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Because Banana Man is loose once more. Dalian has piled on 2.5% this morning and Big Iron is off again with BHP and RIO up 0.5% and FMG 2%:

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The FMG bubble looks primed to fatten further as the 58% discount expanded to 16.3%:

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Big Gas is following the Brent oil jawbone with glee as WPL grinds 1.7%, OSH 04%, ORG 2% and STO 2.3%:

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Having swooned as expected into the oil dip, STO is now pushing a breakout:

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If it gets through then the failure of an OPEC deal will be a terrific re-entry for shorts.

Gold is also back with NCM -0.8% but RRL 1.5%, EVN 1.6%, SBM 2% and IGO 0.5%:

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I’m still looking for the share market rally to push gold lower but given the latter is being supported by the cautious Fed as much as stocks are it may take a while.

Banks mixed but largely off today with CBA -02%, WBC 0.2%, NAB -1.2% and ANZ -0.7%:

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.