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POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	133.05	0	0
SSO ASX Small Caps	13.86	0	0
IVV S&P 500	56.14	0	0
NDQ Nasdaq	43.55	0	0
F100 FTSE 100	13.43	0	0
ASIA Asia Tech	9.95	0	0
IEU Europe	92.30	0	0
IEM Emerging Markets	67.58	0	0
Gold Gold	48.10	0	0
ACDC Battery Tech	79.74	0	0

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	3,307.48	-10.72	-0.32
Silver	33.00	-0.08	-0.24
Platinum	970.45	-0.85	-0.09
Palladium	938.25	-10.3844	-1.09
Ice Brent Crude	66.91	0.36	0.54
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.6389	-0.0004	-0.06
Euro	1.1351	-0.0009	-0.08
British Pound	1.3304	-0.001	-0.08
Canadian Dollar	1.3860	0.0006	0.04
New Zealand Dollar	0.5953	-0.0006	-0.1
Chinese Yuan	7.2864	-0.0015	-0.02
Japanese Yen	143.7300	0.06	0.04

What We're Watching

10 Stocks We like Here & Now

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
CAT	Catapult Group International Ltd	3.90	0%	165.31%	1.35 4.08
DBI	Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd	3.92	0%	42.55%	2.71 4.17
HSN	Hansen Technologies Ltd	5.13	0%	7.10%	4.01 5.88
JHX	James Hardie Industries Plc	36.38	0%	-33.52%	31.86 59.53
MGR	Mirvac Group	2.20	0%	5.26%	1.80 2.31
NSR	National Storage Reit	2.23	0%	1.83%	2.05 2.59
PDN	Paladin Energy Ltd	5.56	0%	-59.48%	3.93 17.98
RUL	Rpmglobal Holdings Ltd	2.66	0%	0.00%	2.17 3.35
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	9.99	0%	8.94%	7.79 11.72
WOR	Worley Ltd	12.17	0%	-26.60%	11.07 16.77

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
ABG	Abacus Group Unt	1.15
ASK	Abacus Storage K	1.46
AX1	Accent Group	1.80
ADT	Adriatic Metals	4.25
AGL	Agl Energy	10.42
AIZ	Air New Zealand	0.53
AAI	Alcoa Corpor Cdi	39.43
A4N	Alpha Hpa	0.82
ALQ	Als	15.75
AMC	Amcor Plc	14.92

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
ZIP	Zip Co	1.68
ZIM	Zimplats Holding	12.70
YAL	Yancoal Australi	4.87
XRO	Xero	156.58
WOR	Worley	12.17
WOW	Woolworths Group	31.53
WDS	Woodside Energy	20.01
WTC	Wisetech Global	86.58
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	4.82
WHF	Whitefield Indus	5.41

OPINION

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28/04/2025 09:41

Copper ($US)

Copper has bounced back towards its 2024 high in the last fortnight in noticeably stronger fashion than many other correlated markets.

28/04/2025 09:28

Last week, the Greenback bounced back towards its previous support around the 100 area, where we can see it consolidating through early May. The easy money on the downside is in the rearview mirror, and it could be months before we see another rerating on the downside, but we do believe it will eventually unfold, which is ultimately bullish for gold.

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Hello Esteemed Team, Times have changed. It looks like there will be hefty interest rate cuts this year. Is this likely to lower bank profits? EXCEPT for CBA, the banks have been dividend traps over the last decade and more. You have 'liked' WBC in your comments recently. It looks like you see it as a company that can provide SOME growth plus an attractive dividend. I am strongly considering buying it for this reason, but, do not wish to buy it and have it remain stagnant with no growth. I am NOT seeking personal advice. CONSIDERING the recent tariff insanity, I would like to ask you if you still have favourable thoughts about WBC? Are banks in general likely to have a bad time if there is a recession, and IF YOU were to buy WBC what price would you look at getting in and what price would you look at getting out? I realize that no one has a crystal ball. The myriad of variables created by Trump's attack on the world make it virtually impossible to make a high confidence estimate of probable outcomes. However, I am SURE your calculations would be better founded than my own. Keep up the GREAT work. Paul

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