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The ASX200 closed out August in a very similar fashion to much of the previous 6-months i.e. dipping into a mid-morning low before rallying steadily throughout the day. The steady buying was broad-based with almost 70% of stocks advancing although it again felt more like a lack of selling as opposed to an ongoing scramble for risk assets – it’s no great surprise the buying feels more restrained when we consider the ASX200 has already surged 1115-points / 17% from the first week of May. No change…
A lack of sellers it seemed into month end saw the ASX finish higher again today clocking up an 11th straight month of gains, its longest streak on record. Tech stocks followed a strong performance from the NASDAQ overnight to add nearly ¬2% on the day while the Energy sector fell despite Oil rallying overnight. For the month of August there was some sharp divergence between sector returns, IT storming 16.8% higher thanks…
The ASX200 struggled higher on Monday following an early morning sell-off to finally close up +0.2% courtesy of a stellar performance by the Resources Sector e.g. South32 (S32) +6.2%, Fortescue Metals (FMG) +6.6% and OZ Minerals (OZL) +3.7%. The end of reporting season continued to deliver extreme moves on the stock level with Altium (ALU) missing on margins while Twiggy Forrest’s Fortescue Metals (FMG) delivered a stellar report card leading to a ~20% differential in performance between the 2 stocks in just one day = volatility!
A positive session by the end for the penultimate day of local reporting season, the Material stocks roaring back to life on stronger commodity prices, a weaker $US and a huge profit result from Fortescue Metals (FMG) which showed just how much money can be made when commodity companies get a commodity price tailwind particularly when it comes on the back of periods where efficiency & operational discipline have been important. The Material…
The ASX200 had a choppy but overall uneventful week on the index level but under the hood reporting season continued to deliver some fascinating volatility. History tells us that companies which rally strongly on good results generally outperform the index for months to come, a couple of lines from Jim Cramer’s Mad Money on CNBC over the weekend caught my eye, especially considering the position of our market as we exit this eventful period which directors generally love, or hate, depending on their year:
The ASX200 delivered a fascinating week under-the-hood even while the index hardly moved, on the sector level it was also fairly quiet as we all focused on the big hits and misses as corporate Australia faced the music – 8 stocks finished the week down 10%, or more, while an impressive 12 companies ended the week higher by the same degree, in other words 1 out 10 ASX200 stocks moved by more than 10% over the 5-days.
A quieter session to end a busy week of reporting with the market finishing little changed, a weak open before a more solid finish with the broader sectors of industrials & utilities doing most of the heavy lifting. Results from the bigger end of town today were generally solid however the volume of results is now declining into next week. Overall, reporting remained mixed although specific guidance has (probably rightly so) been scarce.
We are making three changes to the International Equities Portfolio today.
The ASX200 suffered a tough Thursday closing out the day over -0.5% lower with only 30% of the index managing to close in positive territory, only really the Telco stocks managed to rally as a group. Volatility on the stock level remained elevated as reporting season starts to deliver a negative bias after promising so much early on, over the day we only saw 4 stocks rally by 4% while more than 14 companies fall by the same degree. As is usual this time of year the last 5-days has created a…
The ASX snapped a 3 day winning streak today and ended lower, the Telcos & Retailers the only sectors to end higher as 9 stocks in the Top 200 ended down more than 5%.
The ASX 200 finished down -40pts / -0.54% to 7491
NSW announced +1029 new COVID cases, VIC had +80 new cases
The travel stocks rallied today as both Qantas (QAN) +3.5% & Flight Centre (FLT) +4% reported earnings plus talked more favourably around re-opening. QAN laid out plans for re-opening international
