Education Corner – The Marcus Today Axioms
If you wrote a book for traders and investors, what advice would you pass on. What would be included in a book called “My Axioms”.
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Education Corner – The Truth About Warren Buffett
I get particularly irritated with the quotation, adulation and promotion of Warren Buffet and the idea that your can do it “The Warren Buffett Way”.
Money Is Only Half the Equation
We saw our son off to the Australian Army yesterday. Here is an article that addresses the priorities in life. Suits the moment.
Education Corner – The Problem with Intrinsic Value
Many investors that have been brainwashed by decades of smarter than thou finance participants telling them value investing is the be-all and end-all of making money in stocks.
Education Corner – Seven Deadly Sins
In life there are seven deadly sins. Pride, Avarice (Greed), Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath (Anger) and Sloth (Apathy). And there are seven corresponding virtues. Humility, Charity, Chastity, Patience, Temperance, Kindness and Diligence. In the stock market there are quite a few Deadly Sins. Some of them are the same. Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, Ignorance, Wrath and…
Tax Loss Selling
We are approaching June, and it’s a good time to start talking about tax loss selling in stocks. It works like this.
Education Corner – The Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments for any new investor. A distillation of forty years of handling private clients: Don't be a Moron – A lot of you are invested in the Moron Portfolio (BHP, RIO, NAB, CBA, ANZ, WBC, TLS, WES, WOW, MQG, WDS….spotted yourself yet?). The Moron Portfolio is so 1980's. It is out of date. These…
Embracing Risk This May
Sell in May and go away? Henry Jennings argues the case for embracing risk and how to control, quantify and embrace it.
