Most people know that the sharemarket is a vehicle for growing your wealth but we also know that not all shares grow. So what is it that differentiates the dogs from the pack leaders? The power of investing in companies in the sharemarket is the power of compounding which you do not get to the same extent with any other investment. I've talked about compounding before so now I want to take you through the steps on how to choose a company that...more
It's been a record breaking week for gold prices and with the US dollar looking weak, things haven't looked this good for the yellow metal in a long time. So what's driving the run up that we've seen in prices and is it likely to continue? Golden uses In many ways the spike in gold prices makes little sense. We dig gold out of the ground only to put the majority of it back into the ground in a vault!In addition to using gold for investment...more
The sharemarket has now fallen for four consecutive days with a loss of around 5%. Perhaps now is the time to take stock of where the market is at and whether this is a healthy sign for a sustainable rise. Bottomed out It's true that when sharemarkets fall, it becomes cheaper to buy stocks. The problem is that if the sharemarket falls even further, wouldn't you have rather bought at an even lower price? The key is to wait until the market has already bottomed out and to buy once the market has started to rise again. Pullbacks Within any upward movement, you still get pullbacks. This is where the market retraces usually between 5-10% before continuing on its merry way. We saw that at the beginning of October and now we are also seeing it at the end of October 2009 as well. This is a healthy sign. The big question for traders is whether this is the pause that refreshes or whether this is a deeper retracement. P/E ratios One of the reasons for caution is that we have seen a big jump back in P/E ratios and a fall in dividend yields back to more historically normal levels. P/E ratios, which are a way of valuing the sharemarket, have returned to 'pre-Lehman' levels. Dividend yields When...more
With the Australian dollar hitting a yearly high, it's great if you're heading overseas. But it also impacts you in terms of investing. Commodity prices The Australian dollar is at the highest level in 14 months. In 2009 so far, the Aussie dollar has risen 30% against the US currency. That's great news for commodity prices, because commodities are...more
The market is full of analyst recommendations on stocks. Some good, some bad and some just okay. So how do brokers come up with these recommendations and what should you consider before acting on these recommendations? Intrinsic value Most brokers will have a research area where the heart of their job is to come up with an 'intrinsic value' or...more
Real time forex allows you to engage in this business as the trades happen and just in time for the changes in the values. It allows you to plot your next move and which markets will prove to be profitable in a given time. Real time forex makes use of charting for you to be able to conveniently plot out how your business will move in the market. The charts use either a java based application or a web application that crawls through different market spots in the whole world. Although they have differences, both of them provide you with a great view of the online market. It can also bring you closer to other fellow traders because most of these real time forex systems come equipped with their very own.With a real time forex, you can also view all currencies under one convenient portal. It can be hard to do this when you have to switch manually from one site to the other, or click on tabs before you get to see the currencies which you wanted to sell or buy. Through this system, you can easily see how the currencies rise and just fluctuate as the exchange in the forex market world continue to happen. The chart which is used in the system, true to being real-time, would typically move...more
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