The ASX200 gave back over 50-points yesterday with 65% of stocks falling, declines were led by the Banks and Resources with some clear “risk off” profit taking washing through the market. The news was thin on the ground but in unison with a pullback in the Aussie and a wobbly US futures market we saw the buyers simply back off letting the sellers win the day, importantly there was nothing aggressive / scary about the session plus remember our “Gut Feel” is we see the index dip under 6500 before the uptrend resumes.
Over the weekend the market news was fairly thin, but it was interesting to see it in black and white that the RBA expects their current aggressive stance on interest rates to fuel a surge in house prices, they actually anticipate such a move to be somewhere between +10% and +30% over 3-years depending on whether homeowners / investors become complacent that it’s the new norm. The message beneath the surface is clear in our opinion:
1 – If house prices pop too hard expect the RBA to again act to rein in the gains through increasing interest rates.
2 – The RBA are watching the loan to value data closely simply because they don’t want to see a major outbreak of negative equity when interest rates rise and housing prices potentially correct.
The ASX200 fought its way to a small 7-point gain yesterday while the sector story remained the same as Energy / Resources and Banks rallied while the yield sensitive stocks / sectors struggled. Many lucky market players are still enjoying an extended break which is reflected by the quiet roads, with school holidays running up until Australia Day I don’t really expect too many fireworks in the near future even with President Trump again being impeached. Yesterday’s extremely tight intra-day trading range says it all as does the markets 8-weeks of consolidation since late November, in our opinion the longer stocks can hold the 6700 area the greater chance that the next decent leg will again be higher.
It’s now only 4-days until Christmas but for people in NSW and all of Australia watching the COVID outbreak on Sydney’s Northern Beaches its likely to feel much longer – 30 fresh cases yesterday and while we saw zero spread outside of the area the full city lockdown scenario currently feels around 50-50, at least the Avalon area has the reputation as being the “insula peninsula” for a reason, it may just save both our Christmas and New Year.
The ASX200 soared to its highest level since February as over 80% of the market rallied led by the unusual combination of resources and IT with the later the standout led by Afterpay which gained 5% to breach $120 for the first time ever – its now incredibly a bigger business than both Coles (COL) and Woodside (WPL). Throughout Thursday the market rallied without taking a meaningful backward step, as we’ve trotted out almost at nauseam recently this time of year regularly delivers a dearth of sellers.
The ASX200’s post COVID rally continues in earnest with the local market breaking above both its March high and the psychological 6500 level during yesterday’s session. The markets now rallied well over 10% in the last 3-weeks as stocks continue to embrace the US election, positive vaccine development and ongoing huge monetary & fiscal stimulus. Last week I wrote “My “Gut Feel” is the buying in the banks and resources will continue but the aggressive selling of some tech names will abate pushing the underlying index higher.” – this has been on the money recently and we see no reason to doubt a further extension of this new trend into Christmas but after an almost vertical style rally some decent pullbacks or at least consolidation is inevitable.
Yesterday wasn’t the ASX’s proudest day with the trading system failing for almost 6-hours - a lot of not-too subtle lines circulating around the office yesterday however it seems the ASX has a glitch like this every 4 years – last time it happened was in 2016 and 2012 before that – fingers crossed for today. This particular ASX technical upgrade reminded me of what Apple regularly run through my phone, it never works as well afterwards. All we know for sure is the market opened strongly coming within a whisker of 6500 by 10.24am before the curtain fell, the futures implied stocks would have drifted for most of the day before finishing close to their highs but only a crystal ball will know the exact answer.
This morning the SPI futures are calling the ASX200 to open up around 50-points after a strong performance on Wall Street which saw the likes of BHP rally ~2% in the US. Again the “recovery story” looks set to lead the pack after the Energy Sector surged almost 4% on Friday night compared to the IT sector which gained less than 1%, investors remain comfortable to look through the current awful COVID picture in the US following Pfizer’s vaccine announcement. With earnings turning higher and a global reopening on the horizon the optimists are in in charge at present and we see no reason to the fight the uptrend until further notice.
The ASX200 took a well deserved rest yesterday after its impressive surge so far this month, interestingly a move which wouldn’t surprise the disciples of statistics with November actually the strongest month of the year for US stocks in an election year. The pullback on Thursday had a lacklustre drift feel about it as opposed to anything more sinister with 35% of the market still managing to close up on the day. A few days consolidation around the 6400 area feels logical after the recent 566-point / 9.6% rally but we’re in no hurry to sell this market per se, our focus is more around stock and sector selection after the macro events of the last 10-days.
The ASX put in a far better performance on Wednesday steadily rallying throughout the day to finally close marginally up on the session, a solid performance considering the current global acceleration of COVID cases – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now looking to close bars and restaurants for a month and France is moving into a stricter lockdown on Friday, travel shares struggled on the ASX yesterday and the trend continued across Europe last night. The local market will be tested again today following an awful night on Wall Street where stocks fell by the most in months with losses across all 11-sectors of the S&P500.
Over the weekend the market news was fairly thin, but it was interesting to see it in black and white that the RBA expects their current aggressive stance on interest rates to fuel a surge in house prices, they actually anticipate such a move to be somewhere between +10% and +30% over 3-years depending on whether homeowners / investors become complacent that it’s the new norm. The message beneath the surface is clear in our opinion:
1 – If house prices pop too hard expect the RBA to again act to rein in the gains through increasing interest rates.
2 – The RBA are watching the loan to value data closely simply because they don’t want to see a major outbreak of negative equity when interest rates rise and housing prices potentially correct.
The ASX200 fought its way to a small 7-point gain yesterday while the sector story remained the same as Energy / Resources and Banks rallied while the yield sensitive stocks / sectors struggled. Many lucky market players are still enjoying an extended break which is reflected by the quiet roads, with school holidays running up until Australia Day I don’t really expect too many fireworks in the near future even with President Trump again being impeached. Yesterday’s extremely tight intra-day trading range says it all as does the markets 8-weeks of consolidation since late November, in our opinion the longer stocks can hold the 6700 area the greater chance that the next decent leg will again be higher.
It’s now only 4-days until Christmas but for people in NSW and all of Australia watching the COVID outbreak on Sydney’s Northern Beaches its likely to feel much longer – 30 fresh cases yesterday and while we saw zero spread outside of the area the full city lockdown scenario currently feels around 50-50, at least the Avalon area has the reputation as being the “insula peninsula” for a reason, it may just save both our Christmas and New Year.
The ASX200 soared to its highest level since February as over 80% of the market rallied led by the unusual combination of resources and IT with the later the standout led by Afterpay which gained 5% to breach $120 for the first time ever – its now incredibly a bigger business than both Coles (COL) and Woodside (WPL). Throughout Thursday the market rallied without taking a meaningful backward step, as we’ve trotted out almost at nauseam recently this time of year regularly delivers a dearth of sellers.
The ASX200’s post COVID rally continues in earnest with the local market breaking above both its March high and the psychological 6500 level during yesterday’s session. The markets now rallied well over 10% in the last 3-weeks as stocks continue to embrace the US election, positive vaccine development and ongoing huge monetary & fiscal stimulus. Last week I wrote “My “Gut Feel” is the buying in the banks and resources will continue but the aggressive selling of some tech names will abate pushing the underlying index higher.” – this has been on the money recently and we see no reason to doubt a further extension of this new trend into Christmas but after an almost vertical style rally some decent pullbacks or at least consolidation is inevitable.
Yesterday wasn’t the ASX’s proudest day with the trading system failing for almost 6-hours - a lot of not-too subtle lines circulating around the office yesterday however it seems the ASX has a glitch like this every 4 years – last time it happened was in 2016 and 2012 before that – fingers crossed for today. This particular ASX technical upgrade reminded me of what Apple regularly run through my phone, it never works as well afterwards. All we know for sure is the market opened strongly coming within a whisker of 6500 by 10.24am before the curtain fell, the futures implied stocks would have drifted for most of the day before finishing close to their highs but only a crystal ball will know the exact answer.
This morning the SPI futures are calling the ASX200 to open up around 50-points after a strong performance on Wall Street which saw the likes of BHP rally ~2% in the US. Again the “recovery story” looks set to lead the pack after the Energy Sector surged almost 4% on Friday night compared to the IT sector which gained less than 1%, investors remain comfortable to look through the current awful COVID picture in the US following Pfizer’s vaccine announcement. With earnings turning higher and a global reopening on the horizon the optimists are in in charge at present and we see no reason to the fight the uptrend until further notice.
The ASX200 took a well deserved rest yesterday after its impressive surge so far this month, interestingly a move which wouldn’t surprise the disciples of statistics with November actually the strongest month of the year for US stocks in an election year. The pullback on Thursday had a lacklustre drift feel about it as opposed to anything more sinister with 35% of the market still managing to close up on the day. A few days consolidation around the 6400 area feels logical after the recent 566-point / 9.6% rally but we’re in no hurry to sell this market per se, our focus is more around stock and sector selection after the macro events of the last 10-days.
The ASX put in a far better performance on Wednesday steadily rallying throughout the day to finally close marginally up on the session, a solid performance considering the current global acceleration of COVID cases – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now looking to close bars and restaurants for a month and France is moving into a stricter lockdown on Friday, travel shares struggled on the ASX yesterday and the trend continued across Europe last night. The local market will be tested again today following an awful night on Wall Street where stocks fell by the most in months with losses across all 11-sectors of the S&P500.
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