Morgans AM: Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Morgans Financial Limited

US equity markets retreated despite cooler-than-expected August inflation figures - Dow fell -292-points or -0.84% . Boeing Co (down -1.36%) released their annual market outlook overnight and predicts the global fleet of commercial airplanes will climb from 25,900 in 2019 to 49,405 planes by 2040, with almost 90% those planes being new models that will enter service over the period. In addition, Boeing is projecting the global aerospace industry, including defence and services, will reach US$9 trillion over the next decade, up +US$500B from the same forecast last year. It is also the largest amount the company has ever projected for the industry over a 10-year period. The broader S&P500 shed -0.57%, logging its sixth decline in the past seven sessions. Energy (down -1.55%), Financials (-1.41%), Industrials (-1.23%) and Materials (-1.17%) all fell over >1% and led all eleven primary sector lower. The Nasdaq lost -0.43%. Apple Inc fell -0.96% after the company held its annual product launch event overnight and detailed their new iPhones, iPads and smartwatches. The new iPhone 13 series features Apple’s new A15 Bionic chip, a system-on-a-chip designed in-house, and a video tool called “cinematic mode”, which allows users to hold focus on a subject even when they are moving. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost -1.37%.