7 Essential Elements for an Outperforming Stock Market Portfolio
Let me start by being blunt: You can’t add these 7 elements to your portfolio overnight. Doing that requires serious dedication and a “strategy before tactics” approach. So, if you’re expecting tips that’ll instantly transform your portfolio into a market beater… Best don’t read at all. You’ll be wasting your time. On the other hand, […]
How To Become A Peaceful & Profitable Investor
This isn’t a sales pitch for SWS’s program. Sure, I believe we can help you become a profitable and peaceful investor fast and for the long term. But you can do so yourself, if you so please. The key to success lies in the traits, methods, and beliefs I will go into in today’s article. […]
A smoother path can leave you well short of your goals.
In a recent Vanguard column, the topic of diversification was discussed from a purely risk mitigation perspective. The article explained how diversification across asset classes seeks to reduce the impact of losses in a portfolio when one asset class falls significantly in value. The idea being that you’re increasing the odds that parts of your […]
How to Beat ‘Par’ with your Investing
Give yourself credit. You want to be a champion investor. A Self-Directed Investor dedicated to riding on the coat tails of Mr. Market and steering clear of the fee sapping investing ‘middlemen’ that loiter on every verge. But, every now and then you somehow find yourself out of sync with your Big Picture investing goals […]
Super Funds FY2019 performance – Splendid or Spin!
I had to share this because I was shocked, but not at all surprised. The same shock I’ve had for years now when Superannuation returns for each financial year are announced. Senior investment manager Mano Mhankumar from Chant West has been quoted in a number of newspapers, “Fund members should be very pleased with the […]
Who needs a performance coach?
Who needs a performance coach? Ash Barty’s recent success is a true reflection of the trust she has in her process and being able to execute on each and every point regardless of the score. It’s no surprise that she has a performance coach who helps to keep her mind focussed on only those things […]
Prepare for a Barrage of Super Fund Advertising to Hit your TV Screens and Freeway Billboards
I saw this CBUS advert on TV just recently. It got me thinking… Get ready for the barrage of advertising that you will be subjected to in the struggle for your saving-for-retirement dollar. The catalyst for the unrelenting barrage that is about to be unleashed is the recently started media discussion about products that should […]
“Workers ripped off” Herald Sun article May 29, 2018
Readers of my book, Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week, and followers of my blog writings over the years will be well aware of this latest revelation from the Productivity Commission in the article below. Whilst my view is that it is years late, maybe decades, it is better late than […]
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
Beware of micro-investing with Acorns or Stockspot
A recent article appeared in the well-established Money Magazine on four ways to invest $100: http://moneymag.com.au/invest-100-4-ways/.