S&P500 setting up an attempt at a new all-time high
The S&P500 is currently enjoying a short and medium term up trend and is shaping up to make another attempt at achieving a new all-time high. This current medium-term uptrend was first confirmed on 19th October after the S&P500 rose above the top downward slanting black trend line and then formed a short-term trough above […]
Have you ever seen a dead cat bounce?
There is an old saying in the financial markets that even a dead cat will bounce if it is dropped from high enough. This “dead cat bounce” refers to a short term recovery in a down-trending market or a sharp recovery rally following a sharp and sudden price decline. At first the ‘dead cat bounce’ […]
Finding opportunity amid market turmoil
On Tuesday 15 September, Gary Stone appeared on Peter Switzer’s TV Show on the Sky Business Channel 602. A 10 minute recording can be watched of this show where Gary and Peter discuss: What the current retracement on the S&P500 and upcoming announcements mean for investors Whether the local Australian market trend has more potential […]
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The Chinese news conundrum – which way to turn?
Much has been made lately of the impact the Chinese economy is now having on the total global economy and the ramifications any slowdown in China will have on global growth, and global equity markets. We have seen in recent weeks just how nervous and volatile global equity markets are in relation to the whole […]
Maintaining a disciplined approach
Much of the educational message we deliver here at Share Wealth Systems focuses on the need to use a systematic approach to our trading and investing using a strict set of unambiguous signals to time our entry into and exit from the market. During periods of extended upward momentum in the markets many investors tend […]
Buffett and ETFs
Over the last couple of months we have been discussing at great length the many benefits of ETFs and several ways we can use them in our active investing strategies to achieve results that outperform many, if not all, of the various fund managers. The main benefits of ETFs to all investors include:- Ease of […]
What exactly is a ‘Balanced’ Super fund?
By default, the vast majority of Australians choose to invest their superannuation into “balanced funds”, because this is the default option on the application form or product selection form when they first invest with a Super fund, or begin making payments into a work related Super fund. AustralianSuper, for example, has 80% of its funds […]
Manage your own ’Balanced’ Super fund using index ETFs
Industry Super Fund, AustralianSuper is very noisy in the press regularly bagging SMSFs, talking up their returns and results, and highlighting the amount of funds they have under management. Their Balanced Fund, which has more than $65 billion under management, returned 10.86% for the 2014-15 financial year after fees and taxes. The average annual return for […]
Ignore ETFs at your investing peril
Despite Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) being labelled as one of the greatest innovations in global markets, their use and growth in the Australian market has been much slower than in other countries. Only now is this, in my opinion, game-changing instrument beginning to come to the attention of Australian investors. As at December 2014, there […]