The Scoreboard – Winning and Losing Stocks for 2008
The biggest dog in 2008 went to none other than beleaguered investment bank Babcock & Brown – its shares tanking by 99.4% to the year ending 17 December 2008. Anyone with $10,000 parked with the investment house in December last year, has less than the cost of a tank of petrol to show for it…
Winners of our Gold Giveaway
More than 22,000 investors and traders went into the draw to win the CompareShares gold giveaway – signing up to the CompareShares newsletter, the FatCat newsletter, or to the new social networking site MoneyConfessions. While investors can gain gold exposure via listed funds (one is aptly named GOLD and lists on the Australian Stock Exchange);…
Earnings
While it may seem like an obvious answer, the most important number in a company’s financial statements and the major reason why share prices go up is the company’s earnings. However many investors get confused as to what exactly “earnings” is and whether earnings relates to a company’s revenue or its profit. Company analysts at…
Starting a share portfolio from scratch
Many newcomers to share investing spend a couple of agonising months tossing up which stocks to buy, and after taking the plunge into their first share purchase begin snatching up stocks at an increasing rate. Stock picking is where the action is, and the consumer in us is compelled to buy up big and fast….
$65,000 in a week trading CFDs
Will Kraa recently enjoyed a stellar run trading CFDs – pulling in $65,000 in just one week. Kraa, a former teacher and avid trader for the past six years, isn’t new to the sensation of multiplying his money trading CFDs. Back in 2003 when Kraa first tried his hand at the highly leveraged derivative, he…
Guide to analysing stocks – part 1
Academics and researchers have spent considerable time searching for the secret to making it rich on the sharemarket. The trouble for investors is that – when every supposed ‘expert’ yells from the rooftops proclaiming the secret to successful stock investing – it’s almost impossible to separate the researched theory from the pure sales pitch. For…
Measuring the strength of the Australian sharemarket
Most agree that the major ingredients required to herald a sharemarket crash are investor euphoria combined with an overvalued sharemarket; like a pressure cooker, as prices for stocks soar upwards, a market becomes overheated and the likelihood of a market crash is ever more present. Last week we looked at the fundamental reasons for why…
Top 5 technical indicators to trade commodities
What are the most popular technical indicators used to trade commodities over the short term (1-3 months), and do they differ depending upon the commodity traded? Response: The technical analyst will use a number of methods when reviewing commodity markets. These methods typically include such things as Price Action (pattern recognition, candle stick charts, Elliott…
The impact of commodities prices on mining companies
I have been reading that iron ore and coal export prices are due to be negotiated in the near future? Can you tell me how the process works and where I can find the results of the negotiations and final pricing outcome? Also what short term impact does this have on mining company’s share price?…
What factors determine how much we pay for petrol at the pump?
Petroleum pricing has become a factor of concern to consumers, refiners and producers across the world, and price determination has come under the microscope, especially as crude oil prices were reaching record highs earlier in 2008 and prices at the bowser were sky-rocketing. There is a lot of discussion surrounding petroleum pricing, and the primary…
