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Sweat the Big Stuff… first
For the last twenty-four years’ or so I have moved in the circles of people who trade the financial markets. People who trade all sorts of instruments in all sorts of timeframes on all sorts of platforms. People on all sides of the financial markets spectrum, people who analyse, trade, advise, report and study the […]
Core Satellite Investing Approach
The Core Satellite investing approach provides a framework for investors to allocate their investments across different asset classes, investing strategies and instruments. An Investment Plan can be formulated using the Core Satellite approach that ensures structure, rigour, process, appropriate capital allocation and personalised risk management according to a prepared plan rather than deferring to gut […]
LICs (Listed Investment Companies) vs ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds)
The following question was asked on my Facebook page in response to a recent shared posting that I made about index investing: “Hi Gary, what are your thoughts on LIC’s as, say, opposed to ETFs for the Australian Market i.e. WHF, AFI, ARG, MLT vs VAS, STW, IOZ, VHY?” Barry, great question. And an answer […]
Big picture perspective on the S&P500 & ASX200
The five-year weekly chart below shows that the S&P500 is trending up in a secular bull market demarcated by the bold red rising channel lines. Secular – meaning a long-term cycle – bull and bear markets typically last around 16 to 18 years. However, the last secular bear market from 2000 to 2013 lasted just […]
When ‘anything can happen’, you’re open to unexpected gains
As featured in the Herald Sun
Friday 23rd December 2016.
By Gary Stone – Author of Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week & the Founder of Share Wealth Systems
Art of trading lightly when an index is your on-off switch
As featured in the Herald Sun
Friday 16th December 2016.
By Gary Stone – Author of Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week & the Founder of Share Wealth Systems
Busting the myth that “the market cannot be timed!”

As featured in the Herald Sun
Friday 9th December 2016.
By Gary Stone – Author of Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week & the Founder of Share Wealth Systems
Christmas gift? The long-term gift that keeps gifting
As featured in the Herald Sun
Friday 2nd December 2016.
By Gary Stone – Author of Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week & the Founder of Share Wealth Systems
A game-changer for multi-decade investing, like your Super
As featured in the Herald Sun
Friday 25th November 2016.
By Gary Stone – Author of Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week & the Founder of Share Wealth Systems