A week after a dismal IPO in the US, the online trading platform called Robinhood (HOOD.O listed on the NASDAQ) was deluged by retail investors on 10x the usual volume with the share price doubling. From discarded lemon one day, to Superhero stock the next. The week before it doubled HOOD.O had an underwhelming IPO…
THERE ARE EIGHT INVESTOR TYPES – ONLY TWO SUCCEED It has always irked me that books with titles like “How to make a million dollars in the stock market” and “Ten things you must know about the stock market” probably sell more copies than my book. It’s my own fault, “Stock Market Secrets” by Marcus Padley…
I was on the golf course one weekend with a chap called Simon who mentioned a few stocks he has held that initially did very well but he now (July 2021) held at a loss. MEZ, NWH and ORI. Simon has no post-purchase discipline/mechanism. Time for a lesson in stop losses. Investment is not about…
The toughest part of analysing a company is sourcing the data. Essentially you have two options. You can painstakingly trawl through company reports and compile the numbers yourself, or you can pay a (sometimes very hefty) subscription to a company that will source and compile it for you. To make things easier for you we’ve…
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…
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…
CLICK HERE FOR GLOSSARY A-H I Imputation credit – Tax credits passed on to a shareholder who receives a franked dividend. Imputation credits entitle investors to a rebate for tax already paid by an Australian company Indicators – Analytical tools used by technical analysts to help them select shares. Inflation – The increase in…
FINANCIAL GLOSSARY If you find errors or omissions please email us – Click Here A Australian Clearing House – ACH – The Australian Clearing House Pty Ltd, the subsidiary of ASX which clears options and futures traded on the ASX. Australian Financial Services Licence – A licence granted by ASIC that authorises a person…
The Birth of the Stock Market Us modern day investors can buy and sell stocks at the click of a button. We can see the price and details of any stock in the world with a quick google search and can get our rolling market fix daily through tv, radio or online news sources. But…
