For most Australians, picking individual stocks and maintaining stock market vigilance is a passionate hobby. As Marcus Today Members that probably includes you. But what if you don't have the time? What if you just want to look after money, not make money? What if you need something more passive? What if you don't want…
We saw Archie off to the Australian Army yesterday. This morning he woke up at "5 something", if he slept at all, to a buzz cut, in a section dormitory with four other boys, who are also wondering what they have done and are doubtless coming to terms with being a "number" for the next…
We are approaching June and it’s a good time to start talking about tax loss selling in stocks, something that we should all think about in May rather than June. It works like this. Assuming you pay Capital Gains Tax, many of you don't, on June 30th the tax man will freeze your portfolio, add…
I have been writing the Marcus Today newsletter for over twenty years and read something called "Farrell's Rules" over thirty years ago. There is an article about "Farrell's Ten Rules" below which you might find interesting, but as I read them, I realise they are a bit old, and I'm sure we can do better.…
At the end of the day, corrections are great for investors. Corrections create the market’s most fabulous opportunities and you should look forward to the next great correction, not fear it.
After a 14.3% rally in the ASX 200 since November last year, is it time to “Sell in May and go away”?
For the benefit of new members this is a repost of recent trading tutorials. Offering an explanation of the terms and phrases used in the trading section. This section will be posted under "education" and updated with new insights over time. The two primary indicators used in our trading section are relative strength index (RSI) and moving averages (MA). The RSI is…
In 2022 we surveyed you all and asked "What Smart Financial Advice do you have for other Marcus Today Members learned from experience". Here are your replies. Not sure all of them are good advice but you might get some value out of it. Selling APT at $12 in 2020 was too early… ? 80%…
In this episode, Henry Jennings is joined by Dr Francis Wedin. They chat about Vulcan’s progress on its Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant (LEOP).
