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The Vaccine/Biden inspired rally and subsequent rotation into ‘value’ stocks struck down by the pandemic has helped the market print its best month since March 1988. It’s left a lot of investors wondering, what the Tech? Energy stocks have been the best performers last month, surging by almost 30% vs the market up 11.2%. The…
Less than four weeks to Christmas. The commentators are already talking about the “Santa Claus Rally” which is when the market seasonally rallies into the New Year. It is a well-accepted market phenomenon, and there is some logic behind it. A lot of financial decisions are made by companies and individuals at the end of…
In this article Chris Conway discusses the importance of education and finding a mentor, and the impact those factors have had on his career and as a trader. I have written at length about how I consider Stuart McPhee my mentor when it comes to the stockmarket. The funny thing is, there was probably a…
Over the last few days, we have received some questions about the type of charting software that we use here at Marcus Today. A few years ago while writing about trading software that you might find useful: Check out Bullcharts (refer Brendon 02-9495-8400) …also provides live data charts. Comprehensive and flexible. I have used a…
We all have a lot of trouble buying stocks that have gone up a lot and selling stocks that have gone down. If that’s you then I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a well-established financial concept that only affects soft-brained investors. It is called “Anchoring”. Anchoring, also known as ‘focusing…
I once had a holiday job with Mercedes Benz in their International and Diplomatic sales show room in Green Park just opposite the Ritz in London. My job was to escort the guy who took the deposits to the bank. No big deal you might think but when the Ambassador of King Gotalotadosh from a…
One member made a very sensible suggestion for a Biden Basket. A basket of ASX stocks that could benefit from Biden . Very sensible suggestion. I watched Jokin’ Joe on CNBC this morning. He was almost looking Presidential. The new agenda is likely to include stimulus spending and investment in multiple areas of the economy,…
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…
McPherson’s Limited (ASX: MCP) is a supplier of health and beauty, consumer durable and household consumable products in Australasia. The company has operations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The health and beauty division markets and distributes beauty care, hair care, skin care and fragrance product ranges. The home appliance division markets and distributes appliances,…
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…
