Marcus Padley, of stockbroking firm Paterson Securities, in his regular column in The Age wrote a knowledgeable piece that every active and passive investor should read. The title of the article “Where brokers dare, we should tread carefully” is a two part editorial in which Marcus conveys the 10 lessons learnt by Mr Harry Hindsight. […]
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