With reporting season nearing its end, 84 companies have released results. Of these, 30 exceeded expectations, 27 met them, and 27 fell short. Wesfarmers and Universal Stores were among the companies surpassing expectations this week, while Super Retail Group was among those that missed. Also check out how the ASX performed this week.

In this week’s wrap, Grady covers: 

• (0:38): WesCEF driving Wesfarmers’ results
• (1:40): the excellent results from Universal Stores 
• (2:27): inflationary pressures impacting Super Retail Group 
• (3:36) the dividend focus in February’s earnings season
• (5:19): how the ASX200 performed this week so far 
• (6:17): the most traded stocks & ETFs by Bell Direct clients
• (6:47): economic news items to watch out for.