Podcast Archive

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. 

We have launched the MARCUS TODAY ETF PORTFOLIO which is a tool to effect our ambition to deliver "Step Performance" to those who want a low cost, low risk, low volatility, low vigilance, low admin, long-term compounding investment in the average return. Then if we can “Add Brains” by timing the market, as we have been over the last couple of years, we hope to significantly improve upon the average accumulation index return by missing the worst bits of the market whilst being invested in the best bits. Using the timing we have effected in our SMAs ($83m of real money), the portfolio would be up 57.38% since inception on 31/10/2018. By comparison the ASX 300 Accumulation is up 12.66% and the ASX 200 up 5.30%. The portfolio return since inception is a whopping 27.89% per annum compared to the ASX 300 Accumulation index up 6.68% pa and the ASX 200 up 2.8% pa. Follow the portfolio in the Marcus Today newsletter. 

Lots of questions answered this morning - After a 5.9% fall in the FANGS+6 stocks overnight should we sell the market. A lot of emails asking whether this is another moment for us to cash out. We answer that in the STRATEGY section today. Also in the podcast today we introduce the MARCUS TODAY ETF PORTFOLIO starting with one investment in one ASX matching ETF. We show you how "Step Performance" worked over the last couple of years. Any 20-35 year old seeing this theory at work will be blown away at the simplicity and benefits of this long term, low cost, low volatility, low admin, low vigilance approach if you add "Brains" and that's what we will endeavour to do for you. 

A recovery stock that is worth topping up on. A big stock that is turning on the charts and the brokers like. Should you buy AMP for the 6% special dividend plus franking? The ETF Portfolio - its coming tomorrow. 

More on ETFs today including two educational podcasts and the ETF spreadsheet repeated. download that. Also an ETF recommendation from a Member.  \No changes today. Our market down 107 points yesterday (1.8%) and closing below 6000 again. Compared to the US it looked like a bit of an aberration and in trying to explain it one broker says it was end of month re-balancing. Certainly seems to be the case this morning with the market up 99 on the open. We have escaped a precipitous moment. Lots in the podcast today. We had a GDP number putting us into recession for the first in 29 years. No-one seems to mind. BNPL the story of the day yesterday and selling off again today - we talk about a "Subiaco Moment". We finish with some technical observations. Bottom fishing anyone?

A shabby day today that has not been reciprocated in the US market - maybe it'll blow over. US Futures are up. RBA today. BNPL takes a bloody nose as with one sweep of computer code PayPal adds "Pay in Four" to PayPal usage in the US. We talk about "Beneficiaries and Victims" and switching from one to the other at the right time (have we gone too early?). A few technical sell signals today - a lot of sell signals in fact - I have only posted JBH and NCK making the same point - its that as good as it gets for COVID beneficiaries. We have taken our FMG and RIO holdings down a bit today. BHP goes ex-dividend on Thursday we'll do the same thing after Thursday with them. We start our ETF education today with the Marcus today ETF SPREADSHEET - and a look at the main ETFs used in Australia, Enjoy!

Ben takes a look at the week ahead as a trickle of results today all but wraps up results season and gives us all a chance to catch our breath. Focus now turns to ex-dividend dates for income investors and a few notable economic drops. 

Its been all about Powell overnight and the re-setting of the Fed's monetary policy focus from containing inflation to promoting full employment. Financials popped the rest of the market (technology) dropped and we have the same in our market this morning. Not the best day overall. We talk about how to protect against a market drop. We ask whether the S&P 500 is top or bottom of the range. We have published a video on how to use the new version of the Marcus today STOCK BOX and we have a look at a few interesting technical signals.

A few additions to the MT Portfolios this morning as we continue to add holdings and exposure to the recovery theme. All eyes on Jerome Powell tonight. We talk about the Fiscal Cliff being a Fiscal Brick Wall in consumer spending. there is a Webinar recording on "Investment Mistakes" - it takes about an hour. It is full of "Rants". Wouldn't want to bore you. And we talk about the construction cycle and there are some interesting charts with technical signals in the STRATEGY section on the website today. Two more days of results and we can all go back to reading without rushing. 

An interesting concept today - I have called it PetBarn - the realisation that if you want a job at PetBarn you'd better take it now because if you wait for those Jobkeeper payments to run out you are going to be looking for a job at the same time as everyone else. In the same way, today we imagine what the stock market is going to look like when all this COVID paranoia goes away. You need to imagine it now and position for it now. Not when it everyone has woken up to it. If true there are a lot of interesting opportunities in front of you right now. We also talk about the "Profoundly consequential" speech expected from Jerome Powell on Thursday night (should be good) and mention a few technical buy and sell signals which are quite interesting.