Beyond the gloomy market noise, there’s long-term value in the housing sector. It’s time for contrarians to move in on property-related stocks.

Today I’m looking at the winners and losers as portrayed in the Bloomberg chart that the AFR showed us last Friday.

Stocks rose overnight, with all three most-watched market indexes strongly higher, despite the Fed boss Jerome Powell not declaring victory with the fight against inflation.

Childcare operators have been among the more disappointing small-cap stocks over the past decade but after heavy falls, some look more attractive.

While I’m not rushing to buy just yet, I will watch the news and data drops and be ready to ‘pounce like a tiger’ on assets I want to hold for the long term.