Podcast Archive

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST An interesting change of themes today, the big question is whether it will last or evaporate. We have gone from the assumption of a faultless economic recovery to worrying about a new pandemic wave in the northern hemisphere. Meanwhile a string of US economic numbers undershoot. As recovery d...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST The one year anniversary of the pandemic low in the market prompts a look at 15 LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC which includes a look at some of the best and worst performers in the last year. The message is that corrections are great but getting it right was not about numbers. Fundamentals wouldn&...

  CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST A positive start to the week, but Crown Resorts are the big news this morning after receiving a takeover offer. Elsewhere we a quick look at one Fund Manager's "best stocks for an inflationary world” and our usual rundown of what's in store for us this week. 

 CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST Another routine day in the stock market - what would we have given for this level of relaxation this time last year? The FOMC is the main story and if that's the case there obviously isn't much going on. A broker reiterates its SELL recommendation on APT today with a target price o...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST Another Ho-Hum day in the markets as rates rise a touch, Wall St dips a bit and our market might as well not have bothered. Banks and Resources asleep while some of the defensive stocks hold their form. The slowness of the vaccine roll-out is becoming a political issue in Australia  but there...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST   A quietly positive tone. Interest rates top out for a day providing a mildly positive tone to otherwise uneventful proceedings. We don't mind quietly positive days on the stock market, after the last four years it really is rather a refreshing relief to make money without stress. Today...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST  A quiet start to the week despite another rise in bond yields over the weekend. Friday night saw the S&P/ASX rebalancing announcement, with six companies set to enter the index after market close this Friday. See the full list of changes and what it means.  Outside of that we have a quie...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST We are beginning to get a touch twitchy about the market but are not overly concerned. Today we talk about DEFCON levels for our daily "Cash versus Equities" debate. At the moment we are on DEFCON Zero - normal bull market conditions but this "Marked up sold down" trend in...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST      The world reverses for a day - Tech, pandemic beneficiaries and Gold up, the recovery sectors down.  The excuse is a one night fall in US bond yields prompting the debate - is this a "Bottom or a Blip" in all the FOMO momentum stocks. We think its a "Blip" for now - t...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST     A Tale of Two Cities again as the Dow Jones hits a record high and the NASDAQ drops. Same effect here, tech stocks falling and traditional cyclical recovery stocks that don't mind higher interest rates and inflation (banks and resources) rise. the $1.9trillion stimulus bill going thr...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST     Not much going on today other than BHP and RIO, CSL and WOW, going ex-dividend and shareholders switching into NAB, ANZ and WBC for the dividends coming up in April/May. Ex-dividend stocks going down, banks going up - notably the CBA, which is already ex-dividend is not part of the party....

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST   A standard day in the market - nothing to disturb the cash versus equities equation. We have started a holding in APT after its 28% fall over the capital raising and on the interest rate fears. If it behaves we'll add to it. BHP and RIO go ex-dividend tomorrow. Strong day for resources...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST    Today we look at Bubbles - there are signs we are "bubbling" - we look at Tulipomania in 1623 and apply the lessons from 400 years ago to see if there is anything to worry about today. Another good day as the 10 year yield peaks and the fears subside. The speculative end of the m...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST   A much quieter week ahead, with results season now done and dusted. The focus this week will likely remain on the fear of inflation and interest rate rises after dominating the market action last week. The big question we are discussing on the desk is whether this is a tradeable pullback or...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST  Powell pours cold water on the interest rate fears and the Dow Jones hits a record high allowing us to reverse yesterday's fall. A good day for banks and resources, travel and energy. Some good results for us today (RHC, FLT, QAN), a profit warning for A2M (thank goodness we sold it) an...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST  Peak or Pause - We talk today about whether this interest rate scare is going to peak or pause the bull market. We also talk about how to work the dividend season for income and highlight a few stocks coming up to their dividends and explain why we are selling REITs and topping up on FMG, BH...

Today we discuss "The Big Issue" that could bring the market down, the only problem being "When".  The Doomsayers are out in force but unless they can tell us that they are of little use to us. We also talk about what its like to be an analyst at a big broker during the results season and introduce you to a new member of the Marcus Today Team. 

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST       The market is flat this morning but there is plenty happening under the surface as results keep rolling in. A couple of reports from some of our holdings out this morning – all going okay in early trade - but it is another huge week of results ahead of us. A couple of the BNPL heavyweig...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST      Swamped with results but surviving the risk at the moment. Most of our stocks behaving themselves.  Some good results today and a look at some of the research post yesterday's results. We also highlight a few interesting stocks and themes within the deluge of information being dumpe...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST     Busy day for results - WBC up 5% on theirs. Seems to be some switching out of CBA into the other banks after it went ex-dividend yesterday. RIO results after hours this afternoon. Some pandemic beneficiaries falling on results - NWL, BAP,  SUL, CAR -) and some pandemic victims rising - WE...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST    We are chasing the results around this week and today - Good ones from BHP and OK ones from NAB. Some of the pandemic beneficiaries getting a bashing on results (ADH, RBL, DHG, ARB). Better to travel than arrive it seems. CBA ex-dividend today. Some bears on iron ore. Sweating on some of t...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST   The focus is well and truly on results this week with a host of big names set to report and the dividends rolling in behind them. This morning we have had a few interesting results reactions. Seems the positive mood is making it a pretty good time to report for pandemic victims and benefici...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST  Some predictably dull bank research following the CBA results yesterday. Looks like the sector may have done its dash for the moment. A few more results out today, with disappearing dividends the theme of the day for some perpetual poor performers. The iron ore price keeps pushing higher. To...

 CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST  The much anticipated CBA results were out this morning - we have described them as "OK not dazzling" and the rather negative tone of the research pre-results is unlikely to change much tomorrow by the looks of it. The dividend payout a bit conservative going ex dividend on March 4...

 CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST  It’s a bull market. All the US markets on record highs, longest streak of gains since August, stimulus coming (details tonight), a good US results season, three vaccines to be approved in the next few weeks, vaccinations accelerating, gold up, oil up, iron ore up. As they say in Top Gun “It...