The little Aussie performer
I haven’t seen the term “little Aussie battler” used for some time when referring to the Australian dollar so let’s give it another name, the “little Aussie performer”, well at least for the time being. Despite the majority of the nation, including the Reserve Bank, doing their utmost to will the AUD down against the […]
Dangers of being seduced by ‘market noise’
In these days of the 24-hour news cycle, and the ease of access to a huge and varied array of news, data sources, opinions and instant updates, how do investors deal with the continuous bombardment of ‘market noise’ when arriving at their investing decisions? Over supply of information A constant stream of news, views and […]
SUN may be set to rise
While my personal and company trading decisions are based 100% on the SPA3 mechanical trading strategy and its researched technical criteria, there are many other well respected forms of technical analysis that one can use to analyse trends in different time frames. I wrote this piece for Peter Switzer’s ‘Switzer Super Report’ earlier this month […]
Commitment to Cause
Successful investors don’t get there by accident. As in any endeavour in life, be it business, sport, investing or any other activity, natural “talent” can only get you so far. At some point it becomes necessary to commit to the task at hand and to develop and stick to a plan to achieve success. Successful […]
What’s holding our market back?
This week I would like to take a look at the close relationship between what we can call the ‘hard’ commodities and the Australian share market. Hard commodities include resources like gold, silver, oil, copper, nickel, iron ore, and coal. They are generally mined or extracted, as opposed to the ‘soft’ commodities which include grains, […]
Primary Health has played a second fiddle
While my personal and company trading decisions are based 100% on the SPA3 mechanical trading strategy and its researched technical criteria, there are many other well respected forms of technical analysis that one can use to analyse trends in different time frames. I wrote this piece for Peter Switzer’s ‘Switzer Super Report’ earlier this week […]
Achieving investing Success
When will you be a successful investor? Will it be when you achieve a certain percentage rate of return on your investment capital over a specified period? Or maybe a certain percentage of profitable trades out of a specified sample, or will it be someday—somewhere off in the future, when you’ll suddenly arrive and think, […]
I want SPA3 to run for me
A couple of blogs ago I posted a video on Mastering the Skill of Active Investment and used a conceptual metaphor to assist in getting my points across. I had no expectations that all readers would benefit from the use of a metaphor, let alone specifically one on running, as I fully understand that achieving […]
Get to the point
A couple of weeks ago one of this Journal’s readers, Ray, provided this comment in response to the blog on mastering a skill. “Gary. You take too long to get to the point. You are boring me and I don’t have the time to listen to all that hype in return for a snippet of […]
The Perfect Trade?
In one of the portfolios that I trade, which is executed on the NASDAQ, I recently completed a trade whose price movement amazed me while I was living the trade. I’m sure that you’d be surprised to hear this from somebody that has been trading and researching the financial markets for over 20 years. Let […]