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

Using borrowed money to buy an asset isn’t something that uncommon in financial markets. If you own a home – chances are, you’ve borrowed money from the bank in the form of a mortgage. In the example you’ve put down a 20% deposit to buy your first home and the bank is covering the other 80%, effectively you’re working with what is 5x leverage. Much the same can be emulated in the stock market via the use of Contracts for Difference (CFD’s) or a margin lending facility on shares. Investors use these kinds of features to gear up their investment

Whether you’re a first home buyer, season property investor, or just looking to upgrade the family home – the artificially low interest rate environment has meant money has never been cheaper to borrow. After 10 solid years of interest rates falling lower and the property market roaring, investors have been able to gear up with relatively low risk, until now. As a professional stock market and property market investor of 30 years, I see inflation running rampant and for that reason we are likely to see interest rates go up this year, potentially as early as June. It’s already happening