Michael Balk

Day trader, specializing in Aussie fixed interest.

[Mark Gardner @markgardn]

My latest wire for @LivewireMarkets

Traders vs Titans – the $2.8 billion lithium bet

https://t.co/WRoM81kiDO

$PLS $LTR $CXO $SYA #lithium #stocks #investing @mpcmarkets

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

@TheKouk This you? @TheKouk

[Media Watch @ABCmediawatch]

“Now, we’re certainly not saying that independent candidates and Climate 200 should be immune from scrutiny.

But when news reporters and columnists of one of the country’s most powerful media groups echo the Liberal Party’s concerted attack on them, something is very wrong.”

[Media Analyst @MediaAnalystOz]

2 1/2 minutes that sums up everything wrong with Australian political reporting

In 2010 American professor Jay Rosen came to Australia and nailed it with "horse race journalism".

His damning critique of Insiders, and Leigh Sales' defensive reaction, is worth it alone

#auspol

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

@markgardn If it was a good sell at $15........

[Nick Kephala @cypriotstatsman]

National Australia Bank $NAB raised $3bn last April at $14.15 per share. It is now buying back $2.5bn worth of the same shares at approx $28.30 per share. Goldman Sachs took a fee on both transactions. The non exec directors at NAB earn $250k+ p.a. They need to all resign.

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

Scott Morrison has offered his condolences to Melburnians as they head into lockdown, saying he knows what it’s like to do absolutely fucking nothing

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

This would be more persuasive if the White House weren't aggressively seeking an 175-year sentence for the publisher of award-winning journalism of global importance—despite pleas from every significant press freedom and human rights organization: https://t.co/6QMuajTS8o

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

@markgardn Due to arrive in Q4. Australia is lagging the world!

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

How good is Australia's vaccine roll-out going.....

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

@Andy_Hutch_ As soon as that bulldozer pattern broke down it was all over

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

This fellow has the best moustache in the history of Australian politics. Prove me wrong!
https://t.co/8VH7rqfIBV

[DLR @lifttheoffer]

Read this - https://t.co/skz58ldVti

Then listen to this - https://t.co/Ch1yML2tWZ

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

@andos_89 @Scutty Hope you sold it!

[Brendan Coates @BrendanCoates]

At @GrattanInst we've released our new Orange Book on what the election should be about. https://t.co/Ow2tlf34uO. #auspol #ausecon

Here is what's in the housing chapter (1/n)

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

How much AUD reacts to data

https://t.co/nPktyQI7QW

#AUD #ASX

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

Give it a go, the algo picked me pretty quick!
@andos_89 @42trading

[Andrew Leigh @ALeighMP]

If cash refunds for franking credits didn’t exist, what would be the price of creating them? My AFR oped today https://t.co/FsR2ylOabl #auspol #inequality

[42trading @42trading]

Open interest in #ASX24 Interest rate futures +28.71% compared to Feb'18 while YTD volume only up 2.4% (largest gap in recent times)

Biggest change is in 90 day Bank Bills then 3 year bonds (long end stats declining)
Interesting roll for the short end ahead
@andos_89 @BBKbalky

[Michael Balk @BBKbalky]

@andos_89 I hear fair value is -2/-1.5 #longandstrong