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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, […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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