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What do Brexit, a bar of chocolate, buying a new car, and a Madrid Art Gallery all have in common?

by Andrew Baxter | March 20, 2020

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What do Brexit, a bar of chocolate, buying a new car, and a Madrid Art Gallery all have in common?

by Andrew Baxter | March 20, 2020

Using Leverage in the Stock Market: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

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

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Interest Rates are Going Up: Here’s How You Can Save on Your Mortgage

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

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Financial Scam

Beware: Financial Scams are More Sophisticated than Ever Before

Have you ever received an unsolicited email in your inbox regarding your multi-million-dollar inheritance from a long-lost family member? Or a lucrative investment opportunity offshore? Chances are, you’ve probably been exposed to a financial scam before one way or another, particularly as technology evolves and the complexity of criminal organisations improves. Professional investor of 27 years, Andrew Baxter, can smell a financial scam a mile away – here’s how: Financial scams usually all work in much the same way – they come as an unsolicited approach online or via telephone, and more often than not these ‘opportunities’ claim to be

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Algo Trading Could be the New Wave

Have you ever seen a robot beat a human at chess? Or at a computer game? Just like with any statistically-based outcome, including trading the stock market, for example, artificial intelligence (A.I) is always going to have the upper hand over humans. As the world of technology evolves, professional trader of 27 years, Andrew Baxter, has some revolutionary insights into the new wave of ‘algo-trading’ where a robot could literally be trading our money for us. Here’s how: Algo Trading Could be the New Wave You’ve probably heard someone on the internet or over the news talk about the all-encompassing

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Playing Through to the Final Whistle

You’ve probably heard this expression used by your junior soccer or rugby coach before – play to the final whistle. As simple and as trivial as it may seem, it really does hold stupendous importance in our adult lives as we look to set ourselves up for the new year.  Think about it, we’re now in December where the Christmas parties start, your in-laws have flown into town and Christmas is only just around the corner – an easy excuse to take your foot off the gas and kick back, leaving December as a complete write-off, right? As a professional

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Have you filled up your car this week?

If your answer is yes, chances are you’ve probably paid a lot for your fuel. For most people, fuel consumption represents around 3.5% of your weekly household budget – which doesn’t seem like a lot, until it does. If we take a look at oil prices over the last month or so, the price of brent crude has crossed above $86/barrel (at recent highs) which represents the highest levels in 3 years. West Texas Intermediate Oil, on the other hand, is trading at its highest levels since 2014 as it’s added on nearly 20% since September. The reason for such

Continue Reading

Using Leverage in the Stock Market: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

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

Continue Reading

Interest Rates are Going Up: Here’s How You Can Save on Your Mortgage

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

Continue Reading
Financial Scam

Beware: Financial Scams are More Sophisticated than Ever Before

Have you ever received an unsolicited email in your inbox regarding your multi-million-dollar inheritance from a long-lost family member? Or a lucrative investment opportunity offshore? Chances are, you’ve probably been exposed to a financial scam before one way or another, particularly as technology evolves and the complexity of criminal organisations improves. Professional investor of 27 years, Andrew Baxter, can smell a financial scam a mile away – here’s how: Financial scams usually all work in much the same way – they come as an unsolicited approach online or via telephone, and more often than not these ‘opportunities’ claim to be

Continue Reading

Algo Trading Could be the New Wave

Have you ever seen a robot beat a human at chess? Or at a computer game? Just like with any statistically-based outcome, including trading the stock market, for example, artificial intelligence (A.I) is always going to have the upper hand over humans. As the world of technology evolves, professional trader of 27 years, Andrew Baxter, has some revolutionary insights into the new wave of ‘algo-trading’ where a robot could literally be trading our money for us. Here’s how: Algo Trading Could be the New Wave You’ve probably heard someone on the internet or over the news talk about the all-encompassing

Continue Reading

Playing Through to the Final Whistle

You’ve probably heard this expression used by your junior soccer or rugby coach before – play to the final whistle. As simple and as trivial as it may seem, it really does hold stupendous importance in our adult lives as we look to set ourselves up for the new year.  Think about it, we’re now in December where the Christmas parties start, your in-laws have flown into town and Christmas is only just around the corner – an easy excuse to take your foot off the gas and kick back, leaving December as a complete write-off, right? As a professional

Continue Reading

Have you filled up your car this week?

If your answer is yes, chances are you’ve probably paid a lot for your fuel. For most people, fuel consumption represents around 3.5% of your weekly household budget – which doesn’t seem like a lot, until it does. If we take a look at oil prices over the last month or so, the price of brent crude has crossed above $86/barrel (at recent highs) which represents the highest levels in 3 years. West Texas Intermediate Oil, on the other hand, is trading at its highest levels since 2014 as it’s added on nearly 20% since September. The reason for such

Continue Reading

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