This week a special ‘On the Couch’ with Chris Hall the CIO of Ellerston Low Volatility Income Strategy fund or ELVIS. The ELVIS Fund has been a consistent outperformer and is made up of between 30-40 mid to large cap stocks with a focus on delivering low volatility consistent income returns. For any member looking at ways…
Here is our initial reaction to the Vaccine news which highlights the Australian opportunities and where someone that is fully invested (like us) is finding the cash to exploit them. This podcast gives you a template for what to do today and what we are doing today – lots of ideas in here – (assuming…
This week ‘On the Couch‘ Henry chats to Greg McKenna the CEO of the multi-award-winning Police Bank, a bank that serves those in Blue. Greg McKenna is a familiar face to Sky Business viewers with his expert take on the economy and the macro picture. Back in 2018 Greg swapped his economist’s hat to work…
So what is the truth? What is the average return from the stock market? Fourteen per cent, nine per cent, or something else? I have done the calculation for you. If we use the All Ordinaries Total Return index (it used to be called the Accumulation Index) which includes all cash dividends reinvested on the…
I received an email from a Marcus Today Member. It said: MEMBER EMAIL: “I am exhausted trying to do my own investment. I’m not sure I enjoy it any more. I keep getting blown up. And as if the results season wasn’t bad enough, then all my technology stocks stabbed me in the back. I…
DEMOCRATIC SWEEP A bit ho-hum today but a major market theme is developing. The Blue Wave chatter has morphed into a new phrase in the newswires – “Democratic Sweep”. This is an image from a US article titled “Wall Street prepares for the blue wave Democratic sweep“. The Bull market is getting ready to emerge.…
An important bit of ETF education. Here is an extract from an article by James Kirby in The Australian about the risks of some exchange traded funds. The article highlights one of the major risks of ETFs: “A coalition of the world’s biggest fund managers is pressing for consumer protection reforms in the booming Exchange…
WEDNESDAY MID WEEK CATCH UP, 30th September 2020 The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) has ended the month in uninspiring fashion as it oscillated between small gains and losses on Monday to close down 13 points. The banks slid back on some profit-taking after big moves last week on news lending restrictions would be eased. Tuesday saw a similar pattern evolve; the market closed flat after early optimism evaporated. Another quiet day of indecision… Wednesday saw the market down 64…
In this webinar, Chris will apply his 3MA trading template to the ASX Top 20 to show you just how quickly and effectively you can analyse trends. Chris will also talk to the following: Trends across multiple time frames Candlestick patterns Support/resistance and key levels Round numbers and why they matter The importance of…
