Articles for: Integrated Analysis

There is near unanimous consensus amongst all in the investment community that stocks are currently very cheap. Having said that, there is little agreement on whether or not now is the time to get back into the market; sure, stocks are cheap, but will they get cheaper still? And that’s the 64 million dollar question: when is the right time to position ourselves for a recovery?

In trading there are times when everything seems easy. Most of our trades are winners, our morale is up, our bank balance is overflowing and life is good! Then, there are times when the volume drops out of the market, trends aren’t as long or strong and money is harder to make. Sometimes we need to sit out of the market altogether if it is too volatile, or not volatile enough.

When it comes to investing our hard earned cash, what most people crave is certainty. That is, we want investments that will deliver a reliable return over a certain time frame, and indeed there are investment products that essentially do just that, such as term deposits and bonds.