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Marcus Take – Risk Off Again

ACTION TODAY – Selling AKE and MIN in the Ideas Portfolio. Risk off again today. Market plagued by higher for longer again. Bond yields up again on strong data.
Middle East tension not helping sentiment. Oil price up. Gold up.
Morgan Stanley belted on results (-6.8%).
Good Netflix results (+12%). Tesla margin pressures.
Nvidia down 8% in two days.
Lithium stocks hammered overnight on BoA lithium price downgrade.

Pre-Market Podcast Thursday

All three major indexes in the US closed sharply lower overnight, near worst levels, as escalating Middle East conflict dampened risk appetite. The Dow Jones fell 333 points (-0.98%), trading lower all day, down 399 points at worst. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ are now down for the week, losing 1.34% and 1.62% overnight.

End of Day Podcast

ASX 200 dropped 96 points to 6982 (1.4%) as a broad sell-off hit the market as bond yields and Middle East conflict weighed on risk-takers. Big Banks down in the dumps, with CBA off 1.6% and the Big Bank Basket falling to $175.68 (-1.4%).

TPG – Fibre Sale

TPG popped 5.6% yesterday on news Vocus Group had commenced debt talks for the acquisition of TPG’s Fibre assets. Macquarie and Aware Super (the owners), are looking to finance ~$6bn in debt for their non-binding indicative bid announced at the start of August.

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