After posting gains for most of the day, the local bourse dipped this afternoon to close down 0.1%. The ASX 200 was still up over 2% for the week, the third consecutive weekly gain. Financials, utlilities, health and tech were the leaders while materials, gold, retail and energy lagged.

Check out today's edition of The Last Call, with Kochie and the team reviewing the week in markets with Australia's top commentators.

Our top VODs today are:

Two stocks and an ETF you can hold 'forever'

The good oil, with none of the search

Humm-ing to a global expansionary tune

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Futures expiry perhaps playing a small part in the rally. The banks led the way once again thanks to dividends returning, improving housing conditions and overall positivity about economic conditions. The sector closed up the better part of 2%, with tech also performing strongly. Iron ore prices continued to surge on surging Chinese steel production, which unfortunately didn't translate to corresponding gains for the miners with metals and mining down 0.5% for the day. Our top three VODs today are:

What Nine Entertainment and Redbubble have in common

Zach likes AZJ as a recovery play

A crude mix of messages in oil land

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Everything coming up roses for the banks in terms of positive housing data, stamp duty being abolished in NSW and the RBA's Phil Lowe talking up the housing market as well. CBA up 2.7%, NAB up 2.1%, WBC uo 1.9% and ANZ up 1.2%. Bitcoin hit $18k as sentiment towards crypto goes through a thawing and insto investment increases. The Chinese yuan and Korean won were at their highest levels against the USD since mid 2018 as the carry trade in emerging markets kicks off. Our top three VODs today are:

Jun Bei Liu: "The market is poised for a higher finish into year end"; and why she likes A2 Milk

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Fly to the banks with these stock picks!

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The ASX 200 was back with gusto today, spending most of the day above the 6,500 level but only closing up 0.21%. It was off to a healthy start thanks to Moderna's announcement last night that its COVID vaccine has 95% efficacy, which pushed the Dow to a record high. Todays leaders were energy, financials (specifically the banks) while gold, healthcare, utilities and tech were on the nose. Check out our interview with Michael Wayne from Medallion Financial on why he's in love with the banks again...

Our top three VODs are:

Meet the fund manager who doubled his Moderna position just before the vaccine announcement

Michael Wayne: It's not often I like Santos and Oil Search but this time is different

The newest gold explorer (and operator) on the block

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A write off for the market today with a glitch at the ASX shutting down equities trading for the day at 10:24am. The exchange says the problem has been rectified and normal trading will resume at 10am tomorrow. 

In the 24 minutes of trading we did have today, the ASX 200 was up over 1% after a strong lead in from Wall St, so let's call it a positive session. S&P futures are currently up around 0.8%. Join us at 10am tomorrow for a preview and live coverage of the Afterpay (APT) AGM. Our top three VODs today are:

Don't put all your eggs into one basket

A lesson for all investors: Don't fight the Fed or the US economy

Worley woos and wins Julia

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The gold sector jumped 4.5% on increased uncertainty in the US, while healthcare, tech and materials were also up. Real estate, consumer staples and energy were all down. Don't forget to check out today's edition of The Last Call where Kochie and Kylie interview the boys from Equity Mates.

Marcus Padley on whether markets are bound for GFC 2.0

The most investable bank isn't one of the Big Four

Aussie medtech's cancer breakthrough

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The local bourse followed Wall St's lead today with something of a rotation out of the rotation. The ASX 200 closed down 0.5%. Tech and growth stocks were back in favour while the banks and miners were in the red. Around the region, the Chinese tech names that were hosed yesterday managed to claw back around a third of the losses. The Shanghai Composite is down around 0.2% and the Tokyo TOPIX down 0.5%. S&P 500 futures are currently down around 0.5%...

Our top three VODs are:

Ben sees opportunities in APX and FPH

GrainCorp CEO: $343m profit "is a result representing our momentum and the future"

hipages makes its ASX debut and investors are LOVING it

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The rotation to cyclicals continues with the banks, in particular, in favour. CBA was out with its quarterly update and despite Q1 profit down 16%, loan deferrals were down so shares closed up 2.8%. Energy names also had a good day, while gold and consumer discretionary had another rough one. S&P 500 futures are currently up 0.1%.Our top three VODs today are:

REITs and their long list of tailwinds

Watch this space

It's difficult to justify any of the BNPL stocks

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It really was a tale of two markets as energy, financials and industrials surged, while the sectors that sustained the market during the pandemic - gold, tech, consumer staples, consumer discretionary - dropped like a Republican's bottom lip. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield jumped 44% after investors voted down a $5.7 billion cap raise to pay down debt. Our top three VODs today are:

The market can only go up from here... as long as the vaccine works

Wilsons: Aussie banks, EM are good "recovery plays"

The long end of the yield curve spells trouble for growth chasers

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Trump's legal threats and last week's talk of a contested result being the worst-case scenario for the market were both disregarded by investors. Materials, communications and tech were the big sector gainers. REA hit a record high of $139.50 after a series of broker upgrades and more positivity around the real estate market. The bulls run on. Our top three VODs today are:

The UK has come to play

Coles , Amcor and James Hardie are great places to park cash right now

Our base case is for a split Congress so buy tech and healthcare

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