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Another quiet session from an index perspective with the ASX trading in a tight band of fewer than 20 points on either side of yesterday’s close before settling marginally higher. Tech was the standout sector today with Healthcare a strong second place, both helped by falling bond yields. Real Estate was the main laggard, while the utilities continued its recent slide. The big news today was the Bank of Japan holding rates at -0.1%, some economists were predicting the first move from the BOJ in 7 years.
MM is reducing SFR in the Flagship Growth Portfolio.
MM is reducing SFR in the Flagship Growth Portfolio.
The $US has fallen over 11% since late September spiking life back into the likes of gold, silver and copper taking the Australian Resources Sector along for the ride e.g. this week even saw the “Big Australian” BHP Group (BHP) hit $50 for the first time. However, as Shawn discussed on AusBiz yesterday MM doesn’t believe it’s going to be a one-directional journey for this influential sector which could provide an excellent platform for investors’ portfolios over the coming years if navigated correctly. Our view is basically split into 2 parts:
The ASX snapped a 4-day winning streak today, though only ending marginally lower after a directionless session given US markets were closed overnight. Surprisingly, more than half of the sectors in the index closed higher today, lead by a strong +1.8% gain in the Consumer Staples sector, while Real Estate was also better than 1% higher. On the flip side, Utilities were the worst performer for the second straight session falling -1.25%, while…
The ASX200 rallied another +0.8% yesterday on broad-based buying reaching levels not enjoyed since June of last year, over 75% of the index advanced, and all 11 sectors advanced while in the loser’s corner lithium and iron ore names were the market’s weakest pockets. As we head into what most pundits believe is an almost certain recession the local market is now only 3.2% below its pinnacle posted last August – investors might be bearish but the stock market is not listening.
The local market kicked off the week on the front foot, continuing the momentum seen since the turn of the New Year to push into a new 8-month high. It was a broad-based rally with all sectors in the green and 4 sectors up more than 1% led by a surging tech sector. Materials were one the laggards, mostly on the back of weakness in iron ore stocks as China flagged a potential response to the surging price of the commodity.
We will deliver The MM Annual Outlook Report in the coming weeks but today’s first report for 2023 is likely to provide some clues on our current thinking for the coming year with stock/sector volatility looking set to be firmly on the menu yet again i.e. another year for the Active Investor. In a number of key financial markets, we have strong views on where they are travelling over the next 2-5 years but the next 3-6 months could easily see 10-20% reversions as varying dominant cycle thematic come in and out of favour such is the nature of today’s rapidly evolving macroeconomic landscape hence in our opinion investors must manage risk and be often prepared to “buy weakness and…
We are selling our 4% holding in HUB24(HUB) given its traded up into our target region above $28. While we continue to like HUB, and will own it again at some point, raising cash into market strength has it’s appeal for now.
The ASX keyed off a weak session overnight following more robust economic data from the US – the concept of good economic news is bad for stocks given the focus on interest rates clearly at play, however, with little volumes and very few at their desks today (the MM Team an exception!) it was always going to be hard going.
