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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

Confidence is a funny thing. What are the Stock markets doing right now and why?

The world’s stock markets are running – Pamplona style, with the bulls.  Money has been pouring back into the market for about 6 months now. Much has been pointed toward investor confidence increasing. And the outcome of that confidence has been a return to stock markets.  According to the bastion of all knowledge, Wikipedia, Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct. Or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Having positive news, which has been in short supply over recent years. As well as

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The Rise and Rise of Trading Bank stocks

The Rise and Rise of Trading Bank stocks. As the stock market starts to show signs of topping out. We take a look at the reason behind the recent phenomenal growth on the ASX. Bank stocks have a driving force behind the recent market rise. But is there any more upside for trading bank stocks in this market? Let’s just take stock of what the ASX200 has done in the last several months. Since a Double Bottom pattern that had formed in June 2012 at 4,000 points, the stock market has risen approximately 1,100 points (or more than 27%) as

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“The Stock Market is booming” – are you still sitting on the sidelines, as the bulls charge by?

“The Stock Market is booming” – are you still sitting on the sidelines, as the bulls charge by? Today, as I write my weekly article. I have a smile on my face. And a chart in front of me showing the ASX closing above 5,000 points. For the first time since April 2010. CBA’s massive profit figure today, no doubt helped, but the reality is, the money is pouring back into the market. Overlooking the water and marina, as our trading floor does. I am reminded of the old maxim, “A rising tide lifts all boats” But does a rising

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Trading Strategies that work

Trading Strategies that work. I’ve heard from numerous clients. And colleagues over the last 18-months. Describing how the current markets are the hardest they have experienced in a decade. One of the key lesson’s I’ve learnt in nearly 15 years as an analyst. Is that no matter what the markets are doing, you have no control over what tomorrow will bring. Hence, Risk management and choosing the right Trading Strategy are the absolute keys to success in the markets. You might think it simple. But how I view the markets. Is that they can only trend in one of three

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10 years of investment performance

10 years of investment performance – Do you stay between the flags and catch the wave, or get dumped – your “Call” One article that caught my eye this week, being both a stock market and property investor was the relative investment performance of the major asset classes over the past decade.  And fair go – a decade is really a decent slab of time to look back over, right? As you can see from the table below, it hasn’t been all tea and cake out there from an investment performance perspective. The good news is, and as we are

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1045 Pips of Profit – so when the RBA meets to discuss interest rates

1045 Pips of profit – so when the RBA meets to discuss interest rates…Most people – those with a mortgage – swiftly calculate that this means a few dollars saved off their monthly repayments.  This always reminds me of the expression that a saving is as good as a profit! However, saving a few bucks here and there pales into insignificance. Compared with the real opportunities that are there. Around interest rate announcements, and they are in the Forex market. Here are some examples of Forex trading, over recent weeks. Please be aware that all trading activity is subject to

Continue Reading

Confidence is a funny thing. What are the Stock markets doing right now and why?

The world’s stock markets are running – Pamplona style, with the bulls.  Money has been pouring back into the market for about 6 months now. Much has been pointed toward investor confidence increasing. And the outcome of that confidence has been a return to stock markets.  According to the bastion of all knowledge, Wikipedia, Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct. Or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Having positive news, which has been in short supply over recent years. As well as

Continue Reading

The Rise and Rise of Trading Bank stocks

The Rise and Rise of Trading Bank stocks. As the stock market starts to show signs of topping out. We take a look at the reason behind the recent phenomenal growth on the ASX. Bank stocks have a driving force behind the recent market rise. But is there any more upside for trading bank stocks in this market? Let’s just take stock of what the ASX200 has done in the last several months. Since a Double Bottom pattern that had formed in June 2012 at 4,000 points, the stock market has risen approximately 1,100 points (or more than 27%) as

Continue Reading

“The Stock Market is booming” – are you still sitting on the sidelines, as the bulls charge by?

“The Stock Market is booming” – are you still sitting on the sidelines, as the bulls charge by? Today, as I write my weekly article. I have a smile on my face. And a chart in front of me showing the ASX closing above 5,000 points. For the first time since April 2010. CBA’s massive profit figure today, no doubt helped, but the reality is, the money is pouring back into the market. Overlooking the water and marina, as our trading floor does. I am reminded of the old maxim, “A rising tide lifts all boats” But does a rising

Continue Reading

Trading Strategies that work

Trading Strategies that work. I’ve heard from numerous clients. And colleagues over the last 18-months. Describing how the current markets are the hardest they have experienced in a decade. One of the key lesson’s I’ve learnt in nearly 15 years as an analyst. Is that no matter what the markets are doing, you have no control over what tomorrow will bring. Hence, Risk management and choosing the right Trading Strategy are the absolute keys to success in the markets. You might think it simple. But how I view the markets. Is that they can only trend in one of three

Continue Reading

10 years of investment performance

10 years of investment performance – Do you stay between the flags and catch the wave, or get dumped – your “Call” One article that caught my eye this week, being both a stock market and property investor was the relative investment performance of the major asset classes over the past decade.  And fair go – a decade is really a decent slab of time to look back over, right? As you can see from the table below, it hasn’t been all tea and cake out there from an investment performance perspective. The good news is, and as we are

Continue Reading

1045 Pips of Profit – so when the RBA meets to discuss interest rates

1045 Pips of profit – so when the RBA meets to discuss interest rates…Most people – those with a mortgage – swiftly calculate that this means a few dollars saved off their monthly repayments.  This always reminds me of the expression that a saving is as good as a profit! However, saving a few bucks here and there pales into insignificance. Compared with the real opportunities that are there. Around interest rate announcements, and they are in the Forex market. Here are some examples of Forex trading, over recent weeks. Please be aware that all trading activity is subject to

Continue Reading

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