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MB Fund Podcast: The Effects On Earnings Of Trump’s Policy Chaos

March 27, 2025 - 12:05 -- Admin

Join us this week as Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen look at earnings forecasts and which sectors are starting to see the effects of the chaos around policy making and tariffs. Can’t make it to the live series? Catch up on the content via Podcasts or our recorded Videos. Damien Klassen is Chief Investment Officer at the

Australian dollar tarrifed again

March 27, 2025 - 11:30 -- Admin

DXY is back. EUR is unravelling. Could be tactical. AUD follows EUR. Lead boots getting heavier. Stupid Trump has revived oil with Venezuela and Iran alk. Copper bubble begins. Helping RIO. EM meh. Junk stressy. Yields up with oil. Stocks plunged. The Australian dollar has once again been tariffed. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation

Housing industry ignores number one crisis solution

March 27, 2025 - 11:00 -- Admin

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) attacked Tuesday’s federal budget for failing to stimulate housing supply, describing the budget as “a missed opportunity to deliver a concrete housing plan”. “Australia needs to be delivering a quarter of million new homes year on year to meet our growing population and put downwards pressure on housing and rental

Iron ore runs the seasonal gamit

March 27, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

Never say never with iron ore. especially with seasonals. Having been unusually weak, we’ve popped in line with seasonal strength. SMM has decent report on conditions. Today, the iron ore futures gradually strengthened after a weak start, fluctuating upward throughout the day. The most-traded contract I2505 finally closed at 780, with a daily increase of

AI capex bubble ready to pop?

March 27, 2025 - 10:00 -- Admin

The Market Ear is still looking short-term. SPX technicals SPX reversed right on the 21 day moving average. Not overly surprising given the recent squeeze. Support: 5600, resistance: 5850. Maybe we just need to range for a bit… Source: Refinitiv NASDAQ technicals Also reversing right on the 21 day. Support: 19600, resistance: 20800. Source: Refinitiv

Macro Morning

March 27, 2025 - 09:00 -- Admin

As the April 2 deadline the ultimate round of US tariff’s beckons, the Fanta Fuhrer couldn’t help shoot early with a blanket 25% car tariff, thus dooming the domestic US car industry as the world will shift to boycott US made vehicles. Great work Donny! Trump’s Tariff Tirade beckons. European shares were able to rebound

Has the Australian job market turned “calamitous”?

March 27, 2025 - 07:00 -- Admin

Earlier this month, Roy Morgan released its shadow labour market report, which reported a significant increase in unemployment to 11.5% in February, with underutilisation (i.e., unemployment plus underemployment) surging to 21.7%. Roy Morgan’s underutilisation rate is the highest on record outside of the pandemic. Roy Morgan CEO Michelle Levine addressed the Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit

Australian property: an $11 trillion productivity drain

March 27, 2025 - 00:05 -- Admin

Data released this month by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that the total value of Australia’s dwelling stock hit a record high of $11,032.2 billion at the end of 2024, with the average dwelling valued at $976,800. The hyperinflation of home values helps to explain why Australian households are ranked among the wealthiest

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