ASX rout resumes: Houses demolished, holes boom

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AUD is still strong this morning, partly explained by a falling USD and partly by bullet-proof bulks:

Aussie bonds have actually under-performed other nations during the correction. I assume it’s because of the bullet-proof bulks but whatever it is it’s badly misled as the housing crash gathers steam:

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XJO is down modestly against today:

But under the bonnet the rotation is huge. It’s all about dirt now and the hope that China will build to Mars:

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Big Gas is smashed though:

Big Gold is cheering as Trump sits on the USD. I don’t expect that to last:

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Big Mortgage is still getting hammered. CBA has now broken support and is in free fall with WBC:

Big Realty has finally capitulated as well. REA is crashing away from an immense double-top. DHG is being slain on crap earnings. GMA is approaching post-float lows. A break on that would be a very bearish signal for house prices:

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And the Aussie tech bubble is bursting:

China to the rescue for miners. Shame about Straya.

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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.