A Beginner’s Guide to Stock Trading: What You Need to Know
Trading stocks is a very popular investment opportunity that many engage in. As you may already know, stocks are essentially company shares that you can buy, sell or hold on to for dividend income. The price of stocks mostly depends on a company’s performance, but other factors, such as inflation, geo-political circumstances and many other…
Investing in an inflationary world
The recent market volatility marks a turning point in economics and markets, a turning point big enough to change the way investors think about their portfolios. The volatility The first few months of 2022 were difficult ones for investors with weak equity markets both in Australia and offshore and with unprofitable tech and growth stocks…
Why investors should care about inflation
Inflation is a hot topic at the moment. We explain what it is and how it affects your spending, savings, loans and investments. Inflation is a hot topic at the moment. But what exactly is it, and how does it affect you and your money? Inflation is making news daily through wage inflation, energy inflation,…
The Lure of the IPO
Investing in shares of publicly traded companies has seen an influx of new retail investors over the last few years, with trading levels accelerating during the pandemic and stock trading apps springing up. Many of these investors are new and lacking in knowledge of markets. Of the many oddities encountered in their search to learn,…
How To Analyse Company Financials
For many investors financial analysis forms the foundation of their investment decision. In their minds, it is the essential component in the process of evaluating a company as a potential share market investment. By digging into the crown jewels of a company’s annual report -the income statement; the statement of comprehensive income; the balance sheet;…
Are share buybacks a positive or negative sign?
I have mixed feelings on share buybacks. The good: they suggest a company believes its shares are undervalued. The bad: the company is running out of growth options and relying on capital-management initiatives to prop up the share price. As a follower of small- and mid-cap companies, I like high-growth companies that reinvest profit, to…
Creating a trading plan
Bradley W. Gareiss, Technical Analyst, GFT A trading plan is a must. I would be will to bet that virtually all successful traders have one. However, most new traders have no plan. In fact, I bet most new traders barely even have actual reasons for entering a trade. Imagine that you are planning to loan…
Dingoes Of The ASX 50
Stockmarket investors who don’t want to go to the trouble of sifting through stock tips or poring over charts for under-valued trading opportunities can always fall back on a ‘mechanical’ strategy, where the investor simply buys stocks that fit a selection criterion, or set of criteria. It could be the stocks with the lowest price/earnings…
Check out the investment portfolios of the nation’s heavyweight finance experts
Are stocks going cheap? And what about the property market – should we be selling out before it’s too late, or buying on the dip? Everyone has an opinion on current market conditions, making it difficult to discern what’s fact and what’s fiction. So let’s get to the heart of the matter: where are Australia’s…
