Marcus Today Members Podcast – Wednesday 18th January

The ASX 200 is up 5 points (+0.1%) at 7391 points, in yet another dismal day of trading. Maybe waiting for BoJ news. Sectors mixed with Gold lagging behind on US Fed speculation. REIT’s the worst performer down 0.7%. Healthcare up 0.8% with the help of TLX market update. Closely followed by Tech, up 0.7%. Banks performing well, the Big bank Basket up 0.4% to $187.45. Reports season in full swing now, US banks Goldman Sachs having poor results overnight while Morgan Stanley beat estimates.  Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX) up 6.3% after a huge growth in their US sales. EML Payments (EML) down 2.2% yet again after replacing their CFO. US results season revving up - Diary here. Dow Futures are down 89 points, and NASDAQ Futures are down 35 points.

Our member exclusive podcast – as all brokers start the day, the format is to have a quick look at the overnight markets, consider what's coming up in the day ahead, hear from the analysts, share ideas and get set up for the day's stock market activity.