It seems the International Monetary Fund shares my uncertainty around the sharemarket. Earlier this month when the Australian sharemarket touched a record high I admitted I was nervous. Was it “peak greed”, with markets getting too hot on the back of irrational optimism? On Wednesday the International Monetary Fund shared my uncertainty. I’m old enough… Read more »
To mark the start of the football season I had a special edition of The Call this week looking at stocks with a football theme. There are some sport-specific shares on the Australian market, but also a lot with directors who sit across football and corporate boards of directors. I picked 10 stocks in this… Read more »
Okay, I admit I get nervous when the sharemarket is on a record-breaking run and then it gets a few wobbles. I’m old enough to have been through enough sharemarket crashes to be spooked in these situations. I’m sure I’m not alone and a lot of investors would be wondering whether to trim or sell to varying… Read more »
February is confession season for most Australian listed companies, when they have to open their books and reveal their half year results and how they performed in the July-December period. It is a barrage of information and can be pretty overwhelming. There were fears higher interest rates, inflation and a slowing economy would take its… Read more »
Investing for the long term is all about getting the trend right. While the Australian sharemarket finished 2023 at near a record high (and who would have predicted that at the start of the year… or even as recently as October), this chart from one of my favourite analysts Carl Capolingua shows it is part… Read more »
Yet another fast and furious profit reporting season is over. We get bombarded with so much information that it’s pretty hard to get perspective on what actually happened. That’s why I always look forward to CommSec’s wrap up of reporting season to provide the overview. Here’s summary of CommSec’s key takeaways from this year. Aggregate… Read more »
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 »
At this time every year I remind share investors that an increasing share price is not the only way to make money in equities. The power of dividends is often overlooked by investors to their financial disadvantage. Australia has some of the highest dividend paying companies in the world. It’s also generally agreed that shares… Read more »
Raging inflation, massive increases in interest rates, the global economy weakening… and the ASX-200 share index went up 10.14 per cent. Who would have thought? With so much doom and gloom around, share investors well and truly beat inflation and interest rate returns. I love a good dose of perspective. But remember this is the… Read more »
Sharemarket analysts are nervous, so finding a way to protect your portfolio should be a matter of priority. I have to say there is a real sense of nervousness about the performance of sharemarkets over the next couple of months. A couple of factors are playing on the minds of the share gurus: The fear… Read more »
