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US equity markets rebounded, with cyclicals clawing back some of their recent sharp falls - Dow rallied +618-points or +1.82% . Boeing Co jumped +7.54% after China cleared the 737 Max to return to fly. The broader S&P500 gained +1.42%, with Industrials (+2.89%), Financials (+2.83%), Energy (+2.81%) and Real Estate (+2.67%) all rebounding over >2% t…

US equity markets relinquished solid gains to settle lower after the country recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus – the Dow staged a 983-point U-turn to settle -462-points or -1.34% lower at 34,022.04, unwinding an earlier +520-point/+1.5% rally and settling below its 200-day moving average (34,361.27) for the…

Fresh concerns about the potentially damaging economic effect of the Omicron coronavirus variant and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dragged US equity markets lower - Dow dropped -652-points or -1.86%, with American Express Co (-3.52%) and Salesforce.Com Inc (-3.97%) among the key drags on the index. The broader S&P500 -1.…

US equity markets rebounded as President Joe Biden told Americans the fight against the omicron variant of coronavirus won’t involve “shutdowns or lockdowns.” - Dow up +237-points or +0.68% a day after recording its worst daily decline (-905-points or -2.53%) since 28 October, 2020. Walmart Inc lost -1.57% after announcing that it will begin the se…

An ugly finish to the shortened Thanksgiving week for US equity markets during a thinly traded, abbreviated Black Friday session as a new COVID variant found in South Africa triggered a shift away from risk assets - Dow dropped -905-points or -2.53%, down over >1,000 points at its worst levels of the session and recording its worst daily decline si…

US bond and equity markets were CLOSED overnight AEST for Thanksgiving Day, while it is an abbreviated session tonight AEST.By Morgans Financial

Brainard is brilliant, but Powell a better leader.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAUBy Morgans Financial

US equity markets pushed modestly higher as the recent jump in bond yields took a breather, lifting some pressure on the technology sector - Dow dipped -9-points or -0.0% . The broader S&P500 added +0.23%. The Nasdaq +0.44%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 +0.15%. US bond and equity markets CLOSED tonight AEST for Thanksgiving Day followed by…

US equity markets mixed, with Federal Reserve Chair’s Jerome Powell’s nomination for a second term weighing on the technology sector (which is often more sensitive to changes in interest rate policy) - Dow gained +195-points or +0.55% , with investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (up +2.56%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (+2.39%) trading strongly for a…

US equity markets mixed after a late session sell-off - Dow added +17-points or +0.05%, unwinding an earlier rally of more than >300-points. However, investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (up +2.26%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (+2.13%) both help up well following the announcement that President Joe Biden has nominated Federal Reserve Chair Jerome P…

Concerns over a resurgence of COVID-19 saw US equity markets struggle on Friday (19 November) although technology stocks pushed higher – Dow down -269-points or -0.75%, with Boeing Co (down -5,77%) a notable drag. The broader S&P500 eased -0.14%, with Energy (down -3.91%) and Financials (-1.11%) the worst performing primary sectors. Information Tec…

Morgans AM: Friday, 19 November 2021 by Morgans FinancialBy Morgans Financial

GARDA Property Group (ASX:GDF) is a real estate investor, developer, and manager with investments along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Cairns to Melbourne.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com…

US equity markets weaker as inflation concerns continued to drag on sentiment - Dow down -211-points or -0.58% . The broader S&P500 eased -0.26%, with Energy (down -1.78%) leading seven of the eleven primary sectors lower. More defensive sectors outperformed, with Real Estate up +0.65%, Consumer Discretionary +0.59% and Health Care +0.16%. The Nasd…

We look at the US credit market to find two indicators of stock market health.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU…

US equity markets climbed, buoyed by a strong October retail sales report and better-than-expected third-quarter results from big box retailers Home Depot and Walmart - Dow added +55-points or +0.15% . The broader S&P500 rose +0.39%, with Consumer Discretionary (up +1.38%) and Information Technology (+1.07%) both gaining over >1%. Tesla Inc rebound…

Strategist Andrew Tang unpacks the structural investment thematic of this generation. Speak to your Morgans adviser for more ideas on exposure to companies and funds leading the way to Net Zero.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUO…

A muted start to the new trading week for US equity markets, with the benchmark indices little changed as Treasury yields climbed and investors eye quarterly reports from big retailers later in the week - Dow dipped -13-points or -0.04% . Boeing Co rose +5.49% following news that Saudi Arabian Airlines is in talks with Airbus SE (up +1.76%) and Boe…

KGL Resources MD Simon Finnis discusses the implication of the recent high grade copper +20% intersections at depth, for the Rockface copper-gold-silver deposit, already a good grade 3.7% copper resource, and provides an update as KGL moves to a final investment decision. Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auChec…

Chloe White from Genesis Block is the latest guest on the Bank to the Future Podcast. Genesis Block delivers deep insight, guidance, and strategy in financial market regulation, policy development, and crypto-asset market analysis.Chloe was responsible for driving the Commonwealth Government’s five year plan to grow the blockchain sector. In this r…

US equity markets rallied but till logged their first weekly decline in six weeks amid heightened inflation concerns - Dow up +179-points or +0.50% to close at 36,100.31. Johnson & Johnson climbed +1.2% after the world’s largest healthcare company announced that it is splitting in two, breaking off its consumer health division (which is forecast to…

US equity markets mixed in the wake of the October inflation report released in the previous session - Dow down -159-points or -0.44% . Walt Disney Co fell -7.07% - its worst daily performance since June 2020- after the company reported after the closing bell of the previous session, with fiscal fourth quarter earnings per share and revenue falling…

Beacon Lighting’s international business is small but growing fast. The company has articulated a strategy to make its international revenue a more significant part of group sales and has launched a consumer website in the US and a sales channel in the domestic Chinese market. Morgans believes that growth outside Australia can complement the expans…

We look at the RBA statement on monetary policy for November, where growth is strong but inflation is not.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU#Econom…

US equity markets retreated as investors digested the latest inflation data that recorded that consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in more than 30-years in October - Dow shed -240-points or -0.66% . The broader S&P500 fell -0.82%, with Energy (down -3.00%) leading eight of the eleven primary sectors lower. Information Technology (down -1.68%…

US equity markets retreated amid some profit taking ahead of the release of US inflation data - Dow down -112-points or -0.31% . The broader S&P500 -0.35%, snapping an eight session losing streak and a day after posting its 64th record closing high of 2021. Consumer Discretionary (down -1.35%) led five of the eleven primary sectors lower. PayPal Ho…

Modest gains for the benchmark US equity indices after Congress approved an infrastructure spending package, with the S&P500 logging its first close above >4,700 - Dow up +104-points or +0.29% to a record closing high 36,432.22. Caterpillar Inc rose +4.07% to be the leading index performer. The broader S&P500 inched +0.09% higher to log its eighth …

Morgans Adviser Chris Titley chats to Sam Budiselik , MD of ASX listed Cash Converters. Cash Converters is known throughout Australia, but many may not know their involvement in lending, and how they are assisting customers in Australia and beyond. Sam talks about the history of the company, how they navigated through 2020-21, and why he is excited…

Dr Ralph Craven is the Independent Non Executive Chairman of Genex Power and spoke at the Morgans Business Breakfast in mid-October, 2021.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitt…

Fresh record highs for the benchmark US equity indices to cap a solid week, buoyed by the latest October jobs figures and encouraging results from Pfizer for its antiviral COVID-19 pill - Dow up +204-points or +0.56% to close at a new peak of 36,327.95. The broader S&P500 added +0.37% to log its seventh consecutive gain and settle at a record high …

The S&P500 and Nasdaq logged their sixth consecutive record closing highs - Dow slipped -33-points or -0.09% snaping a run of four record closing highs as Goldman Sachs Group Inc (down -2.35%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-1.31%). The broader S&P500 rose +0.42% to a record close of 4,680.06, with Information Technology (up +1.54%) and Consumer Discreti…

Morgans’ Stockbroker Ben Rodney speaks to Sunstone (STM) MD Malcolm Norris about their exciting new copper-gold porphyry discovery in Ecuador and the upcoming catalysts which will drive the share price.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/Mo…

Benchmark US equity indices pushed further into record territory, logging a fourth straight session of record closing highs – the longest such streak since 5 October, 2017 - - Dow up +105-points or +0.29% to a record closing high of 36,157.58, recovering from an earlier -160-point slide. The broader S&P500 +0.65% to record settlement of 4,660.57 Th…

Nathan Lead, Senior Analyst at Morgans, discusses Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX), an addition to our Morgans Best Ideas (November 2021).Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitter: twitt…

Morgans Best Ideas are those stocks we think offer the highest risk-adjusted returns over a 12-month timeframe supported by a higher-than-average level of confidence. They are our most preferred sector exposures. . New additions this month include Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:WBC) and Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX). Removals ANZ Banking Group (ASX:ANZ), Tech…

Another round of fresh record closing highs for all three benchmark US equity indices amid better-than-expected earnings reports ahead of a Federal Reserve policy statement tomorrow morning AEST - Dow up +139-points or +0.39% at 36,052.63, settling above 36,000 for the first time. It was 71 trading days since the Dow last cleared a 1,000-point mile…

Remember our recommendation is for the best value bet rather than the highest probability of winning. Michael Knox details his perspective with the Morgans network.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com…

Fresh record closing highs for all three benchmark US equity indices to kick off November and ahead of a busy week of US corporate earnings and key economic data and central bank meetings - Dow up +94-points or +0.26% to 35,913.84, briefly trading above >36,000 for the first time earlier in the session and with Boeing Co (up +3.65%) and Dow Inc (+2…

Record closing highs for all three benchmark US equity indices to close out the week and month, with a late rally seeing the market retrace earlier losses and shrugging off some disappointing corporate results from some major technology companies after the close of last Thursday’s (28 October) session - Dow up +89-points or +0.25% to settle at a fr…

Record closing highs for both the S&P500 and Nasdaq amid a broad-based rally despite some lacklustre economic data - Dow up +240-points or +0.68% to 35,730.48 The broader S&P500 gained +0.98% to a record closing high of 4,596.42, with all of Real Estate (up +1.447%), Consumer Discretionary (+1.37%), Industrials (+1.29%), Financials (+1.24%), Inform…

US equity markets fell as some of the recent momentum around positive corporate earnings faded - Dow down -266-points or -0.74%, snapping a three session winning streak that had lifted the index to a record closing high (35,756.88) a day earlier. Visa Inc shed -6.92% after the payments company issued a conservative revenue outlook during as part of…

Michael Knox discusses how a slowing Chinese GDP is a structural problem, because of slowing labour force growth.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU…

Both the Dow and S&P500 eked out fresh record highs ahead of another wave of notable corporate earnings releases after the close of the session - Dow up +16-points or +0.04% to 35,756.88, after rising to an record intraday high of 35,892.92 (up ~150-points) in earlier trading. The broader S&P500 edged +0.08% higher to 4,574.79, after hitting a fres…

Both the Dow and S&P500 hit fresh record highs as earnings season kicked in to high gear in one of the heaviest reporting weeks of the quarter, with bellwethers in multiple sectors poised to announce results - Dow up +64-points or +0.18% to 35,741.15, after establishing a new all-time intraday record at 35,787.04. The broader S&P500 added +0.47% to…

We think GDP Fell 0.8% in Q3 2021 but will be up by 5% in the year to Q3 2022.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.auCheck out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/BlogOn Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAUOn Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans.AustraliaOn Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU#Economy #AusGDP #Finance…

US equity markets mixed on Friday night (22 October) as investors weighed strong corporate earnings against persistent concerns over elevated global inflation - Dow up +73-points or +0.21% to a record closing high of 35,677.02. The broader S&P500 dipped -0.11%, with falls for Communication Services (down -2.28%) and Consumer Discretionary (-0.66%) …

US equity markets firmer as strong corporate earnings bolstered the mood on Wall Street - Dow dipped -6-points, with IBM (down -%) The broader S&P500 added +0.30% to 4,459.78, booking its first record closing high in seven weeks after logging an intra-day record of 4,551.44. Consumer Discretionary (up +1.38%) led seven of the eleven primary sectors…

US equity markets ticked higher amid some mixed reports around how corporates are managing inflationary pressures and supply chain issues - Dow gained +152-points or +0.43%, touching an all-time high of 35,669.69 earlier in the session. The broader S&P500 added +0.37% to log a sixth consecutive session advance, with Utilities (up +1.56%), Real Esta…

What we expect is playing out now. The new multi-year record prices for oil and ⁠⁠LNG is starting to penetrate that pessimism and resulting in a ‘catch up’ rally across Australian oil & gas stocks. Morgans senior analyst Adrian Prendergast provides a full update on the oil & gas sector.Check out more from Morgans:Visit the Morgans website: www.morg…

US equity markets advanced as major companies continued to deliver solid third quarter earnings - Dow up +199-points or +0.56% . Walmart Inc gained +2.1% after Goldman Sachs added the big-box retailer to its conviction buy list, pointing to improved profitability and increased share of the U.S. grocery market saying the stock could rally nearly 40%…