Sector analysis and how to choose the best performing stocks
With so many stock options available to purchase, how do you know which stocks to choose for your portfolio? One way to build your understanding of share market performance and select the best performing stocks is by conducting a ‘sector analysis.’ A sector analysis, sometimes referred to as a sector performance, is an analysis of […]
Why does Chinese volatility affect the Australian share market?
China’s stock market took a turn for the worse recently, and while the share market has now stabilized, investors have been burnt waiting for the dust to settle. In 2015, China experienced their weakest GDP growth in 25 years. Their GDP annual growth rate averaged 9.88% from 1989, but dropped down to 6.9% last year. […]
ASX200 outperforming the S&P500
This two year chart of the S&P500 shows a down trending channel demarcated with black trend lines. The middle thinner black line is the median line of the channel where the S&P500 found support in the middle of last week. The gradient of the down trending channel is an inversion of the up-trend red lines. […]
Will the ASX’s significant support zone hold?
It’s a month since we last looked at the ASX benchmarks. Over the month the ASX200 has bounced from its significant support zone between 4925 and 5000 up to a forming resistance zone between 5275 and 5330, and straight back down to currently be positioned right in the middle of the significant support zone of […]
ASX to test a significant support zone
The close on All Ordinaries and ASX200 on Friday last week, 11th December, took both of the ASX’s main benchmark indices to the bottom half of a significant support zone. On the All Ords between 5030 and 5175, and on the ASX200 between 4950 and 5050. The two and a half year daily chart of […]
S&P500 setting up an attempt at a new all-time high
The S&P500 is currently enjoying a short and medium term up trend and is shaping up to make another attempt at achieving a new all-time high. This current medium-term uptrend was first confirmed on 19th October after the S&P500 rose above the top downward slanting black trend line and then formed a short-term trough above […]
Have you ever seen a dead cat bounce?
There is an old saying in the financial markets that even a dead cat will bounce if it is dropped from high enough. This “dead cat bounce” refers to a short term recovery in a down-trending market or a sharp recovery rally following a sharp and sudden price decline. At first the ‘dead cat bounce’ […]
Finding opportunity amid market turmoil
On Tuesday 15 September, Gary Stone appeared on Peter Switzer’s TV Show on the Sky Business Channel 602. A 10 minute recording can be watched of this show where Gary and Peter discuss: What the current retracement on the S&P500 and upcoming announcements mean for investors Whether the local Australian market trend has more potential […]
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The Chinese news conundrum – which way to turn?
Much has been made lately of the impact the Chinese economy is now having on the total global economy and the ramifications any slowdown in China will have on global growth, and global equity markets. We have seen in recent weeks just how nervous and volatile global equity markets are in relation to the whole […]