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Today we look at step three of our series on capital management Determine your risk sizing Identify your stop price or where you will exit if the trade goes against you Calculate your position size Examine the risk/reward profile of the trade before entering Calculating your position size is probably the easiest step in the process, but still a…
This article covers Step 2 in the Capital Management process; Determine your risk sizing Identify your stop price or where you will exit if the trade goes against you Calculate your position size Examine the risk/reward profile of the trade before entering When people first come to the market, the biggest question is ‘which stocks to buy’. So much…
G20 met at the weekend. The headlines included – “Heads of ECB, BOJ, Fed and Eurozone meet at G20. The Bank of Japan has lessons to offer on dangers of low inflation” There is a potentially interesting development at G20. The usual uselessness of overpaid bureaucrats on a junket appears momentarily to have given way…
This is a chart from the Australian Listed Investment Company Cadence Capital (CODE CDA) – the table is a little out of date but they make the point that out of around 2000 Australian stocks only 700 are profitable and that out of that 700 stocks they consider only around 35 are “good” stocks and…
Let me make the Australian stock market simple for you. There are over 2000 stocks most of which don’t make a profit. But you don’t need to worry about most of the Australian listed stocks and if you are like most investors one of your best ‘quality’ filters, as brainless as it might be, is…
Zoono Group (ZNO) continues to soar as it today up another 25% after it announced an exclusive distributorship in Singapore for its technology to combat viruses and bacteria. One of the few winners from the Coronavirus outbreak. The company is awaiting German lab tests on its efficacy in fighting the virus. Since we recommended ZNO…
A lot of my university friends have landed jobs in the health professions. Doctors, physios, paramedics, osteopaths. Not sure why, it’s just dropped that way. Useful for a 25-year old that’s been thrown off their parent’s private health policy. Muscle injuries, sore backs, medical advice, Hepatitis A, B, C. no problem. They are never short…
Things to watch out for in the reporting season There have been a number of serious headwinds for corporate Australia, some of which are only just becoming apparent. This week we saw the new vehicle sales coming in far weaker than expected and showing no sign of the trickledown wealth effects of a housing boom.…
Henry Jennings I received an email this morning regarding ETFs. Everyone has heard of ETFs and many are suspicious of them. The question many ask is what happens in a market crash? How will ETFs perform and will they survive? Firstly, what is an ETF? At its core, it is an instrument that replicates the…
They are calling the coronavirus a “Grey Swan” event. Not sure quite what they mean by that. Not a Black Swan event but not a White Swan event by the sounds of it. Or maybe its just an expression to say “Panic but don’t panic”. The expression “Black Swan event” comes from 16th century Europe…
