Australia Articles - Safety In The Market

The price of everything and the value of nothing

Andrew Page 24 Apr, 2009

It’s very easy to take something as straightforward as a market and make it seem immensely complicated, and it’s something that we all do. But let’s step back for a moment and examine exactly what the market actually is.

To Be or Not To Be

Tom Scollon 24 Apr, 2009

As I scanned the financial print headlines Thursday – I only scan as reading detail clogs my brain – I quickly recalled a heading only a day earlier which just told a very different story. On Wednesday our Reserve Bank Governor was reported – on the same front page - as saying things would be sweet as here in Australia – well not in those words. And then on Thursday the IMF were reported as saying we are heading down the gurgler.

Don't get carried away too soon.

Aaron Lynch 21 Apr, 2009

The rally has begun but getting too excited too early can lead to damaging results.

Metals getting carried away?

Tom Scollon 17 Apr, 2009

Everything is rosy in the garden and that is nice. But my cautious head has been asking are markets getting a little carried away? You see, economically things will get a lot worse before they get better and what the punters are banking on is that this is the beginning of the new world.

A Standard Rally?

Jordan Craw 9 Apr, 2009

The current up move that is occurring across many of the major equity indices around the world has many including myself asking, at least rhetorically, how far can it go? A long way if it is the beginning of a new bull market! However, let’s assume for this discussion that we expect some more bumps along the way before a new bull market takes hold.

Keeping an Eye on the Time

Tim Walker 9 Apr, 2009

In my last article on Santos (STO:ASX) in Issue 300 of the Trading Tutors Newsletter, I focussed mainly on Price. To students of WD Gann and David Bowden this is commonly referred to as the First Dimension of analysis. This time I would like to include a consideration of Time, or the Second Dimension. Of the two, Time is the more important. Gann said that ‘when the Time is up the Volume of sales will increase and force prices higher or lower.’

Gold a bright spot

Tom Scollon 9 Apr, 2009

All markets will ultimately recover but how and when we cannot say with great confidence at this point.

The Greeks And Their Mystery Unveiled! - Part 12

Matt Baker 2 Apr, 2009

Welcome to Part 12 of my series on the Greeks. In this article and the one following we are going to focus again on choosing your Greeks but this time on the level of the whole portfolio, rather than just in individual trades.

Money Management as Your Trading Account Grows

Mathew Barnes 2 Apr, 2009

One of the reasons that traders tend to overtrade is that they are trying to make too much money, too quickly, with a trading account that is too small.

Long Term Investing Dead?

Andrew Page 2 Apr, 2009

A lot of comparisons have been made between the current Global Financial Crisis and the great depression, and indeed there are many similarities. Unfortunately though, such comparisons seem to provide little scope for optimism, especially for the longer term investor.

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