They are the investment phenomenon which makes a person’s wildest financial dreams come true and then instantly shatters them. Investment bubbles have been inflating and bursting for hundreds of years. The wild ride of the gold price and the value of Bitcoin over the last few years is a timely reminder that while asset price… Read more »
Each week we ask a question to help you focus on an area of your finances that might need a closer look. This week: How can I overcome financial setbacks? You’ve worked hard to develop a financial plan, built a workable budget and set up an investment plan to reach your long-term goals. You’re tracking… Read more »
Calm the farm, we’re not saying there’s going to be a recession (although the media does love a headline). But if we were to have one, it could be a positive thing. Here’s how. Recession, recession, recession. These words are being shouted across media headlines and newspapers around the world as we deal with the… Read more »
If you’re risk averse, investing can feel very overwhelming – but if you pick the right investments, it doesn’t have to stress you out. One of the highlights of my day is hosting The Call at midday AEDT on www.ausbiz.com.au. Viewers send in shares they want an opinion on and I put those suggestions to an… Read more »
Astute investors watch for warning signs that indicate when share prices are heading for a drop. No matter which company you’re investing in, there’s always an element of risk. Anyone who tells you otherwise has found a crystal ball or is telling porkies. If a company suddenly downgrades their profit forecast or a big contract… Read more »
Learning the big sharemarket lessons needn’t cost you your savings. On any given day, week or month, share prices are affected by variables that are outside an investor’s control. When those variables make the sharemarket go up, we celebrate. But when things are down, many panic and start offloading their shares in an attempt to… Read more »
The volatility of global sharemarkets prompted me to ask sharemarket gurus for the stocks on their crash watchlist. I’m really lucky because every weekday on my Ausbiz program, The Call, I get to pick the brains of the best sharemarket analysts in the country. Like me, they are all a bit wary of the volatility… Read more »
This week’s steep sell-off in global sharemarkets is a good reminder to have a shopping list ready of Australian stocks you’d buy in a market pullback. What’s a market pullback? A market pullback is a temporary pause or dip in an asset’s overall trend. It’s when a share price that’s being going up, pauses or… Read more »
I asked a group of my favourite experts from ‘The Call’ to give me the 2 shares to have on your buy list if there is another sharemarket correction like happened in March.
