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ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) 1.3% higher, oil price hits nine month high, AUD rallies, Dow hits 30,000 The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) saw another strong day adding 1.3% on the back of the ‘trifecta’ of COVID-19 vaccines with hopes for an economic recovery resulting in the oil price hitting a nine-month high.  As can be expected, energy stocks benefited most,…

The forgotten precious metal – silver – is quietly having a blinder of a year. With a 34.7% gain so far, silver is outperforming gold, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the DAX Index in Germany, and the Nikkei index in Tokyo. At US$24.27 an ounce, silver is up 63.3% since March, but…

Turnaround: markets look past recession to the future, AMP in hot demand, another positive lead ahead The ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) staged a remarkable recovery, adding 1.8% even as we received confirmation that the economy had contracted by 7% in the June quarter. The rally was broad-based with industrials and materials improving on the back of…