Pre-Market Report

US markets closed strongly higher on Friday night after falling bond yields fuelled a renewed tech rally. The NASDAQ outperformed, up 1.14%. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Dow Jones finished up 91 points (0.23%). Both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 hit fresh record highs. US bond yields had a large fall after US…

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End of Day Report

ASX 200 slid 10 points to 7736 (0.1%) off all-time highs as iron ore and healthcare stocks weighed. BHP off 1.5% and FMG getting whacked down 3.2%. Lithium stocks gave back some early solid gains, prices slipping slightly in China. MIN down 2.1% and PLS up only 0.7% with IGO falling 1.7%. Gold miners were…

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Henry’s Weekend Take – And Breathe…

Happy Easter (Results are Over) To paraphrase the late John Lennon, It has been a long month. Results season always is, and the numbers drop thick and fast. Analysts are ignored by quant funds, hedge funds and proprietary traders as the algo focus on keywords and shoot first and analyse later. We have some extreme…

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Marcus Weekend

Good Morning you lovely Members. All is good in stock market land. SPI Futures up 11 points this morning. Dow Jones up 90. The NASDAQ just hit a second new all-time high on the trot (up 1.14% overnight). US markets have had four straight months of gains. Nvidia up another 4% having risen 33% in…

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End of Day Report – 360 Jumps 38.5%

ASX 200 closes up 47 points to 7724 (+0.6%) on an all-time high. Defensive sectors were sold off as risk appetite returned with a vengeance. Lithium stocks were on fire as the short squeeze continued. Uranium stocks sold down as the fizz seemed to have left the building. PLS up another 4.3%, but LTM screaming ahead…

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