Australian dollar climbs as bonds boom on

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The AUD is still bid this morning and got a helping hand from a slow motion RBA:

Bonds are still booming with short end yields at new lows, almost at the cash rate now:

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XJO is stalled:

Dalian opened south:

Big Iron is up anyway:

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Big Gas is tracking oil. I still think Labor looms as a big risk for the QLDers:

Big Gold is tracking sideways:

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Big Banks have sickened. They are very fully priced given the outlook:

Big Realty is soft across the board:

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I’m not sure XJO can push any higher.


David Llewellyn-Smith is chief strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super which is long international equities and local bonds that will benefit from a weakening Australian economy and dollar so he is definitely talking his book.

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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.