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Portfolio Positioning: Yields rally but so do stocks

The ASX200 surrendered early gains on Tuesday to end the day marginally lower as some of the large miners weighed on the index e.g. BHP Group (BHP) -2% and RIO Tinto (RIO) -3.25%. The RBA released its “minutes” at 11.30am on Tuesday, the unveiling of Philip Lowe & Co’s thoughts at their most recent policy meeting 2-weeks ago took some of the puff out of the hawks sails, at least for a few days, which in the process led to some selling in the banks and resources i.e. the largest sectors in the ASX:
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What Matters Today: Bond yields are going vertical!

The ASX200 edged higher yesterday even as more stocks retreated under the weight of rising bond yields and nervous US futures – more on the former later. The local market experienced pronounced sector rotation throughout the day as bond markets heavily influenced investors, I have seen a few overnight moves akin to this in 2021 but arguably none as dramatic intra-day:
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Macro Monday: “Risk on” is gathering momentum

Equity markets are often referred to as weighing machine since a famous investor from Omaha, Nebraska coined the phrase almost 50-years ago way back during the awful bear market of 1973-74. In our opinion the current market uncertainty and sector rotation is being caused by investors continually re-evaluating whether the strong post COVID economic recovery is going to be enough to offset the looming headwind of rising interest rates plus the increasing political inconsistencies from...
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What Matters Today: What’s the next step in the “Sector Tango”?

The ASX200 closed up 0.5% on Thursday although it struggled after 3pm giving back almost half of its gains as fairly heavy selling rolled through the SPI futures. Investors still enjoyed over 70% of the main index close up on the day but some weakness in the banks was enough to drag the market back towards 7300, historically the banks are strong from now through until November with ANZ, NAB and Westpac all trading ex-dividend in the first half of next month but after such a stellar advance over the last year it may be too much to ask for standout ongoing strength...
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What Matters Today: Checking out a few new members of the ASX200

The ASX200 closed yesterday at the same level it reached in early June i.e. more than 3-months later the market remains unchanged albeit after a failed foray above 7600 in August. We’ve witnessed plenty of sector rotation in the last quarter even if the underlying index has failed to make any discernible headway, the choppy swings between various stocks and sectors has been consistent in its inconsistency but over the months there have been a couple of standouts:
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Portfolio Positioning: MM’s still patiently bullish

The ASX200 had a fairly quiet Tuesday finally closing down 0.26% in a lackluster session which saw no stocks rally, or fall by more than 5%. The Tech Sector continued to struggle even on a day when the Energy names took a well-deserved breather. Over the day US S&P500 futures appeared to direct traffic on the local market i.e. when they rallied early in the morning the ASX200 advanced around 30-points only to reverse the early gains as the US futures followed Asian indices lower after Sinic Holdings (2103 HK) became the latest Chinese real estate firm...
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What Matters Today: How to “play” the current panic in commodities

On Monday the ASX200 again recovered strongly from early losses to end the session down less than 0.3%, when we take into account weak US S&P500 futures throughout much of our day and Star Entertainment (SGR) plunging almost 23% on more regulatory scrutiny for the sector, we felt it was another solid performance by the local market. It may sound myopic on our part considering we’re still bullish risk assets at current levels but stocks are still absorbing bad news and to us it has the overall feel that too many players are now short, or underweight equities.
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Macro Monday: Should we worry more about the increasing number of clouds hovering over equities?

The ASX200 along with most global equity indices have had the proverbial kitchen sink thrown at them over recent weeks, if I was a “Bear” I would be extremely disappointed with the impact on equities to-date e.g. the ASX200 is only 4% below its all-time high while the US S&P500 has fared even better closing on Friday just 3.4% below its equivalent milestone. The following list of current market headwinds would have at sent all but the most resilient stock markets into official correction territory - a market correction is generally acknowledged to be 10%, or more. This morning’s snapshot list is...
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What Matters Today: Where will MM turn when we become nervous the market?

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...
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What Matters Today: Is it time to be brave & go “bargain hunting”?

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:
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MM remains bullish the ASX targeting fresh highs in the weeks / months ahead
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MM remains bullish bond yields medium-term
BSL
MM likes BSL below $19
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ZIP
MM is long and bullish Z1P
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IVV
No change, MM is bullish US stocks short-term
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MM is comfortable with risk into 2022
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MFG
MM is now bullish MFG for a mix of income & growth
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PPS
MM is bullish & long PPS
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MM is looking to realign further toward our core view (s) into 2022
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MM likes the URA ETF in line with the evolving clean energy thematic
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What Matters Today: Bond yields are going vertical!

The ASX200 edged higher yesterday even as more stocks retreated under the weight of rising bond yields and nervous US futures – more on the former later. The local market experienced pronounced sector rotation throughout the day as bond markets heavily influenced investors, I have seen a few overnight moves akin to this in 2021 but arguably none as dramatic intra-day:

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Morning report

Macro Monday: “Risk on” is gathering momentum

Equity markets are often referred to as weighing machine since a famous investor from Omaha, Nebraska coined the phrase almost 50-years ago way back during the awful bear market of 1973-74. In our opinion the current market uncertainty and sector rotation is being caused by investors continually re-evaluating whether the strong post COVID economic recovery is going to be enough to offset the looming headwind of rising interest rates plus the increasing political inconsistencies from...

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Morning report

What Matters Today: What’s the next step in the “Sector Tango”?

The ASX200 closed up 0.5% on Thursday although it struggled after 3pm giving back almost half of its gains as fairly heavy selling rolled through the SPI futures. Investors still enjoyed over 70% of the main index close up on the day but some weakness in the banks was enough to drag the market back towards 7300, historically the banks are strong from now through until November with ANZ, NAB and Westpac all trading ex-dividend in the first half of next month but after such a stellar advance over the last year it may be too much to ask for standout ongoing strength...

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What Matters Today: Checking out a few new members of the ASX200

The ASX200 closed yesterday at the same level it reached in early June i.e. more than 3-months later the market remains unchanged albeit after a failed foray above 7600 in August. We’ve witnessed plenty of sector rotation in the last quarter even if the underlying index has failed to make any discernible headway, the choppy swings between various stocks and sectors has been consistent in its inconsistency but over the months there have been a couple of standouts:

what matters today Market Matters
Morning report

Portfolio Positioning: MM’s still patiently bullish

The ASX200 had a fairly quiet Tuesday finally closing down 0.26% in a lackluster session which saw no stocks rally, or fall by more than 5%. The Tech Sector continued to struggle even on a day when the Energy names took a well-deserved breather. Over the day US S&P500 futures appeared to direct traffic on the local market i.e. when they rallied early in the morning the ASX200 advanced around 30-points only to reverse the early gains as the US futures followed Asian indices lower after Sinic Holdings (2103 HK) became the latest Chinese real estate firm...

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What Matters Today: How to “play” the current panic in commodities

On Monday the ASX200 again recovered strongly from early losses to end the session down less than 0.3%, when we take into account weak US S&P500 futures throughout much of our day and Star Entertainment (SGR) plunging almost 23% on more regulatory scrutiny for the sector, we felt it was another solid performance by the local market. It may sound myopic on our part considering we’re still bullish risk assets at current levels but stocks are still absorbing bad news and to us it has the overall feel that too many players are now short, or underweight equities.

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Morning report

Macro Monday: Should we worry more about the increasing number of clouds hovering over equities?

The ASX200 along with most global equity indices have had the proverbial kitchen sink thrown at them over recent weeks, if I was a “Bear” I would be extremely disappointed with the impact on equities to-date e.g. the ASX200 is only 4% below its all-time high while the US S&P500 has fared even better closing on Friday just 3.4% below its equivalent milestone. The following list of current market headwinds would have at sent all but the most resilient stock markets into official correction territory - a market correction is generally acknowledged to be 10%, or more. This morning’s snapshot list is...

what matters today Market Matters
Morning report

What Matters Today: Where will MM turn when we become nervous the market?

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...

what matters today Market Matters
Morning report

What Matters Today: Is it time to be brave & go “bargain hunting”?

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:

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