Buy-now-pay-later and e-commerce stocks all got a reality check today after the recent surges. A takeover offer from Coke Europe pushed Coca-Cola Amatil up more than 16%, with the local board backing the deal. Westpac's announcement that its earnings would take a $1.2 billion hit from a raft of writedowns and the costs of defending its anti-money laundering case only had a marginal effect on the share price today (down 0.4%) reflecting the market's view that the cost is a one off which has already been priced in. Our top three VODs today are:

Banks Panel: Omkar's backing ANZ while Nathan likes Westpac

Head for Chinese equities as bond yields head south to zero

CEO Chat: The big debit from Zebit's IPO

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The ASX 200 bounced back from a mid day drop, but still closed down 0.11% in what has been a strong month so far. Perhaps surprising, given the amount of uncertainty out there and the fact that October is traditionally a pretty weak month.

Miners and tech were down today while energy and banks led the gainers. Seems to be some excitement coming into the banking sector with the prospect of more cheap money if the RBA cuts rates as expected next month.

Our top three VODs are:

Julia Lee: IPOs are a sign of confidence in the market

Miramar makes its ASX debut but still wants the WA border shut

PEXA: We haven't seen property market confidence this low in 20 years

Have a great weekend!

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OZ Minerals hit a nine-year high today thanks to an impressive quarterly update, as well as the surging copper price. Meanwhile, Australia Post CEO, Christine Holgate, has been forced to stand aside while an investigation is conducted into four senior employees being given $3,000 Cartier watches as bonuses. A lot cheaper than Ahmed Fahour's $10.8 million golden handshake. Our top three VODs today are:

Why Mary is big on Chinese tech

hipages scouts a $100m IPO at the top of its game

Zach picks oil, James likes copper

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The higher AUD (up around 0.5% during the session) may have played a role today, providing some headwinds for the offshore earners. Our Stock of the Day, Temple and Webster, was slammed today - closing down 17% despite reporting earnings up 138% for the quarter. Clearly, the market thought the recent run-up in the share price was a bit too optimistic. Our top three VODs today are:

Chris Wheldon invested in Alibaba before the Asian tech rally. Now, he's after ANT Group

Afterpay hits the $100 mark - and Marc Kennis thinks it can only go up

The first drug to target cortisol suppression begins trials

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What started as a great week yesterday ended with a whimper today as the ASX finished down half a percent following an impasse on stimulus between U.S. lawmakers. Afterpay and Westpac struck a deal to share data while CSL provided investors with an update on its COVID vaccine and plasma plans. The dollar moderated as the Reserve Bank of Australia gave its strongest hint yet that a November cut is on the proverbial cards and Crown Resorts continues its horror week (and its only Tuesday).

Our top three VODs are:

Zip rolls out the "future of BNPL"

A game changing quarter for this non bank lender

COVID-19 a blessing in disguise for Airtasker

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While China's third quarter GDP was a miss in terms of the major economic data point of the day, investors were more attuned to the Chinese consumer and news overnight that Pfizer had started production on its long awaited vaccine while it completes stage three trials. Yes, markets are praying for a vaccine that will provide hope for a return to normal living in 2021. The ASX finished strongly as banks, health stocks and technology helped push the ASX through the 6200 point barrier, the highest it has been since March finishing the day up 1.07% to 6243 points. 

Our top three VODs are:

Data the next frontier for Dubber

An asymmetrical view on uranium

Go buy something

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Bit of softness today but a reasonable performance considering the rout in Europe last night. The ASX 200 closed down 0.5% led by the miners, banks and CSL. Rio Tinto's third-quarter production results were lower than expected despite the company re-affirming iron ore guidance. Production at Juuken Gorge has been down considerably since the destruction of the Aboriginal sacred sites. We've have a new show on Friday afternoons called The Last Call, brought to you with the support of Australian Vintage and Founders First. It's a bit of fun where we invite our friends in to chat about the week in markets, sport coming up over the weekend and a few stock picks of course. Check it out and let us know what you think. Registrations for the Strawman Classic, our virtual investing competition, have been extended until the end of this weekend. So if you haven't already, now's the time to throw your hat into the ring. The competition starts Monday and runs for eight weeks. The investor with the best performing portfolio will win $10,000 of real money in a ThinkMarkets account. You can trade your $100,000 Strawman portfolio as little or as often as you like - check out the rules and enter here.

Our top three VODs today are:

Julia Lee flicks the switch on Beacon but she's not so hopeful for New Hope

It's time to rotate out of Rio and into the banks

Go big or get out... and Aussie Broadband went big!

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RBA Governor, Philip Lowe, strongly hinted at a November rate cut today, which the markets have already largely priced in anyway. The market reacted positively to the dovish speech, which also focused on job creation, to close up 0.5%. Materials and energy were the big gainers while consumer discretionary, healthcare and finished in the red. September unemployment came in at 6.9%, which was pretty much dead on the consensus estimate so little impact on markets there. Don't forget, entries for the Strawman Classic trading competition close at 5pm AEDT tomorrow. The winner takes home a $10,000 ThinkMarkets trading account! Our top three VODs today are:

Marcus Padley: The run up in bank stocks is all technical "mumbo-jumbo"

It's raised $92M from institutional investors but Frontier isn't finished yet

In every crisis, only one sector stands out from the pack

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The ASX ended its seven-day green streak today, with materials dragging us down due to uncertainty around imports to China. Banks also took a hit after a strong day yesterday. A cracking day for EML Payments, up over 10% after the market clearly loved its investor briefing, which focused on its tech and planned investment. Flight Centre was hosed after a downgrade from Credit Suisse due to weak travel data and low consumer sentiment. Our top three VODs today are:

A record quarter and US expansion plan are all Zipped up!

Is this the wealth hub you should be investing in?

That's a lot of nickel

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A seventh consecutive day of gains for the local market (up 1.04%), but the ASX200 still couldn't hold above the 6,200 resistance level. A bit of downside risk building perhaps? All sectors were up apart from materials, with telcos, tech and financials leading the gains. CBA and TLS held AGMs today with the former vowing to resume its normal payment ratio and the latter saying it would stick to its 16 cent div. After a 6.4% surge last night, can tonight's launch of the iPhone 12 give $AAPL another kick along? Our top three VODs today are:

It's all expansion, expansion, expansion for Senex!

The latest company to team up with Apple

This deal is music to Nuheara's ears

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