Market wrap: popular stocks
Market wrap and popular stocks at close on Friday. To see the latest data, click here to go to TheBull’s data centre for individual stock data and charts. S&P 200 (Monday) Click here to go to…
Drilling into the top 30 short list
Retail investors confident enough to pick their own stocks are constantly hunting for sources of new investment opportunities. Value investors and bargain hunters monitor the 52-week low and daily top market fall lists. Some ignore another potentially potent source – the Top 30 Short List. Why? It doesn’t take long for a virgin share market…
How To Invest When Rates Hit Rock Bottom
One of the best investment books I’ve read this year, The Australian Guide to Fixed Income, by Fiig Securities, briefly outlines a few key strategies for when the economy and official cash rate reach the low point in the cycle – a topic that will becoming increasingly timely over the next 18 months. How to…
The Best LICs On The Market
Finding value in Listed Investment Companies is becoming harder. After strong gains in the past 12 months, the LIC sector is trading at almost parity to its net tangible assets (NTA). The big discounts that plagued the sector in recent years have rapidly narrowed. The sector traded at an average 2.87 per cent discount to…
Making your fortune on penny stocks
There is a reason penny stocks are often referred to as penny dreadfuls. Yet many average retail investors simply cannot resist the delightful prospect of massive percentage gains in a matter of days, and sometimes in a matter of hours. These investors ignore the plentiful advice to avoid using anything other than excess disposable cash…
