The Vaccine/Biden inspired rally and subsequent rotation into ‘value’ stocks struck down by the pandemic has helped the market print its best month since March 1988. It’s left a lot of investors wondering, what the Tech? Energy stocks have been the best performers last month, surging by almost 30% vs the market up 11.2%. The…
Less than four weeks to Christmas. The commentators are already talking about the “Santa Claus Rally” which is when the market seasonally rallies into the New Year. It is a well-accepted market phenomenon, and there is some logic behind it. A lot of financial decisions are made by companies and individuals at the end of…
We use Omnitrader as our charting software. With software like this you can scan over 2000 stocks a day for any technical signal you like using stock standard formulas or any you might want to create uourselves. It is fully programmable. For instance you can scan the market to find RSI sell signals (as here),…
We all have a lot of trouble buying stocks that have gone up a lot and selling stocks that have gone down. If that’s you then I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a well-established financial concept that only affects soft-brained investors. It is called “Anchoring”. Anchoring, also known as ‘focusing…
I once had a holiday job with Mercedes Benz in their International and Diplomatic sales show room in Green Park just opposite the Ritz in London. My job was to escort the guy who took the deposits to the bank. No big deal you might think but when the Ambassador of King Gotalotadosh from a…
One member made a very sensible suggestion for a Biden Basket. A basket of ASX stocks that could benefit from Biden . Very sensible suggestion. I watched Jokin’ Joe on CNBC this morning. He was almost looking Presidential. The new agenda is likely to include stimulus spending and investment in multiple areas of the economy,…
BREAKING NEWS: Light at the End of the Tunnel. Big vaccine developments just before we hit the send button. A brief summary: Stocks around the globe rallied after German-based BioNTech and Pfizer announced that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate achieved success in the first interim analysis of a Phase 3 study. The company said that the…
This week a special ‘On the Couch’ with Chris Hall the CIO of Ellerston Low Volatility Income Strategy fund or ELVIS. The ELVIS Fund has been a consistent outperformer and is made up of between 30-40 mid to large cap stocks with a focus on delivering low volatility consistent income returns. For any member looking at ways…
McPherson’s Limited (ASX: MCP) is a supplier of health and beauty, consumer durable and household consumable products in Australasia. The company has operations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The health and beauty division markets and distributes beauty care, hair care, skin care and fragrance product ranges. The home appliance division markets and distributes appliances,…
Here is our initial reaction to the Vaccine news which highlights the Australian opportunities and where someone that is fully invested (like us) is finding the cash to exploit them. This podcast gives you a template for what to do today and what we are doing today – lots of ideas in here – (assuming…
