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Commodities bounced back today, finding some support after a few weaker sessions, helping the local market rally today. It was a choppy start, giving up its initial...

While the market was only 0.5% lower today, there were some large shifts from a sector perspective with higher value growth finally popping on the upside buoyed by a...

The RBA raised rates today by 0.50% as expected, the market rallied, the AUD edged marginally lower and the reaction was generally as we thought it would be, the...

A bullish but quiet session to kick off the week with the market opening sharply higher but losing some direction as the day progressed, no trade in the US tonight...

The market opened well this morning, up more than 50 points at our high. But once again, US Futures traded lower throughout our time zone and Aussie stocks followed...

The ASX gave back yesterday’s gains today with Real-Estate and IT feeling the pinch, although the influential banks finished higher while pockets of the resources...

Back-to-back strength for the Australian market with the ASX now up 350pts / 5.5% from the recent low ~6400. Energy the standout today as Oil rallied, reports of a...

A solid start to the week with the ASX putting on nearly 2% led by the financial sector, although it was green right across the screen with all sectors finishing up...

It was certainly a ‘risk on’ session today with the Small Ordinaries (+3.20%) creaming the large caps (+0.77%) while drilling down into the relative sector...

A fairly muted session today on the ASX with the defensive sectors doing well while those exposed to economic weakness struggled. Energy is at the pointy end of...

An average day for the ASX with the market giving up an early advance after a solid session in the US overnight, US futures turning lower during our time zone, and...

The ASX bounced today with some optimism returning to the screens, particularly the index influences with both banks and the resource/energy stocks finding some form...

A fairly quiet Monday given US markets are closed tonight although selling was the more obvious impulse overall. Iron Ore fell hard in Asia, down 9.5% as Shenzhen...

Another soft session to end a very poor week for the ASX with the index down by -457pts/-6.6% over the four trading sessions.  While the US market was soft...

It was a stronger open this morning for quarterly index and options expiry, hence the delayed start, however, the first hour saw the best of it and the rest of the...

It was a choppy session for the ASX, the market showing early signs of stabilisation to be down only marginally before weakness crept into US futures which dragged...

I have a few sayings written on my desk at work and at home, probably the most useful is simply ‘keep turning up'. By that I mean to continue to do the work, don’t...

The week ended on a sour note today with the ASX following the US market’s lead with inflation fears being the main driver. Banks found some support early in the day...

It was a tough session for Aussie stocks with around 75% of the market trading lower while around 7% of the ASX 200 fell by more than 4%. The banks were again on the...

While the market only rose ~25pts today, it felt a lot better outside of the banking sector with the big 4 down by an average of ~4.2%. Concern that sharper rate...