The Aussie dollar has dropped sharply to a nine-month low and that impacts everyone. Our Australian dollar has dropped sharply over the last couple of weeks to a nine-month low. And the fact that our interest rate cycle is peaking while other countries are still raising rates is also dampening the value of the Aussie… Read more »
Compared to the rest of the market, the big four bank shares don’t perform well. A common theme among the experts I talk to on my share investment program The Call is their frustration in talking with clients who seem to marry their big four bank shares… they just won’t even talk about selling them.… Read more »
I read about an interesting sharemarket strategy during the week which got me wondering whether it could apply to the Australian market – it’s called The Dogs of the Dow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, known as the Dow, is a US stockmarket index made of 30 large US blue chip companies which are well-established… Read more »
CommSec have found the standout stocks of the past decade and there’s one particular company that’s been a real winner. A couple of weeks ago I showed the best performing listed shares for 2023… and the duds of the year. Overall, the winners were resource stocks (coal miners in particular) and the duds were tech… Read more »
Building a long term share portfolio is a lot like coaching an AFL footy team. Stock selection is all about the right companies, playing the right roles and in the right positions. A lot of people have trouble knowing how to build a strong portfolio of shares and I often explain it using the AFL… Read more »
I love sport. I’ll watch anything that is played well and at footy finals time we get to watch the best play the best. Obviously, with my association with Port Adelaide Football Club, I’m a mad AFL fan. While I love watching remarkable sporting achievements from the stands, I also marvel at the focus, training… Read more »
Index investing a considered a lower cost way to diversify your portfolio, but it’s worth noting that these kinds of funds can also have an impact on your other share investments. Many big superannuation and investment fund managers follow strict investing criteria, which is often based around investing in stocks within a certain stock market… Read more »
You might have noticed some buzz lately around something called Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs. They are essentially a digital certificate of ownership for digital assets, such as images and video. For some, NFTs might be an entirely new concept, but they have actually been around since 2014. They have become more widely recognised recently thanks… Read more »
Studies have shown that arguments over money rank highly as one of the top reasons for divorce, second only to affairs and infidelity. New research by online trading brokerage firm Global Prime suggests that those arguments over money may be rooted in gender. The study found that men and women may be driven by different… Read more »
The markets have been shaky recently, which adds to many people’s fear of taking on investment risk. But there are ways to find balance. In most investment structures, risk and return are intertwined. The higher the risk, the better the return. “When confronted with the sharemarket moving up and down, there’s a perception that it’s… Read more »
