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We previously considered healthcare stocks a few months ago, with our conclusion a little on the fence – “We believe the Healthcare Sector is likely to enjoy some performance catch-up over the coming months/quarters, although there’s no clear trigger to say the moves yet commenced. “ This potential move clearly hasn’t materialised, and in a similar fashion to the last few years, patience with regard to picking major stock/sector turns is paying dividends. We know from the questions we receive that subscribers often like to buy stocks that have fallen, but we should be mindful that this is not in a rampant bull market where investors are looking to buy any dip, the attitude is more one of caution and “if in doubt keep out”.

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What Matters Today: As gold plunges, which stocks does MM like & where?

The ASX 200 sprang out of the blocks on Wednesday after the stunning reversal on Wall Street following bullish rhetoric from US President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The local index may have drifted slightly in the afternoon, but it still closed up over 100 points on broad-based gains outside of the gold sector - more on this later.

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Afternoon report

The Match Out: ASX moves higher on US-China trade talk optimism

Energy and mining stocks led the ASX higher, driven by hopes that tariffs on China could be less severe than first thought after a softer tone toward negotiations from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent overnight. A deal isn’t done, nor have discussions started between the world’s two largest economies, but the market took an inch and ran a mile.

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Afternoon report

The Match Out: ASX drops then pops, MQG sells global investment arm

After a four-day break over the long weekend, the ASX returned to trading this morning, following two sessions on Wall Street during its downtime. Australian futures markets remained closed through the break until 9:50am, opening down and trying to digest pent up sentiment from the weekend after US President Donald Trump criticised Federal Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates.

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Morning report

Macro Monday, on Tuesday: Trump’s focus on Jerome Powell creates further investor angst

Less than a month after “Liberation Day”, fresh economic data and growth forecasts are set to reflect increased consumer nervousness, both today and moving forward. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will lower its outlook for economic growth with its updated projections released on Tuesday – the only question being how much.

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Morning report

What Matters Today: Did MM turn neutral towards Gold too early?

The ASX 200 performed well on Wednesday, considering US NASDAQ Futures were down over 2% by 4pm AEST, courtesy of poor news from both sides of the Atlantic before the respective bourses even opened. Global Tech stocks sank on a one-two of bad news for tech goliaths Nvidia and ASML, the last thing the embattled semiconductor sector needed.

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Afternoon report

The Match Out: ASX climbs then fades, BOQ impresses on margins

The ASX200 tried hard to rally throughout the session shrugging off early weakness in S&P500 futures as tech giant Nvidia announced new licensing requirements for US chipmakers exporting to China could cost the firm $US8bn a quarter causing the stock to trade down ~6% in after-hours trade.

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