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Month: April 2014

The ASX200 closed well today, up 25 points or 0.5% to 5479 in what was a very quiet session led by the bank sector.

Equity markets can be very fickle and often possess short memories. With both Apple and Facebook reporting this week, we could easily see the villain of the last few weeks become the hero, i.e. highly valued tech stocks. If these two influential stocks report well, I can easily see fresh 2014 highs from US indices – this should especially help our long Seek (SEK) position.

The ASX200 had a strong day following on from overnight leads, closing +33 points, albeit it on low volumes.

Happy Easter to all our subscribers and their families.

The ASX200 had a good session today, closing +32 points or +0.6% to 5,420 points.

Russia and Ukraine tensions escalate: does this provide any investment opportunities?

The ASX200 was unable to follow on from the strength in the US, reversing early gains to close only +29 points higher at 5,388 points.

As QBE looks to sell its troubled US assets, we look at the insurance sector on the whole for opportunities?

Where will the Healthcare profit taking create opportunities?

The ASX200 was sold off aggressively in the afternoon session, closing on its lows -69 points or -1.3% with the banks and resource sectors both dragging heavily on the index. The broad sell off feels as though it was more than just the current tensions between the Ukraine and Russia; it felt as though global investors were selling out of Australia.

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