I know a lot of you hold big holdings in banks for income, so have we, but it has, in hindsight, been one of the biggest Australian investment mistakes of the last five years. In the last five years, as you know, the banks have been pummelled. It all started with a Commonwealth Bank rights…
One of the many US newswire articles put out a list of 10 reasons why the Dow Jones fell 849 points (which is only 3%) from top to bottom in three days. Here they are with comments from us: Trump upended the US-China trade deal forecast with a single comment. We have to get used…
A question from the Stock Discussion Group: “Silly question but what would you consider to be a great, an average, and a poor return, from the stock market”. After two days of writing about that (CLICK HERE) and a night infront of the spreadsheets with a bottle of red wine for company, this table turned…
I received an email from a financial adviser once. The email went along the lines that “If you can show me that market timing has produced superior results compared to something as simplistic as buy and hold over a 10 plus year time frame I’ll be shocked and very impressed. Should you have such results…
You will have noticed by now there are a lot of abbreviations in the financial world. Some because the words are too long or confusing to say in full, and some because of laziness. We have done our best to produce a conclusive list of all the acronyms you might come across on the Marcus…
Making America Great Again I’m not sure about the ‘again’ bit. It seems to me that America has never lost its supremacy. That’s not due to successive Presidents but to the amazing innovation and aggressive marketing of so many American companies. I’m sitting writing this edition of Retirement Today on my MacBook Pro laptop. It’s…
Why invest? “Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it” – Albert Einstein. “Money makes money, and the money money makes, makes more money” – Benjamin Franklin. Why should we be investing our money? Seems a simple question that should have a simple…
The Waiting Game Waiting is boring. It’s particularly boring for anyone who likes to be active, making things happen, making decisions, seeing the consequences. Waiting is a passive activity not suited to the sort of people who are likely to run their own SMSF or investment folio. Having been convinced that a significant market correction…
My nineteen-year-old daughter and I did our recreational boat operator’s course together. A day in a classroom and a day on the water. It was the first time I have been in the classroom in a while but I have to say, as a financial professional and a veteran of much financial education, there was…
Reserve Bank of Australia October 2019 Meeting We don’t have to wait for very long in October to know which way the RBA rate decision is going to go, with the first Tuesday also coinciding with the first day of the month. For the Australian equity markets, tomorrow’s RBA meeting is going to be the…
