The Investment Plan: Your Guide To Stock Market Success

The market is a volatile & tricky environment in which to operate. There’s no two ways about it. So, if you don’t have an Investment Plan that’s ready for EVERY possible scenario the market may bring, chances are you’re going to end up losing a lot of money. Now, you can’t just wing it with […]
Buy & Hold vs Timing – James’s Story with Whitehaven Coal

Today I’m going to share a quick story about an investor named James, who we spoke with a little while back. It is a bit of a long one, so if you’d prefer to watch the video, you can do so here: James previously worked for a company called Whitehaven Coal, that you might have […]
The 4 Hard Lessons Every Investor Must Go Through

Discover the 4 lessons you must internalize if you want to become a consistently profitable stock market investor.
Why You Should Treat Your Investing Like A Business…

Follow these 7 steps to create an efficient business-like process that guides your investing efforts.
The Most Common Obstacles To A Stress-Free Retirement

Discover the most common reasons why investors fail to secure a stress-free retirement… And the actions you can take to prevent the same fate.
The Ongoing Market Trend Most Investors Overlook… At The Peril Of Their Compound Returns

With the recent run on banks, it seems analysts and commenters are in a race to prophesize the biggest market crash we’ve ever seen. But if you put aside the noise, is the situation really that gloomy? Are we on a one way track to disaster? Well, nothing is certain in the stock market. But […]
Secular Bull Market Update – Big Picture Analysis of the Stock Market

In 2017, 2018 & 2019 I conducted a Big Picture – 1930 to current – Analysis of the status of equity markets around the world. Recently I provided an abbreviated but IMPORTANT 6 month update on my Secular Bull Market Analysis. I only do this a couple of times a year, so don’t miss this […]
SUN may be set to rise
While my personal and company trading decisions are based 100% on the SPA3 mechanical trading strategy and its researched technical criteria, there are many other well respected forms of technical analysis that one can use to analyse trends in different time frames. I wrote this piece for Peter Switzer’s ‘Switzer Super Report’ earlier this month […]
Get to the point
A couple of weeks ago one of this Journal’s readers, Ray, provided this comment in response to the blog on mastering a skill. “Gary. You take too long to get to the point. You are boring me and I don’t have the time to listen to all that hype in return for a snippet of […]
4 Gut Busting Lessons I’ve Learnt From my 20+ Years in the Markets (Part 2)
This is my last post for 2013 and I want to thank everyone that has contributed their thoughts and experiences on the Gary Stone Journal. I hope that you have enjoyed my commentary and have been able to take away some of the lessons and principles that I have come to learn over the past […]