Day Trading in Australia – A Beginners Guide
Day trading in Australia is a very popular way to trade. Day trading is a strategy where traders buy and sell stocks within the same day, taking advantage of short-term price movements. Many Australian day traders buy and sell stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Day traders on the ASX aim to profit…
How to Start Trading Commodities in Australia
Commodities are a very popular investment in Australia. If you’re an Australian resident you may already know that the Australian economy is highly dependent on this asset class. Trading commodities can be a very profitable activity so in this article we will explain everything you need to know to start trading commodities in Australia. What…
How to Start Trading Forex in Australia
Foreign exchange trading, also known as forex trading, refers to buying and selling currencies to profit from differences in exchange rates. There is no centralised marketplace for swapping currencies – forex trading simply occurs over the counter (OTC) via computer networks. In this article, we’ll discuss several key aspects to help novices start trading forex…
A Beginner’s Guide to CFD Trading in Australia
This article will provide you with everything you need to know to start CFD trading in Australia. Contracts For Difference, or CFDs for short, allow traders to speculate on the prices of financial instruments without needing to own the underlying asset. It is important that beginners looking to get started with CFD trading understand the…
Grubstaking in the 21st Century
In 1848 thousands upon thousands of US residents swarmed to the state of California to seek fame and fortune once gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Few of those adventurers arrived in California with enough “grub” to first pursue a claim and then mine it, with “grub”…
China’s consumption can make up for lost time
China’s re-opening and excess household savings means there is ample room for a recovery in consumer spending. We are overweight emerging markets (EM) equities because of the more positive outlook for China’s economy as it exits from Zero-Covid Policy (ZCP). Chinese consumer spending has lagged below its pre-Covid trend, unlike in the US Note: Indices…
How short sellers profit from price plunges
A few weeks ago, Gautam Adani was indisputably India’s richest man. Now his fortune is slipping away as the stocks of his many companies crash, thanks to the efforts of a relatively obscure US company named after the 1937 Hindenberg disaster (in which a hydrogen-filled airship caught fire, killing 98 people). Adani’s personal fortune was…
When the Experts Get it Wrong
Risk averse investors in share markets in many cases rely on mutual or exchange traded funds managed by experts. The assumption behind this strategy seems obvious – experts have the training and the time to thoroughly research both macro and micro economic conditions and the markets in which the stocks they add and subtract from…
Undervalued yen presents potential opportunity
The yen was in freefall last year. But the yield curve control (YCC) adjustments by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) in December could be enough to reset that narrative, despite no further changes to policy this month. The yen is still undervalued, and we think the upside potential now outweighs the chance of further depreciation….
Gold-Stock Sentiment Neutral
The gold miners’ stocks are continuing to power higher in a strengthening upleg. As their gains mount, sector bullishness is gradually growing. Traders’ interest is rising, leading them to increasingly chase gold stocks’ robust upside momentum. As uplegs mature, this key technical-sentimental interplay feeds on itself accelerating gains. But overall gold-stock sentiment today remains neutral,…
