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POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	147.33	0	0
SSO ASX Small Caps	17.26	0	0
IVV S&P 500	66.42	0	0
NDQ Nasdaq	54.37	0	0
F100 FTSE 100	15.12	0	0
ASIA Asia Tech	15.65	0	0
IEU Europe	102.02	0	0
IEM Emerging Markets	85.68	0	0
Gold Gold	63.06	0	0
ACDC Battery Tech	143.86	0	0

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,945.77	7.2749	0.15
Silver	85.35	0.2333	0.27
Platinum	2,216.17	6.6175	0.3
Palladium	1,739.14	5.8868	0.34
Ice Brent Crude	66.31	-3.01	-4.34
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.7020	-0.0002	-0.03
Euro	1.1819	0.0004	0.03
British Pound	1.3701	0.0004	0.03
Canadian Dollar	1.3639	-0.0001	-0.01
New Zealand Dollar	0.6049	0.0004	0.07
Chinese Yuan	6.9377	-0.0086	-0.12
Japanese Yen	155.7600	0.03	0.02

What We're Watching

ASX Resource stocks we own

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
A1M	Aic Mines Ltd	0.62	0%	72.86%	0.28 0.68
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	1.74	0%	0.00%	0.78 2.00
BHP	Bhp Group Ltd	50.13	0%	23.70%	33.25 52.09
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	21.28	0%	10.72%	13.18 23.38
NHC	New Hope Corporation Ltd	4.59	0%	-4.34%	3.33 4.99
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	9.28	0%	49.02%	4.26 9.59
NEM	Newmont Cdi	164.75	0%	0.00%	66.39 190.54
NXG	Nexgen Ene Cdi	17.71	0%	0.00%	6.44 20.47
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	19.84	0%	90.51%	8.05 21.75

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
29M	29metals	0.47
4DX	4dmedical	3.70
ABG	Abacus Group Unt	1.17
ASK	Abacus Storage K	1.54
AX1	Accent Group	0.93
AIS	Aeris Resources	0.60
AGL	Agl Energy	9.09
AIZ	Air New Zealand	0.51
AAI	Alcoa Corpor Cdi	83.56
ALK	Alkane Resources	1.52

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
ZIP	Zip Co	2.77
ZIM	Zimplats Holding	21.80
YAL	Yancoal Australi	5.78
XRO	Xero	96.10
WOR	Worley	13.38
WOW	Woolworths Group	31.01
WDS	Woodside Energy	25.06
WTC	Wisetech Global	57.38
WTN	Winton Land	2.27
WC8	Wildcat Resource	0.40

OPINION

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04/02/2026 09:27

Yesterday’s rate rise in Australia has provided an immediate tailwind for floating-rate hybrids, with cash distributions stepping higher as the bank bill swap rate resets. For income-focused investors, that’s the good news. The less comfortable reality is that hybrid margins remain tight by historical standards, meaning total returns are being driven more by higher base rates than by generous risk compensation.

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Question asked 31/01/2026

What are your thoughts on Dicker Data (DDR) and ASX pure copper plays?

Dear team, Please forgive me for asking questions 2 weeks in a row. The Christmas break and the turbulent times we live in have created a backlog of worry. 1. You recently sold out of DDR. I notice you never had a very big stake in this company, and you considered it high risk. Did you sell because you thought the risk was too high or because it had run its course with little room for growth or possibly for many reasons? 2. I have long considered BHP to be a way of covering Copper investment, but, both BHP and RIO are perhaps 'pulled back' by being mostly iron ore vendors. What would you consider to be the best ASX pure copper play around? My instinct learns to SFR, but others have suggested CSC or DVP might be overlooked gems and no doubt there are others I know nothing about. Thank you for your ever wise counsel, Octogenarian

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US Bonds

Hi Guy`s Is the US Bond mkt, is where US citizen s buy US interest, in a security, from the US government, for a certain amount of time, to obtain an income? Am I on the correct track here. Could you pl`s explain in Lay man's terms cheers Paul M

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