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4DX.AX

8.26%

ABG.AX

-1.06%

AIS.AX

-8.64%

AGL.AX

1.87%

A1M.AX

-0.34%

AIZ.AX

4.29%

AAI.AX

ALK.AX

-1.5%

A4N.AX

-2.55%

ALQ.AX

1.06%

AMC.AX

-0.71%

AOV.AX

0.93%

AMP.AX

-1.4%

ALD.AX

0.79%

ANN.AX

1.65%

ANZ.AX

-0.05%

APA.AX

0.59%

ARU.AX

-1.39%

ARB.AX

0.66%

ARF.AX

-0.47%

ARG.AX

0.17%

ALL.AX

0.37%

AYA.AX

-0.5%

APZ.AX

0.99%

ASX.AX

0.15%

ALX.AX

0.7%

AUB.AX

2.55%

AIA.AX

1.93%

AXQ.AX

-5.63%

AMI.AX

3.97%

AZJ.AX

1.07%

ABB.AX

-0.21%

ASB.AX

-0.55%

AAC.AX

-1.47%

AFI.AX

-0.15%

AUI.AX

-0.61%

BOQ.AX

-0.45%

BMN.AX

3.07%

BCI.AX

BPT.AX

-0.82%

BGA.AX

0.74%

BGL.AX

0.2%

BEN.AX

-0.7%

BNZ.AX

13.62%

BHP.AX

-0.05%

BKI.AX

0.53%

BC8.AX

0.56%

XYZ.AX

-1.17%

BSL.AX

1.99%

BOE.AX

-0.82%

BXB.AX

0.41%

BVS.AX

3.15%

BRE.AX

0.8%

BRG.AX

1.37%

BGP.AX

-6.84%

BFL.AX

1.02%

BWP.AX

-0.64%

CMM.AX

0.12%

CSC.AX

-1.1%

CAR.AX

CIN.AX

0.44%

CYL.AX

5.28%

CAT.AX

-1.2%

CWP.AX

-2.28%

CNI.AX

-0.85%

CIP.AX

-0.33%

COF.AX

-1.37%

CGF.AX

2.04%

CIA.AX

-4.25%

CHC.AX

CLW.AX

-1.18%

CQR.AX

-0.5%

CQE.AX

-1.17%

CNU.AX

1.14%

C79.AX

-2.24%

CVL.AX

-1.46%

CU6.AX

-3.16%

CWY.AX

-0.21%

CBO.AX

1.54%

COH.AX

0.44%

CDA.AX

-0.2%

COL.AX

0.64%

CKF.AX

0.79%

CBA.AX

-0.16%

CPU.AX

1.98%

CEN.AX

-2.45%

CXO.AX

1.04%

CCP.AX

-0.94%

CMW.AX

CSL.AX

1.24%

CCL.AX

-1.59%

DBI.AX

0.8%

DTL.AX

-0.72%

DYL.AX

-0.57%

DRR.AX

-1.72%

DVP.AX

-1.45%

DXS.AX

0.33%

DXI.AX

DDR.AX

DGT.AX

DJW.AX

DMP.AX

6.14%

DOW.AX

0.06%

DPM.AX

-4.51%

DRO.AX

2.51%

DUR.AX

2.36%

DNL.AX

-1.32%

APE.AX

1.23%

EBO.AX

-2.74%

EIQ.AX

-0.75%

ELD.AX

-0.89%

EOS.AX

2.09%

ELV.AX

-4.09%

ELS.AX

8.05%

EHL.AX

0.52%

EMR.AX

-0.28%

EDV.AX

0.72%

EQR.AX

0.98%

EVN.AX

1.29%

EVT.AX

1.94%

FDC.AX

-0.59%

FCL.AX

-3.58%

FFM.AX

FPH.AX

0.85%

FPR.AX

16.96%

FBU.AX

-0.66%

FLT.AX

0.3%

FRS.AX

FMG.AX

-4.24%

FGX.AX

0.74%

FGG.AX

0.59%

GLF.AX

-0.23%

GDG.AX

-2.68%

GNE.AX

5.85%

GMD.AX

1.66%

GNP.AX

-0.17%

GMG.AX

-0.49%

GPT.AX

-0.78%

GQG.AX

0.74%

GNG.AX

0.53%

GNC.AX

1.25%

GGP.AX

0.55%

G6M.AX

-7.61%

GOZ.AX

0.45%

GCI.AX

0.49%

GYG.AX

2.53%

GWA.AX

-1.05%

HSN.AX

0.83%

HVN.AX

0.2%

HGH.AX

-4.08%

HM1.AX

0.69%

HLI.AX

-0.4%

HMC.AX

2.6%

HDN.AX

0.4%

HUB.AX

0.52%

IEL.AX

-0.65%

IGO.AX

1.16%

ILU.AX

2.89%

IMD.AX

1.08%

IMR.AX

-1.34%

IFT.AX

-0.4%

INA.AX

-1.03%

ING.AX

-3.56%

IAG.AX

0.47%

IDX.AX

2.14%

IPX.AX

-1.31%

IPH.AX

1.68%

IRE.AX

1.83%

JHX.AX

0.99%

JBH.AX

0.99%

JDO.AX

0.26%

JMS.AX

-0.94%

KAR.AX

KLS.AX

-0.56%

KCN.AX

0.37%

KKC.AX

GLS.AX

1.72%

LGF.AX

3.12%

L1G.AX

-1.46%

LSF.AX

0.22%

LRV.AX

2.23%

LFS.AX

LLC.AX

-1.49%

LFG.AX

360.AX

-0.53%

LIC.AX

1.38%

LNW.AX

-0.56%

LIN.AX

-2.24%

LTR.AX

1.55%

LOV.AX

3.44%

LYL.AX

-1.8%

LYC.AX

-0.43%

MA1.AX

MAF.AX

-1.75%

MGH.AX

MAH.AX

4.32%

MQG.AX

-0.01%

MAQ.AX

1.62%

MAD.AX

0.72%

MFG.AX

1.78%

MMS.AX

0.77%

MPL.AX

0.1%

MP1.AX

-1.33%

MCY.AX

0.91%

MEZ.AX

2.83%

MSB.AX

-0.98%

MLX.AX

3.17%

MTS.AX

1.64%

MEI.AX

4.05%

MOT.AX

MXT.AX

-0.13%

MFF.AX

MIN.AX

-1.41%

MI6.AX

5.08%

MIR.AX

-1.98%

MGR.AX

0.14%

MND.AX

0.72%

MYS.AX

-1.23%

NAN.AX

0.96%

NAB.AX

0.34%

NGI.AX

3.02%

NWL.AX

4.12%

NEU.AX

2.44%

NHC.AX

-1.54%

NMG.AX

4.35%

NEM.AX

-0.73%

NWS.AX

-1.45%

NXG.AX

-2.49%

NXT.AX

0.52%

NHF.AX

0.07%

NCK.AX

1.13%

NIC.AX

1.23%

NEC.AX

2.86%

NST.AX

-0.4%

NWH.AX

NUF.AX

OCL.AX

-1.29%

OML.AX

1.13%

OPH.AX

OBM.AX

1.76%

ORI.AX

0.32%

ORG.AX

2.79%

ORA.AX

0.68%

PDN.AX

0.11%

PNR.AX

-1.23%

PPC.AX

0.56%

PPM.AX

3.42%

PRN.AX

0.24%

PPT.AX

-0.95%

PCI.AX

-0.91%

PRU.AX

-0.52%

PXA.AX

-1.01%

PNI.AX

2.57%

PL8.AX

0.71%

PLS.AX

-1.2%

PGF.AX

1.19%

PNV.AX

PDI.AX

1.5%

PMV.AX

-1.75%

PME.AX

1.68%

PWH.AX

0.3%

PYC.AX

6.47%

QAN.AX

4.12%

QBE.AX

0.93%

QAL.AX

-1.65%

QRI.AX

RMS.AX

2.3%

RHC.AX

-1.04%

REA.AX

-0.3%

RDX.AX

1.36%

REH.AX

1.86%

RF1.AX

0.57%

RPL.AX

RG1.AX

-1.56%

RGN.AX

0.63%

REG.AX

-1.44%

RRL.AX

0.49%

RWC.AX

0.99%

RMD.AX

1.23%

RSG.AX

-0.27%

SGLLV.AX

-1.14%

RIC.AX

-1.05%

RIO.AX

-1.27%

RXL.AX

-1.3%

RFF.AX

0.69%

RYM.AX

-1.38%

SFR.AX

0.32%

STO.AX

-1.85%

SCG.AX

-0.26%

SEK.AX

0.24%

SHV.AX

-0.72%

SRV.AX

0.15%

SSM.AX

0.2%

SGH.AX

0.85%

SHA.AX

-1.42%

SIG.AX

0.85%

SLX.AX

1.3%

SGM.AX

-0.72%

SDR.AX

-0.45%

SKS.AX

7.81%

SKC.AX

-0.96%

SIQ.AX

1.41%

SHL.AX

-0.73%

S32.AX

-0.33%

SX2.AX

-4.04%

SXE.AX

2.08%

SPK.AX

1.53%

SRG.AX

0.74%

SBM.AX

-1.65%

SMR.AX

-1.3%

SDF.AX

4.31%

SGP.AX

-0.59%

SKG.AX

SNZ.AX

-0.14%

SUN.AX

-0.03%

SRL.AX

4.06%

SUL.AX

1.28%

SLC.AX

-1.88%

SNL.AX

-1.63%

SYL.AX

-0.73%

TAH.AX

0.28%

TEA.AX

1.55%

TNE.AX

0.81%

TLX.AX

-0.11%

TLS.AX

-0.4%

TPW.AX

A2M.AX

-0.58%

TLC.AX

-0.09%

SGR.AX

-3.57%

TVN.AX

THL.AX

0.42%

TWR.AX

1.29%

TPG.AX

0.14%

TCL.AX

0.1%

TWE.AX

5.78%

TUA.AX

-0.46%

TCG.AX

1.64%

TRA.AX

UNI.AX

1.1%

VAU.AX

1.89%

VNT.AX

0.52%

VCX.AX

-0.93%

VGN.AX

4.14%

VGL.AX

3.41%

VEA.AX

-1.75%

VUL.AX

2.35%

VSL.AX

2.29%

VYS.AX

-1.31%

WA1.AX

2.39%

WGN.AX

3.71%

WAM.AX

0.32%

WGB.AX

1.15%

WLE.AX

0.72%

SOL.AX

-2.05%

WPR.AX

-1%

WQG.AX

0.99%

WEB.AX

2.49%

WBT.AX

-2.44%

WES.AX

1.1%

WAF.AX

0.7%

WGX.AX

0.11%

WBC.AX

0.44%

WHF.AX

-0.41%

WHC.AX

0.21%

WIA.AX

1.18%

WTC.AX

0.63%

WDS.AX

-1.7%

WOW.AX

0.97%

WOR.AX

1.42%

XRO.AX

1.54%

YAL.AX

-1.89%

ZIM.AX

0.86%

ZIP.AX

0.2%

POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	150.01	0.25	0.17
SSO ASX Small Caps	14.20	0.09	0.64
IVV S&P 500	71.27	0.55	0.78
NDQ Nasdaq	58.94	0.1	0.17
F100 FTSE 100	15.55	0.02	0.13
ASIA Asia Tech	19.63	-0.07	-0.36
IEU Europe	99.81	0.38	0.38
IEM Emerging Markets	92.61	-0.94	-1
Gold Gold	52.76	-0.33	-0.62
ACDC Battery Tech	123.81	0.07	0.06

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,058.95	18.0052	0.45
Silver	58.11	0.4754	0.82
Platinum	1,647.82	5.7958	0.35
Palladium	1,292.50	18.6809	1.47
Ice Brent Crude	90.09	1.06	1.19
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.7031	0.001	0.14
Euro	1.1532	0.0005	0.04
British Pound	1.3470	-0.001	-0.07
Canadian Dollar	1.4030	0.0013	0.09
New Zealand Dollar	0.5880	0.0007	0.12
Chinese Yuan	6.7526	0.0017	0.03
Japanese Yen	156.4300	-1.38	-0.87

What We're Watching

ASX Resource stocks we own

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
A1M	Aic Mines Ltd	0.73	-0.34%	139.34%	0.30 0.85
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	1.27	0.4%	55.56%	0.78 2.00
BHP	Bhp Group Ltd	60.26	-0.08%	53.66%	39.18 65.98
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	17.74	-4.16%	4.16%	17.73 23.38
NHC	New Hope Corporation Ltd	5.11	-1.54%	24.16%	3.77 6.17
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	7.00	0.21%	8.39%	5.94 9.90
NEM	Newmont Cdi	134.02	-0.7%	0.00%	95.05 190.91
NXG	Nexgen Ene Cdi	12.94	-2.49%	0.00%	9.98 20.47
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	19.01	0.32%	78.10%	10.61 21.75

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
FPR	Fleetpartners Gr	3.31	16.96
BNZ	Benz Mining-cdi	3.92	13.62
4DX	4dmedical	3.93	8.26
ELS	Elsight	6.04	8.05
SKS	Sks Technologies	7.87	7.81
PYC	Pyc Therapeutics	1.81	6.47
DMP	Domino's Pizza E	19.71	6.14
FFM	Firefly Metals	1.86	6
GNE	Genesis Energy	2.17	5.85
TWE	Treasury Wine Es	5.22	5.78

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
AIS	Aeris Resources	0.37	-8.64
G6M	Group 6 Metals	2.55	-7.61
BGP	Briscoe Group Au	3.54	-6.84
AXQ	Aura Consolidate	3.02	-5.63
DPM	Dpm Metals Cdi	50.60	-4.51
CIA	Champion Iron	3.27	-4.25
FMG	Fortescue	17.73	-4.24
ELV	Elevra Lithium	7.16	-4.09
HGH	Heartland Group	1.00	-4.08
SX2	Southern Cro Cdi	9.26	-4.04

OPINION

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03/08/2026 09:42

First Up

Over the past 20 years, Real Estate and Tech have been the standout performers. Elsewhere, Health Care (+2.4%) and Consumer Staples (+2.4%) also exhibit strong seasonal strength, reflecting reliable earnings delivery during reporting season. In contrast, Materials remains the clear seasonal laggard, averaging a 0.7% decline with positive returns in just 37% of Augusts, while Utilities has also consistently underperformed.

03/08/2026 09:41

ASX200 Index

The ASX is set to open lower this morning following fairly aggressive selling of SPI Futures on Friday night after US 30-year bond yields popped to multi-year highs following the previous days FOMC vote where 3 members voted for an immediate rate hike. However, US stocks managed to reverse early losses and close strongly but little confidence returned to the SPI where it felt like some spread traders were buying the battered semiconductors after their almost 30% decline and using some money from the ASX to fund the purchases ahead of the looming uncertainty of reporting season.

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Hi, My understanding is that the bond market is many times bigger than the equities market. So how do bond traders make money? Do they simply buy bonds and then try to sell them for more than they paid, or do they try to buy them for a "good" price and hold them to maturity while getting paid the interest along the way? Cheers, Carl

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Hi James and Team As always thanks for your in depth weekly insights, love the read. Just after your thoughts around the recent price action of Paladin. As you noted in previous opinion pieces this one can be volatile with significant pullbacks not uncommon. It seems to have been fairly unloved in the last couple of months despite decent recent updates, a positive commodity backdrop driven by strong global energy demand growth. Anything concerning here from your lens or just the nature of this beast. FYI, I am a holder from modestly lower levels. Regards Andrew

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