Let’s face it – we all love Christmas time. Here in Australia, we are lucky enough to spend most of this time on holidays, enjoying time with our families in the hot summer and having a bowl down the backyard cricket pitch as we watch the boxing day test. For a professional investor like me, December is often a time where I can make some big gains on my portfolio from the gift known as the Santa Claus rally. This seasonal phenomenon can often occur in the latter parts of December – the challenge is timing your way into this

As human beings we crave certainty. This is why we enter into mortgages, marriages, and secure jobs for decades on end. Unfortunately, any investor into the stock market will know that you do not have this luxury when trading shares. Announcements occur, remarks are made, planes fall out of skies and CEO’s get caught doing the wrong thing – with this, prices can move substantially in a flash. In my 30 years of trading markets, one thing I can attest to remaining profitable over this time is knowing when key events are happening in the stock market and the economy

Let’s face it – we all have our guilty pleasures. Whether it’s a glass of wine on the couch each night after work, an iPhone addiction, sweet tooth, or something maybe a little more sinister – we’re all guilty of having some bad habits in life. As someone who has specialised in managing money and providing financial advice for the last 30 years, I’ve come across some absolute shockers in the money space. These toxic money habits, which you probably don’t even realise you have, can ultimately hinder you from achieving your biggest financial goals, keep you locked in and

Any long-term successful trader will know that insulating your portfolio with prudent forms of risk management and adequate hedging strategies is what separates the great from the good. Seasonally speaking, September is typically a weak month for stocks. In fact, it is on average, the weakest month of the year for US equities. During these periods of expected market turmoil, most will say ‘sell’ or ‘hold off’ to avoid running into any traps and losing their dough, however, personally speaking after trading markets professionally now for over 30 years – this is the completely wrong psychology. Now before we go

Trading is an incredibly solitary business and to help address this, one of the features we at Australian Investment Education have actively sought to build for our clients is a highly supportive community forming, if you will, a powerful traders circle for our members. This has proven to be an incredibly important feature, particularly during the pandemic, where health restrictions exacerbated the basic human need for community, offsetting that terrible feeling of isolation. Trading as Business Success as a trader doesn’t come easily – trading is a tough business – and yes it is a business. Reminds me of the

When we talk about asset allocation, or where you are going to invest your funds and how much, what we really mean is matching your investments with your risk appetite. First deciphering your risk appetite, AKA how much volatility you’re willing to accept on the value of your investments, is the first step to any asset allocation process. My advice considering the last 30 years working as an investment professional, would be to first work out how much of a drawdown you are prepared to accept, over what time frame and what it is that you are trying to achieve