Do you sell FMG on the back of a 3% fall in the iron ore price - have a look at the STOCK BOX in the strategy piece today. The Technology herd is selling off again - today we talk about the importance of sentiment over fundamentals. Some Members make some great suggestions for the ETF portfolio which saw a lot of changes yesterday. We talk FOMC, the oil price, the OECD, the Jobs data and have the usual Technical observations with charts. 

Lots of stuff in the podcast today - a smorgasbord of commentary including an education in broker forecasts as well as the now usual Technical observations. See the broker research on coal stocks which are bottoming and on Macquarie which downgraded earnings forecasts this week and Telstra which is back to being an income stock it has fallen that far. We have also made some significant changes to the ETF Portfolio - Seven new holdings. Go the to strategy section for that. 

Marcus had his hair cut yesterday - his daughter used to work in the Poodle Parlour and does the family Cavoodle - you can see the result in the ABC video on the website this morning. Lots of interesting stuff to cover today from dentists trading Tesla options, to Afterpay, to Boeing, to the Macquarie top ten tips for a recovery, Baillieus top ten small caps, two new stocks in the Marcus Today Growth Portfolio, some interesting Director buying and selling, the research on Macquarie after the profit warning and some interesting technical observations. 

With results season done and dusted and most of the main ex-dividend dates behind us, we have a couple of weeks to catch our breath before AGM season hits its straps. Plenty on the economic calendar but the focus this week remains on deciphering whether the unfolding rotation away from the tech sector is a significant market pivot point or simply a speed bump that could provide a buying opportunity. Plus a look at the MQG downgrade this morning. 

A lot of thoughts going through our heads about the Portfolios - is this a cash up moment or an opportunity, should we sell two top performers coming off the top, what could turn the market next week? We also publish the ETF spreadsheet and prepare for some changes to the ETF portfolio. There are some interesting Director purchases in the Strategy piece today and two technical observations in two stocks that seem to be topping out after a bounce. 

Is that the end of the correction - we discuss today's bounce and decide whether we can confidently buy back in. We also look at the market PE for the S&P 500, the NASDAQ and the All Ordinaries and ask "Is the market cheap?". There are a host of sell signals in the technical observations section today including a number of COVID beneficiaries now coming of the top. 

Is this a cash up moment? Is this a major market pivot point? We answer those questions today in the Strategy section. We also look at whether we should set up an ETF SMA (Separately Managed Account) and question whether it will be possible to get the liquidity we'll need to make major market calls. Finally we defy logic and note a number of large ASX stocks showing buy signals whilst the market falls over. 

The "Nasdaq Whale" has potentially created the US technology bubble - I look at what it means for technology stocks in Australia and the rest of the market. One broker says the world's three biggest economies will be back to normal by year end. Another broker lists their recovery stocks. We have a host of Technical observations including a couple of our biggest and safest stocks that are now no longer seen as 'sexy'....(they never were).

Ben takes a look at the week ahead as the market shows some fight this morning. Things are quietening down a little with results season now behind us and US markets closed tonight in observance of the Labor Day holiday. There are still plenty of companies going ex-dividend and a few economic drops but the main focus this week is figuring out what exactly to make of the technology sell-off. 

After last week’s technology SNAFU and the end of the reporting season Henry is on the virtual couch again with stock broker Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners talking through reporting season, the winners and losers, their top picks in the small-cap space for the next quarter and what just happened in the technology sector.