(AI AND THE REVOLUTION IN THE WORKPLACE) September 12, 2025 Hello everyone Banks are doing this. Tech firms are doing this. Retail is doing this. What am I talking about? I’m talking about redundancies. Thousands of jobs in Australia, in America and no doubt across the globe, are being slashed. Australia’s […]
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(INFLATION DATA MAY SET THE TONE THIS WEEK) September 10, 2025 Hello everyone Inflation data is due out this week. If it’s hotter than expected, the market could have a temporary heart attack. Here are some projections from JP Morgan: Oracle surges to the upside after earnings announcement. The […]
(A WEAK LABOUR MARKET ALMOST GUARANTEES A RATE CUT) September 8, 2025 Hello everyone WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR Monday, September 8 3:00 p.m. Consumer Credit (July) 8:30 p.m. Australia Consumer Confidence Previous: 5.7% Forecast: 1.0% Tuesday, September 9 6:00 a.m. NFIB Small Business Index (August) Earnings: Synopsys, Oracle Wednesday, September […]
(SKEPTICAL INVESTORS MAY SEE THE MARKETS TREND HIGHER) September 5, 2025 Hello everyone What’s next for the markets? More upside ahead? One hundred days have passed since the S&P500 reached its post “liberation day” closing low. So, how would you describe the gains since then: incredible, astounding, amazing, eye-watering, irrational, annoying. […]
(WILL THE MARKETS COAST OR ROLLERCOAST IN SEPTEMBER?) September 3, 2025 Hello everyone WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR Monday, September 1 Labor Day Public Holiday 1:30 p.m. Euro Area ECB Speech Tuesday, September 2 5:00 a.m. Euro Area Inflation Rate Previous: 2.0% Forecast: 2.0% 9:45 a.m. S&P PMI Manufacturing final (August) 10:00 […]
(SUMMARY OF JOHN’S AUGUST 27, 2025, WEBINAR) August 29, 2025 Hello everyone TITLE: Leading with your Chin THE MAD HEDGE TRADERS & INVESTORS SUMMIT September 9-11, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST A variety of trading strategies in all asset classes, including commodities, precious metals, and energy, will be presented by […]
(AI TO THE RESCUE FOR QUEENSLAND TEACHERS) August 27, 2025 Hello everyone Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. Many reasons are given, but perhaps the most worrying is student behaviour. Many teachers report being spat at, having chairs thrown at them, being hit, or being harassed verbally. And students are not […]
(AFTER A REST THE MARKET COULD RALLY INTO YEAR END) August 25, 2025 Hello everyone WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR Monday, August 25 9:30 a.m. Australia RBA Minutes 10:00 a.m. New Home Sales (July) 10:30 a.m. Dallas Fed Index (August) Tuesday, August 26 8:30 a.m. Durable Orders preliminary (July) Previous: -9.3% Forecast: -4.0% […]
(WHEN JAY POWELL SPEAKS, THE MARKETS LISTEN) August 22, 2025 Hello everyone THE MARKET IS HAVING SOME DOWNTIME Come late August and going into September, the market typically experiences seasonal weakness. And it looks as though this year will be no different. Even though “pattern-wise” bull market structure has not been […]
(IT’S A JAY POWELL WEEK – WILL INVESTORS GAIN ANY INSIGHT?) August 20, 2025 Hello everyone I’m writing this newsletter after five hours of driving to attend a funeral of someone I have known all my life. I drove two and a half hours to get there, attended the funeral, which […]