How to Master the skill of Active Investment
We all love mastering a new skill that enriches our lives. The good news is that it doesn’t take rocket science to master a skill. Most people, however, want results quickly. They want to become the best at something fast. Well, unfortunately, fast doesn’t equal mastery. You can learn the practical steps that are required […]
The biggest problem with Newsletters (part 2)
This week I will relate a real life story from a subscriber to an Australian newsletter. This story highlights what is probably the biggest problem with newsletter story writers. This problem was identified in one of the comments, by Ralph, to last week’s blog. In David Letterman style, to a drum roll, the NUMBER ONE […]
Problems with Newsletter stock tipsters
In a recent release of a free daily newsletter that exudes emotive copywriting to sell subscriptions and that regularly has a go at the mainstream press on many fronts, it stated: “A quick stocktake of the 31 stocks we tipped in Our Investigative Story Writing Newsletter and Another of Our Riveting Story Writing Newsletters last […]
Trend Following Wizards performance for 2013
This week’s blog article brings your attention to a Trend Following Wizards blog page that I have kept an eye on for a few years. I have done so because of the pedigree of the traders who are followed by this blog – giants of the industry such as original and “second generation” Turtles, founders […]
Have you heard of the six P’s?
After spending over 2 decades researching and investing in the share market, and educating and coaching people on the benefits of profitable mechanical trading, I’ve come to the conclusion that super successful traders and investors have the 6 P’s: Preparation – they gain a detailed understanding of the environment in which they will execute. They […]
4 Gut Busting Lessons I’ve Learnt From my 20+ Years in the Markets (Part 2)
This is my last post for 2013 and I want to thank everyone that has contributed their thoughts and experiences on the Gary Stone Journal. I hope that you have enjoyed my commentary and have been able to take away some of the lessons and principles that I have come to learn over the past […]
4 Gut Busting Lessons I’ve Learnt From my 20+ Years in the Markets (Part 1)
Over the next two weeks I’m going to pass on some of the tougher lessons that I‘ve learnt over the past 20 years. I’m talking about the kind of lessons that cause all the grief, frustration and disappointment. These very mistakes may even be killing your chances of getting ahead and achieving what you want. […]
How far can the Dow Jones go? Part 2
Following on from my previous blog, in the discussion with my fellow golfing member I told him that the great majority of investors in Australia are NOT active in the share market at the moment. Retail investor activity in the stock market is at multi-decade lows and retail investor sentiment towards shares is at the […]
How far can the Dow Jones go?
Recently I was asked by a fellow member at my golf club what the next 10 years might hold in store for an investor with a 10-year investing horizon. While the round of golf progressed we discussed this big-picture question and his quizzing helped me express a view that I probably wouldn’t have come up […]
Commodities, BHP & RIO – where to?
When conducting analysis to determine where resource stocks may be heading in the near to intermediate future, one of the main charts, amongst others, that I consult is the Continuous Commodity Index ($CCI). The CCI is a benchmark of performance for commodities prices. It is an equally weighted index using 17 commodity futures prices. Each […]