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A lacklustre session for the ASX today saw the market climb initially. That didn’t last long, but the sell-off was hardly aggressive. Healthcare bounced and so did the...

It was a positive end to the week for Aussie shares, supported by the US agreeing to extend the debt ceiling and China coming back online after a week-long holiday,...

The market ended a soft month of September with a bang today, rallying around 1.9% with broad-based buying right across the board and a very bullish close to finish on...

Another weak session today saw the ASX end down more than 1% - the same culprits dragging the ASX lower, IT and Healthcare. But Energy was also on the wrong side of...

The market was down early, but news that China’s central bank boosted its daily liquidity injection, plus confirmation that Evergrande had reached an agreement with...

While the market was sharply lower overnight there was no sign of panic in the selling, volatility stayed low, credit spreads hardly moved and equities saw a large...

The market opened on the backfoot again this morning with Futures down around 60 points early before rallying from the lows – it’s been the playbook for the last week,...

With EOFY comes sales, parties and, of course, tax returns. It also presents an opportunity to reflect on the year to date and reassess the composition of your...

As we come to the conclusion of what has been a rocky and volatile financial year, investors are wondering how they should be approaching the next one. To help with...

I hate losing money, as most do, however being prepared to put capital on the line, to take a risk, and at times come out on the wrong side is the reality of...

The market hit again today despite the RBA’s decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to a historic low of 0.25%, plus they announced arrange of other measures...

After a day in the green yesterday where the index put on nearly ~6% we were back in sell mode today and aggressively so, the market giving back those gains and some...

Today was the 3rd aggressive buy day in the last 6 trading sessions and while the index is still down 8% in that time, it feels to me a meaningful low isn’t too far...

Friday a distant memory as selling resumed on the ASX today, the index suffering its worst decline since 1987 as central banks hit the panic button, cutting interest...

A tough week ends on a more positive note with the market rallying hard from the morning lows today to end more than 4% higher. Some incredible turnarounds today,...

Policy response day as we suggested this morning failed to deliver even a whimper for the bulls, if indeed there are any left! The market opened down around -100pts...

US stocks traded higher overnight, the Dow Jones up by more than 1,000pts however that optimism failed to filter through locally today, the ASX officially hitting bear...

The market staged a huge recovery today, aggressive across the board especially from the morning lows where stocks turned up and went on with it. What a difference a...

A savage sell-off hit stocks today with the ASX recording its 2nd biggest sell-off in the last 27 years, only one session during the GFC was worse being the 10th...

Down again today ending near the session lows despite the US futures trading higher throughout our time zone. Asian markets were also higher today benefitting from a...