Time the market to ensure you are out for the worst days
Gary Stone was recently interviewed by Better System Trader on why it is important to time the market – not for the best days but to ensure you are out for the worst days. You can listen to the podcast which includes: The importance of preparation before investing or trading in the share market. The […]
Take advantage of this opportunity
Over the last few months you may have read my blogs on ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds). In my view, ETFs have and will continue to revolutionise how everyday investors invest as more and more become aware of the huge advantages of index investing via ETFs. I’m not alone in this view. The Oracle of Omaha, […]
The new golden number. How much do you need to retire?
This was the front page of the AFR WEEKEND last weekend on 2nd May. Whilst this attention grabbing headline is a very important question, I think that a far more important question that needs to be asked by the vast majority of Australian investors is “How can I maximise my chances of reaching the “new […]
Oil Search, ASX 200 & the Brazilian EWZ ETF
On Thursday 23 April, 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: The bullish local market attempt to breach 6000 for a fourth time. The attractiveness of the oversold Brazilian market and the opportunity […]
ETF performance and declining currency value
In last week’s post I looked at how the declining value of the Euro currency had negatively impacted on the value of the EWG ETF despite the fact that the underlying DAX Index had risen significantly since the middle of October last year. This week, we will look at the inverse situation, where a declining […]
DAX Index ETF and the effects of currency exposure
This week in our ongoing ETF series I want to take a look at the effects cross currency exposure can have on the performance of some ETFs. When we trade ‘domestic’ stocks on our own stock market (ASX for Australia) using our own currency (Aussie dollars), we are never exposed to currency movements as all […]
A simple way of getting exposure to the US Dollar
In my earlier postings on the use of ETFs by investors, I wrote that some of the major benefits of ETFs for the ordinary investor included the fact that they can be traded in your share trading account and as a result allow for portfolio diversification. This week I would like to look at this […]
ASX200, DAX, BHP and WOW
Earlier this week 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: The resistance levels ahead for the ASX200 and, in particular, the 6000 level. The German DAX index which is raging higher. A technical […]
Be your own fund manager (part 4) – the returns are really piling up now…
Our initial discussions on using ETFs began with the concept of a single ETF that tracks a major global equity index such as the S&P500 (SPY) or the S&PASX 200 (STW) indices and how that even this simple strategy with dividends without any ‘timing’ could outperform 70% of active fund managers, on average over the […]
Be your own fund manager – a diversified worldwide portfolio
Returning to our series on ETFs and how as active investors and traders we can use them to not only be our own fund manager, but also to out-perform the vast majority of fund managers, this week we take a look at a multiple ETF strategy. This simple multiple ETF strategy builds on the single […]