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The ASX200 rebounded nicely on Thursday as many stocks & sectors continue to rotate on an almost daily basis, on this occasion Tech was the standout winner while the Energy sector took a well-earned breather, almost the exact opposite to the respective moves on Wednesday. It doesn’t feel like “fresh money” is entering or leaving the market which overall makes sense as the index hasn’t moved since mid-June, investors appear to be simply looking for better places to lodge their funds within the market on an…
A fairly lacklustre morning gave way to a bullish afternoon for stocks with the IT sector surging back into vogue at the expense of Energy, the first day of red in many thanks a ~2% pullback in Crude Oil overnight. Overall, good session for Aussie stocks.
The ASX200 disappointingly reversed lower yesterday after a promising early start following a strong night on Wall Street, however 3 major headwinds engulfed our market throughout the day, MM’s view is the plunge by US futures was key to the decline by local stocks but there wasn’t much good news crossing the news wires for investors:
The ASX was looking promising this morning with futures implying a start to trade up +40 points however that quickly evaporated as the more influential sectors of financials & resources came under pressure which accounts for ~40% of the ASX 200. The move from our counterparts over the ditch to raise interest rates and imply more was to come prompted selling around midday while the move to increase serviceability buffers…
We are making change across 4 portfolio’s today:
Flagship Growth: Selling BVS & buying VUK
Emerging Companies: Selling RSG and buying DUB &U PLS
International Equities: Selling ZM US & adding to WFC
Global ETF: Buying ACDC
The ASX200 climbed impressively from its lunchtime low yesterday to end the session down just 0.3%, not a bad effort considering the weak leads from the US and Europe. Over 70% of the market closed in the red but the losses were concentrated in the less influential tech stocks enabling the major index to remain resilient as the “buy the dip” mentality remerged – one day doesn’t make a summer but MM believes the markets looking good for an October rally.
The ASX opened better than the overnight market was implying this morning before a sell-off in US Futures saw the index drop around ~60pts between 11am – midday before an RBA inspired recovery played out into the afternoon – a choppy session! Higher interest rates globally has been putting downward pressure on Tech stocks and that was the obvious theme again in Australia today – IT down ~3% versus Energy which was up another ~2.4%.
The ASX200 kicked off the week with a bang even though many of us enjoyed a long weekend – a sunny one in Sydney. It’s not often you see CBA rally over 5% in one day but a heavily oversubscribed $6bn buyback, which represents 3.8% of the banks issued capital, was enough to the send the stock within a few percent of its all time high, there were a couple of simple but important points for investors to consider & enjoy:
The ASX is set to rise ~50 points this morning recouping about a 1/3rd of Fridays aggressive 2% decline. Much of the country is enjoying a public Holiday Monday today although the ASX remains open. Market Matters is off today however we’ll be back tomorrow with our usual Macro Monday Report (on Tuesday).
The AX200 waved goodbye to September on a positive note only for October to start with a 2% plunge, history tells us this is usually an excellent time to start accumulating stocks but as is always the case near lows equities certainly feel vulnerable to further declines. Investors have started considering the attractive dividends on offer from the banks in November plus of course the much anticipated “Santa Claus Rally” but there are a couple of important hurdles to be cleared
