What Matters Today: Are lithium stocks about to “pop” on the upside?

The weakness across the Lithium Sector has lost its place in the financial press due to the strong rallies in copper and gold. Usually, more “clicks” are achieved from bad news and crash-style stories, but the lithium bear market has grown old in the tooth. However, as we’ve seen with other commodities and related stocks, this year is starting to look exciting for the commodity space, and we believe lithium can join the party, at least for a while. We aren’t as bullish towards lithium as copper, for example, with the supply & demand dynamics far from clear, but we can see them enjoying a strong finish to this FY.

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Afternoon report 13/02/2025 17:01

The Match Out: New high for the ASX doesn’t hold

The ASX traded to a new all-time high this morning, printing a new milestone @ 8575, before losing steam, closing 35pts below the high. A bumpier ride today on the reporting front with larger moves on the downside, the Insurance stocks under the pump following IAG’s result while the Iron Ore stocks found some form.

Morning report 13/02/2025 09:37

What Matters Today: Is the smart money switching out of CSL?

The ASX200 felt like a “one trick pony” on Wednesday, following CBA’s strong result, as the index's largest company led the “Big Four Banks” to an average gain of +1.5% as NAB and WBC joined CBA in making fresh all-time highs, contributing well over half of the day 51-point advance.

Afternoon report 12/02/2025 17:32

The Match Out: Solid results drive the ASX higher

The ASX traded lower in the first hour of trade as sellers initially pushed CBA into the red, it was all one-way traffic from 10.30am onwards as both CBA and the market rallied, the former trading to new all-time highs on slightly better than expected results.

Morning report 12/02/2025 09:33

Portfolio Positioning: Golds soars & lithium falls, what’s new!

The ASX200 surrendered early gains on Tuesday to end the session up just 1 point, with CSL the primary weight on the index and healthcare sector. The biotech’s 5% fall took almost 22 points off the index, offsetting gains elsewhere helped by several positive earnings results across the market.

Afternoon report 11/02/2025 17:15

The Match Out: CSL hit on softer earnings, Gold stocks shine, Seven West signals low in traditional media

The best of it seen early this morning with the market up ~30pts before tapering off to finish largely flat on the session, weakness in CSL took ~20pts off the index and was the major drag while the other index heavy weights did okay, with Comm Bank (CBA) down a touch ahead of results tomorrow.

Alerts 11/02/2025 15:02

Trade Alert – International Equities Portfolio

We are making changes to the International Equities Portfolio overnight.

Alerts 11/02/2025 10:05

Trade Alert – Emerging Companies Portfolio

We are making several changes to the Emerging Companies Portfolio today

Morning report 11/02/2025 09:44

What Matters Today: Can our miners follow Chinese stocks higher?

The ASX200 slipped -0.3% on Monday, a solid performance considering the weakness on overseas bourses on Friday night. The defensive end of town supported the local index, with the consumer staples, utilities and healthcare sectors the only three to advance, while tech spent a rare day in the naughty corner, falling 1.4%.

Afternoon report 10/02/2025 17:29

The Match Out: ASX tracks lower, JB Hi-Fi (JBH) reports well, just not well enough, CAR Group (CAR) misses & falls

The market opened on the back foot early, down ~70pts at the lows before recovering over half of the early decline to finish only ~100pts below the all-time high. Results season now kicks into gear and today is indicative of what we’ll see from now on; i.e. stocks that have run into results will need to deliver for the half and also in terms of guidance.

Morning report 10/02/2025 09:41

Macro Monday: US rate cuts look unlikely just as the RBA is set to move

The US jobs data released on Friday showed that the US labour market remains strong, increasing the odds that the Fed will remain patient on interest rate cuts. The more President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on the US’s trading partners, the more worry another inflation wave troubles global economists.