It’s all so short-term when you write daily. I sometimes go back to our newsletters from a year or more ago and, with the knowledge of hindsight, read in minute detail the reaction to overnight events and realise that we look too closely at the market. Much too closely, because, as always, there are only…
THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON There is a quote in the Richest Man in Babylon that says: “But too often does youth thinks that age knows only the wisdom of days that have gone, and therefore profits not. But remember this; the sun shines today as the sun shone when your father was born, and…
This Article was written by Foundation 49, a body designed to raise awareness of Men’s Health issues and, in particular, the need for 50 year olds to get colonoscopies. It was written in 2014. “It’s quite nice having a day off and waking up to a nice hot cup of tea and someone telling you you…
Many retirees open a bank account for dividends. Every stock they buy they do the paperwork directing the share registry to pay any dividends into that bank account. Non-retiree investors, as well as some of the wealthier retiree investors, will elect instead to have the registry use the dividend to buy more shares under the…
I had a question from a member asking what they should do about the huge capital gains they have on the CBA. I am licenced to give General Advice and am not a Financial Planner. But Marcus Today is licensed by ADVICENET Pty Ltd, which is an AFSL in the Clime stable. Clime owns a…
A Guide to getting the most out of Dividends – Every six months the results season comes around. Every February and every August and results time is the time to start maximising those relatively huge Australian dividend pay outs. On current forecasts over a third of the top 200 stocks yield more than 6.0% including…
The life of a trader is not what most of us might imagine it to be – ie. glamourous, exciting and paved with gold. More likely it is solitary, private, a bit boring and when done right, provides a living. We could all be traders. We could all be Arnold Schwarzenegger too. Go to the…
Individual investors can march to the beat of their own drum, giving them a significant advantage over professionals. It is a simple question and goes to the heart of any investor’s journey. My answer is, do you want to beat the market? The benchmark indices were set up so you can measure your performance against…
What does Harry Kane, English football’s highest ever scorer, have to do with investing? Henry Jennings explains. I have this theory, one that I have put to some of my fellow Englishmen, that Harry Kane is a hoax. Now I know that Harry Kane, the captain of the English football team, is now the highest…
