End of Day Report

ASX 200 rose 7 points in quiet range-bound trade to 8205 (+0.1%). Banks flat with the Big Bank Basket unchanged at $232.40; financials were slightly firmer as SOL rose 1.1% and ASX up 1.2%. Insurers eased back, QBE down 0.3% and REITs bounding ahead, GMG up 1.6% and SCG up 1.7%. Industrials drifted around, BXB…

Diary Of A Home Trader

One of our members retired at 50 to become a full-time trader, hoping that he could shrug off the rat race and the typical work sleep work life. Fifteen years later he is still 'retired' and still trading full-time. After 15 years of investing, he calls it what it turned out to be, trading not…