Betmakers (ASX: BET) is a back-end technology and data platform for online wagering operations in Australia and around the world. Not a gambling company just to be clear. The stock is up more than 450% in the last year, helped by an acquisition, a growing footprint in the US and the backing of a sector…
The Easter conversation that bounced around the walls of my parent’s house focused on property. Tom, when are you going to buy a house? Where would you like to live? Why would you buy there? Can you afford to live there? Have you been saving for a deposit? Maybe you should ask Marcus for a…
Another hot listing for this week’s Buy Hold Sell, Airtasker (ASX: ART). As pointed out in the Facebook group, it is arguably too early to provide as in-depth an appraisal of the company as we usually do, nor apply a rating to it. Instead, we have decided to orientate the piece as more of a…
Nuix (ASX: NXL) was the biggest float of 2020 and soared more than 50% on its first day. Investment banks couldn’t get enough of it and many missed out on their desired allocation. Some speculated that it was a function of the improving macro picture combined with a lack of desirable floats in 2020 that…
In 1623. A single tulip bulb sold for a thousand Dutch florins, seven times the average annual wage. The average tulip trader made sixty thousand florins a month. 400 times the annual wage. 40 bulbs sold for 100,000 florins. You could have bought 3,333 pigs for the same price. People were selling possessions to speculate…
Most fund managers have an Investment Philosophy. For some it is little more than a marketing blurb on their website, for others it is their core. An “Investment Philosophy” for professional fiund managers is required for compliance purposes (compliance with compliance) but it goes beyond that. An Investment Philosophy, whilst it can be updated and…
Embarrassingly our ETF portfolio has been outperforming our other portfolios (written on 17th February 2021). It is a revelation that this low-cost, low activity, low stress, low administration, relaxed portfolio, exposed to compounding returns in the Australian market as well as the HACK, FANG, FUEL and S&P 500, is outperforming our Australian stock picking…
The chart below shows the very close correlation between the iron ore price and the ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) resources sector. (Charts dated 11th February 2021) When you look at this chart you begin to realise that it really doesn’t matter what the broker analysts say, what the earnings forecasts are, what the return on…
SMA PERFORMANCE MARCUS TODAY GROWTH SMA (MT0001) Source: Praemium The Marcus Today Growth SMA fell 1.71% in January, falling short of the 0.56% rise in the benchmark S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index. The Growth SMA has risen 6.41% over the past 12 months – outperforming the 2.69% fall in the benchmark index by 9.10% for the…
When it comes to the stock market, there are lies, double meanings, and misleading jargon everywhere, this is why I compiled the Marcus Today Dictionary to help you break through all of the common stock market lies. DOUBLE MEANINGS There are a lot of things in the share market that say one thing but mean…
