At the suggestion of a member, I am reading three books by Mark Minervini. I was persuaded by the idea that he is one of the most trolled traders in the US. Corny titles but worth the read. Available on Amazon, there are three titles. The first book is about how to identify "Super" growth…
SECTOR TRENDS MONITOR The Transport sector topped the charts in the last week thanks to a bid for SYD. Shareholders are advised to hold on in case someone (Macquarie) launch a counter-bid. Energy topping the tables in the wake of the OPEC+ debacle. Defensive sectors starting to perform as the market tires and tops. Consumer…
THERE ARE EIGHT INVESTOR TYPES – ONLY TWO SUCCEED It has always irked me that books with titles like “How to make a million dollars in the stock market” and “Ten things you must know about the stock market” probably sell more copies than my book. It’s my own fault, “Stock Market Secrets” by Marcus Padley…
I was on the golf course one weekend with a chap called Simon who mentioned a few stocks he has held that initially did very well but he now (July 2021) held at a loss. MEZ, NWH and ORI. Simon has no post-purchase discipline/mechanism. Time for a lesson in stop losses. Investment is not about…
If you are making a loss, read this list. You will have sold before you get to the bottom. I was working for a Japanese broking house in London in 1987 when the stock market collapsed. The principal trading book (the broker’s own money traded in the markets by a team of professional traders) started…
We have had a question about the best charting software on the Marcus Today Stock Discussion Group. Trading View is clearly one of the most popular. We asked AI what's the best trading platform?" It came back with this list: TradingView: TradingView is a popular web-based platform that offers a wide range of charting tools…
The TRADING section of your report acts exactly as the name suggests; as an area to help generate opportunities. The ideas will have a technical bent, but be supported by fundamentals. For example, we might run a filter for stocks that are showing price momentum and then look at each of the names which qualify…
BROKER BIAS Now it's not a criticism, it is an education – at the bottom of all broker research, in the disclaimers, the broker will tell you whether they have done corporate deals for the companies mentioned, in which case they are probably the broker to the company – either IPO’ing the company or raising…
Our Compound Calculator will let you see: How much you should be saving regularly for your goals and/or retirement How much compounding increases your savings with little to no hassle How to calculate your compound interest “Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays…
Talking to my friends over the last few days/weeks has seen many different conversations emerge. Some optimistic, some filled with anxiety others completely unrelated to the fast-evolving zeitgeist we have found ourselves in. What is undeniable and a common thread of all the short, long and complicated conversations has been the feeling of change. A…
