Happy Monday, Light Brigade!
And a big welcome to all of our new members.
I hope you’ve all had a great week. The markets remain turbulent. Let’s see where things are at.
cheers
Cam
Market This Week (All Ordinaries)
The All Ordinaries rose 1.32% over the five trading sessions to Friday 6 November 2026, closing at 9,144.70:
- 5 November: The S&P/ASX 200 closed at 9,065.1 on 5 November 2026, up 230.6 points or 2.61%, its largest single-session gain since 10 April 2025, after the US Democratic Party won both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections; information technology rose 10.09% and materials rose 7.55%, while energy fell 4.76% as Brent crude dropped.
- 5 November: David Jones entered voluntary administration and receivership on 5 November 2026 after failing to pay rent at Westfield centres since September; owner Anchorage Capital Partners appointed McGrathNicol as voluntary administrator and secured lender Hilco Capital called in FTI Consulting as receiver, leaving thousands of jobs at risk at the 188-year-old retailer.
- 4 November: Australian household spending rose 0.6 per cent in September 2026 on a seasonally adjusted basis, rebounding from a 0.1 per cent fall in August, according to the ABS Monthly Household Spending Indicator released on 4 November 2026; the result exceeded analyst expectations of a 0.2 per cent rise, with transport and health each up 1.5 per cent and fuel spending up 5.4 per cent. (www.abs.gov.au; www.investing.com)
All the best,
Cameron
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PORTFOLIO UPDATE
For All Time, our QAV Light portfolio is at +17.04% against the ASX 200 at +10.42%, about 1.6 times the market. Beating the market over the long term is the goal.
Drill down into the widget above to see how we are performing over different timeframes, or visit our live portfolio page.
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SELLS
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BUYS
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CURRENT HOLDINGS & HISTORICAL TRADES
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** Please remember to review our Buying Guidelines to understand which cap bands you should be looking at and other important considerations.
DISCLOSURE
Please review our trading and disclosure policy.
FOR NEW MEMBERS
If you’re new to QAV Light, here’s a quick reminder on how it works.
- We send you an email every Monday advising which stocks we are adding to our Light portfolio.
- You can copy our trades, but please remember to review our Trading Guidelines. And consult a financial planner before making any decisions.
- We don’t recommend that you add stocks which are already in our portfolio.
- If one of the stocks we add breaches one of our sell conditions, we will sell it from our portfolio and you’ll get an email advising of the trade.
- If you come across any QAV terminology that you don’t understand, please review our terminology guide or just email us for clarification.
That’s it for today!
If we decide to buy or sell something, we’ll let you know.

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