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Gary’s Comments The table below shows a totally green “% Change” column and totally red “Intelledgence Risk Status” (Intelledgence takes a long term view using price action and momentum of price action), “Short Term Trend” and “Long Term Trend” (uses Intelledgence) columns. What does that tell us about the current state of affairs in equity markets? Well, I am a […]
What just happened? And what are you doing about it?
Global stock markets have experienced extreme levels of volatility over this past week, not seen since the events leading up to and contributing to the GFC in 2007 and 2008 – the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) doubled in just 3 trading sessions! This was followed on Tuesday of this week by the greatest one day […]
I can’t think – Part 2
In times past, decisions were based, more often than not, on much less information than we now use to arrive at our decisions. This is, of course, due to the huge amount of information that is now available to us electronically via the Internet and other electronic communication media including mobile phones and the various […]
Gary on SKY News YMYC – 26th July 2011
Last Tuesday night, July 26, Gary joined guest host Lachlan Mc Pherson from HUBB Financial on Sky Business Channel’s ‘Your Money Your Call’ The pair discussed the recent oversold condition in our equity markets as well as participant indecision and the likely direction and trading range of the market in the medium term. Lachlan and […]
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Gary’s Comments All equity indices in the Overseas Market table below are in short term up trends except for the Shanghai All Share Index. The short term up trend will remain in tact until new 7 day lows occur. However, most of the indices have completed a lower high which is fine provided they are followed up […]
I can’t think – Part 1
As human beings we are often faced with a mind-numbing array of choices when making decisions that can leave us paralysed by the consequences of information overload. This can vary from making decisions about which new car to buy, which personal banking product to use, or which variety of jam to buy from the multitude […]
Preparing for an Avalanche
Nature has many cycles that are not controlled by mankind. But man’s response to these events can differ greatly in degree and that intensity of degree is determined by how it may or does affect us as individuals. People have difficulty keeping a neutral perspective on an event, regardless of what it is, and hence […]
10 Trading Tips for a new financial year
Active investment in the stock market is very different to passive investing and hence requires a different mindset and different skill set for decision making. Successful active investment requires patience, knowledge, objectiveness, consistency and amongst other things trust in your investment approach. So with a new financial year upon us, I have identified my ‘10 […]
Thinking you ‘know’ what will happen vs understanding probability
Let’s imagine you have just opened and read an email from the stock picking newsletter you subscribe to and see a buy alert for your “favourite” stock. The company is planning to announce its earnings to the market within the next 10 days, and it now has a ‘buy’ recommendation based on a potential positive […]
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Gary’s Comments The world is once again abound with negative economic news in both the USA and in Europe. These factors are obviously weighing heavily on equity markets which have seen falls around the world from 6% to 14% since early to mid April. Equity indices around the world are stretched on the downside in […]