 6900 (0.9%). Banks led the market higher, with CBA up 1.6%, NAB up 1.5% and the Big Bank Basket up to $173.54 (+1.7%). Fund managers also better, but MQG set to report tomorrow was flat. REITs soared on falling yields, GMG up 2.22% and GPT up 3.0% as 10-year yields fell to 4.80%. Healthcare also finding support from…
TECHNICAL SUMMARY Plenty of daily buy signals after one good day yesterday. ASX200, Dow Jones and S&P500. RMD with a weekly buy signal. Smooths out the daily volatility. Information technology oversold on a daily basis.
Futures up again – Better but far from convincing. Yet. Fed tonight – might confirm rates are high enough – that’s the hope. Thematic Pivot – Inflation beaten in Europe, next stop recession and rate cuts. WeWork – A Rant. Last Month – The scores on the doors. September and October live up to their reputation. Another down month to go. Coming up – US Jobs Number, the US Treasury decision, and the RBA.
US equities closed out October on a positive note, with all major indices finishing in the green. The Dow Jones traded in a narrow range before closing near best levels, up 124 points (+0.38%). Up 141 points at best. Down 142 points at worst. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ gained 0.65% and 0.48% respectively.…
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US equities rallied overnight, with all three major indices finishing up more than 1% following last week’s sell-off, kicking off a busy week of earnings reports, economic data and the Fed’s FOMC meeting. The Dow traded in the green all day, finishing near best levels, up 511 points (+1.58%). S&P 500 rose 1.2%, and the…
Sold some more IVZ yesterday at 26c. Great result. Up 87%. HZR slipping away. Still interested on a pullback. CHL – Adding this one following quarterly. Lithium – dead and buried? Conflicting signs. Ausbiz tomorrow. IMARC kicks off today.
