You snooze you lose! Why you need to be active in the markets: Investors were worried about the recent stock market ‘correction’. Some fearfully sold their stock, but have hesitated getting back in. Now, the ASX200 has rebounded more than 70% of the decline. And if you weren’t active in the markets, you have missed […]
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Is the passive buy and hold strategy a myth? Let me ask you a very simple question. Imagine if your entire retirement plan left you dead broke because you were told a lie? Have you ever been told by your financial advisor, planner or other guru not to worry “just take the long term view”
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Is successful investing taking the long term view just a myth? The holy grail of the investment industry seems to involve telling investors to buy and hold for the long term – taking what is in effect, the “long term view”. While this may make sense on a couple of fronts – give it time
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Should Australian investors be worried about a slowing China: With the ASX200 index falling 9.2% from the August 21st high (as at Monday 13th October), the stock market is on the verge of a technical “Crash”. In fact, year to date the ASX200 is down 3.7%. And without buyers returning, 2014 could be poised to
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Is your prosperous retirement a reality or a dream? Over the past 24 hours, I have been spending time with one of my Mentors and as always, my Moleskine notepad took a hammering as I jotted down several pages of gold. Freshly fueled with a swag of new ideas and brain buzzing. I went through
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Is the Australian stock market stuffed? A sharp decline over the last month has investors worried. The ASX200 index, which represents the top 200 companies by market capitalization, and is a fair evaluation of the broader stock market performance, has fallen from a high of 5,673 on Wednesday 3rd September, to a closing value of
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How to avoid making a $706bn ERROR like one pro trader made this week! Yes that is a massive number and no doubt caused enormous stress for both the trader and the institution. Which most likely used to employ him! Yet this is the kind of risk – what is called “execution risk” – that
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When I told them about this cheeky little options strategy, they laughed at me – now they are paying attention, BIG time! So what do you do, if the share price goes down? More than any single question, this one comes up more often than not at virtually every presentation I do, in relation to
5 critical steps to making great trading decisions: Over my almost two decades in markets. One of the key distinctions that I have witnessed time and time again – which separates those that win and those that lose, in the markets – is trading psychology. As we see the uneasiness that has come from the
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This is the most important Email that you will read today, and maybe for the whole year: One of the best of the many great attributes of living in Australia is the laid back approach to life. Nothing sums it up better than “she’ll be right mate” and for generations, that has been true. However,
