A Critically Important ABC that any serious investor needs to read: Enjoying profit opportunities and avoiding pain are two of the mainstay pillars of any investment strategy. All very obvious, so why an article on the subject? Well, it is one thing knowing something – another, actually acting upon it. This is a theme that […]
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Has the Hammer come down too hard on the Australian Miners? Australian Resource stocks have been hammered recently. With share prices falling and driving the broader ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) to 2-month lows. With fear of a global economic slowdown, are Australia’s leading Mining stocks likely to fall any further? Two sectors drive the Australian
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How to make money, for real!- Australian Investment Education. Three weeks ago, my article “How to avoid paralysis and trade the here and now – 3 Reasons why BHP right now” generated quite a flurry of emails and comments through to the office. Some liked the trade, others didn’t – instead not liking the
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BHP’s earnings release this week highlighted a strong improvement in sales and earnings. And was combined with a strong 2% rise in the stock’s price to its highest price since Feb 2013. However from a long-term stock holder’s perspective, it’s been a long slow process of recouping value. Currently trading just between $38 – $39
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Outrageous Predictions 2014 One of the great things about this time of year is the opportunity presented by sitting back. And contemplating the game plan for the year ahead. And around this time, I sit down and write our Outrageous Market Predictions for 2014. My process is pretty simple. Over the course of the year,
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It was a rollercoaster ride for BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) in 2013! Capital expansion projects were put on the shelf, uncertainty around mining and carbon taxes, and which government would be elected. As well as big swings in the outlook for Chinese growth created large price swings throughout the year. A firm start to the
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Over the last two months, we have had several successful bearish pays on BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP). Including yesterday’s exit of the Dec 37 / 38 Bear Call Spread (11/12/13). This trade was actually rolled over at the last options expiration, where we had previously held a November 37 / 38 Bear Call. For the initial
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Trade of the Week RIO (ASX:RIO) – Bear Call Spread Option Strategy This week we took an early profit on a RIO bear call spread, 14 days prior to options expiration. The trade was entered on 11th Sept as a pair of spreads, namely a bull put on BHP. And the abovementioned bear call
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Well I guess it depends on who you ask and what you are talking about, but when it comes to Iron Ore, it would seem so! Reports and Research Over the past week, being on the “flying library”, I have had a chance to catch up on a few things, one of which is some
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Yesterday after market, BHP(ASX:BHP), the world’s largest mining company posted a whopping $12bn in full year profits. But this is the second lower profit announcement from the group. The major factor behind this is cited as being the decline in global commodity prices. Iron ore had tumbled to sub $100/tonne in September of last year.
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