Do-it-yourself financial bias
Is there a financial bias in media and commentary towards do-it-yourself strategies? And if there is, is it disclosed or obvious or even apparent?
Trading
“Risk On/Off” and the marginal pricing of shares
Financial media have started using the terms “risk on” and “risk off” to describe the daily swings that are so vividly apparent in market pricings around the world. Just what do these terms refer to? Markets are priced at the margin Deep breath, and please bare with me on this one because it is extremely … Read more
Should you buy now?
Is the market ‘high’ or is it ‘low’? Is it ‘time to re-enter the market’ or should you be buying cans of baked beans, a shovel and a gun? This site sticks with the Great Disclaimer – nothing here can be considered personal advice, so the title is more correctly referred to as a ‘rhetorical … Read more
Investment Market Turning Points
It is so easy to forget that investment markets change direction in a way that can only be identified in hindsight.
Why you should ignore headlines
We all know that news headlines are there to catch our attention. We know that they simply cannot possibly convey all of the minutae and context of what is actually going on in any given event. However, in a time deprived world the news headlines are often all that we get to see or notice. … Read more
Trading Update Monday 31st January 2011
Here is our first Traders’ Update for 2011. As has been the case since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis, the world of investment is dominated by activities of speculators and traders. That is, investors and institutions looking to buy and sell a range of securities over the short term to speculate on price movements rather than … Read more
Trader Update – black boxes are running markets
A quick look at how short term speculation impacts on Australia’s sharemarket.
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Trader’s Update
The recent market falls are interesting in light of the very bouyant market conditions. That is, credit is more available than it has been for some time, global volatility measures are down considerably on where they were during the Global Financial Crisis, trade has lifted considerably (with large year-on-year increases), and central governments have acted … Read more