Market Updates
A twice-daily podcast from the Marcus Today team, designed for self-directed investors. Stay informed with the latest stock market, financial, and business news, published every weekday just before the market opens and after it closes (AEST).
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 2007
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
End of Day Podcast – Wednesday 7th September
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Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 7th September
US markets spent the session catching up on the European energy crisis, the Dow Jones fell 173 points (-0.55%), with the Nasdaq falling 0.74% and making it seven straight losing sessions – the longes…
End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 6th September
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Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 6th September
US markets were closed overnight for the Labour Day holiday. We take our leads from European markets this morning - the DAX was down 2.2%, and the STOXX 600 down 0.6% overnight amid the energy crisis…
End of Day Podcast – Monday 5th September
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Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 5th September
The Dow closed down 338 points on Friday night following the jobs number that came in with no real surprises and helped subdue interest rate fears. However, news that Gazprom halted restarting the ga…
End of Day Podcast – Friday 2nd September
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Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 2nd September
US markets found some footing overnight as the Dow finished up 146 points, snapping a four-day losing streak, although the Nasdaq fell 0.26%. The iron ore price crumbled, falling 8% to trade below $1…
End of Day Podcast – Thursday 1st September
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Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 1st September
The 1000-point fall in the Dow on Friday night is starting to look like a bit of a downtrend. The Dow closed down a further 280 points (-0.9%) last night, bringing the total slip to 5.5% since Friday…
End of Day Podcast – Wednesday August 31st
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Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 31st August
Bit of a shabby night in the US, the Dow fell 308 points (-0.96%), with expectations that the Fed’s ‘soft pivot’ is a while off. Oil had its worst day since mid-July, falling 4.8% and putting pressur…
End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 30th August
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Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 30th August
The Dow Jones settled overnight – compared to the 1008-point loss we saw on Friday night – to finish down 184-points (-0.57%). Tech stocks are still taking the brunt of the sell-off, the Nasdaq close…
End of Day Podcast – Monday 29th August
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Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 29th August
Jackson Hole turned out to be a very big event, with Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments sending US markets into freefall. The Dow dropped 1008 (-3.03%) points on Friday night, the Nasdaq fell 3.94%, an…
End of Day – Friday 26th August
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Breakfast Briefing – Friday 26th August
Henry is heading off on holiday today, so I (Marcus Padley) will fill in for him in the Breakfast Briefing podcasts. Wall Street behaved itself overnight ahead of Jackson Hole and Jerome Powell’s spe…
End of Day – Thursday 25th August
- ASX 200 up another 50 points to 7048 (0.7%) as banks and resources rally pre-Jackson Hole. Resources continue to find friends on Chinese stimulus moves. Iron ore stocks wilted from highs with BHP up…
Breakfast Briefing – Thursday 25th August
US markets found some positive footing overnight, the Dow finished up 60 points (+0.2%). However, the markets are still showing caution ahead of Jackson Hole tonight. SPI Futures are up 31 points (+0…