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…
Another year down. Our 24th. We survived. I guess it’s hard for some newsletter writers, journalists and commentators to constantly work under deadlines, deadlines that constantly renew the moment they are met. I admire you all, I admire my competitors (the good ones). You are a tough lot doing that all year. But luckily, Henry…
It’s that time of year when you turn your thoughts turn to eggnog, Christmas cheer and what to buy Uncle Fred. Yes, it is Xmas and as we look back on the past year, at least for investors, what can we learn? Volatility 2022 has been a year of volatility. Much of it forced…
Ithaca is the island in Greece that Odysseus had so much trouble returning to in Homer’s Odyssey. On his way he survives run ins with the Cicones, Polyphemus (Cyclops to you), Circe, the Sirens, Scylla, the winds of Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, Zeus, Poseidon and Calypso. A rough trot, and when he finally gets there no…
‘If only’ I had adopted the Marcus ‘One Stock Folio’ and put all my funds into ResMed (RMD), I would be very much better off right now. Every time I review my folio, I come upon the same issue. Amongst the solid performers, the failures and the hopefuls, ResMed stands out. It is now my most significant…
What is ‘Eustress’? A few weeks ago, one of our members responded to my Retirement Today article with the following comment: “I can think of no better way to live after 65 than to be an active share investor/trader. Learning about new business ideas, especially technological inventions, is interesting enough, let alone the risk element…
