14 Dec 2019What was hoped for happened - a 60% trade deal is said to have been reached but signing won’t happen until January, the December 15 tariffs won’t go ahead on Sunday a..
12 Dec 2019Let me take you through the tales of the bulls, the bears and the wildebeest to see where the market could be heading next year.
12 Dec 2019My preference for 2020 is identifying beaten-up small-caps trading at almost Global Financial Crisis-like valuations and badly out of favour. Here are 9 I like.
12 Dec 2019There have been an equal number of upgrades and downgrades from stockbrokers so far this week, with 2 of each according to FNArena.
12 Dec 2019The ‘bring forward rule’ and ‘transfer balance cap’ in super; CommSec’s ‘Pocket’ for kids; and what are the risks of investing in unlisted property funds?
09 Dec 2019I’m going to stick with my general view that being in stocks for 2020 is a sound idea. Here are 13 stocks to consider as you set yourself up for 2020.
09 Dec 2019In this article, we look at tax issues, road test the bank accounts designed for kids and how to buy shares for minors. Next week, we’ll focus on some of the special in..
09 Dec 2019Let’s say you’d like to start your grandchildren off with an investment in the stock market, with a stock or two in their Christmas stocking. Here are my 3 likes.
09 Dec 2019For the week to Friday, December 6, FNArena registered 12 ratings upgrades from database brokers and only 3 downgrades.
09 Dec 2019CMC Markets’ chief market strategist, Michael McCarthy, explains why he likes Rio Tinto (RIO) but doesn’t like Caltex (CTX).
07 Dec 2019For professional stock market watchers, it was green on the screen overnight in the US, except for the VIX (which is a ‘positive’ reading for the fear index), indicat..
05 Dec 2019Next time you “tap and go” for your morning coffee, ask yourself: why don’t I own Visa (or Mastercard)? Here are the reasons why my fund owns structural growth comp..
05 Dec 20193 contrarian ideas for experienced investors and my 7 rules for buying badly out-of-favour stocks.
05 Dec 2019Stockbrokers have issued 7 upgrades so far this week according to FNArena, with only 1 downgrade being issued for Infigen Energy.
05 Dec 2019The Westpac Share Purchase Plan – what is the price and is it too late to withdraw?; premium food and beverage group Longtable – will there be any near-term relief?..
02 Dec 2019Troubles in Hong Kong raise question marks about the trade deal but this shouldn’t stop you from buying good stocks now.
02 Dec 2019In the eleventh review for 2019, we look at how our model income and growth portfolios performed in November.
02 Dec 2019Here are 3 smaller stocks where income-oriented investors could find attractive opportunities and 2 dividend-income-based exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) structured to offer..
02 Dec 2019For the week ending Friday 29 November 2019, FNArena registered 10 upgrades and 11 downgrades, with Telstra the sole recipient of two upgrades, both to Buy.
02 Dec 2019CMC Markets’ chief market strategist, Michael McCarthy, explains why he likes Ooh Media (OML) but doesn’t like Telstra (TLS).
30 Nov 2019It’s not like me to avoid being optimistic but I can’t be relaxed about stocks going forward until I see how China responds to the US President’s decision to sign i..
28 Nov 2019Don’t try to time the market. If you get the “timing” wrong, as most people will, it will seriously affect the returns from your equity portfolio.
28 Nov 20198 Listed Investment Trusts (LITs) have floated in the past two years, and more are likely. There are opportunities in private debt but plenty of risks too. Here’s two I..
28 Nov 2019In the second part of my article about the Aussie aquaculture industry, here are more yummy stocks to mull over.
28 Nov 2019Among the 9 downgrades and 6 upgrades from stockbrokers for ASX-listed companies this week are Caltex and Metcash, which each received a downgrade and an upgrade.
28 Nov 2019Suncorp Capital Notes 3 hybrid issue; is their value in Westpac; and changes to our model portfolios?
25 Nov 2019Last Friday I was invited to the annual Sohn Hearts & Minds conference in Sydney. From two of the world’s best investors and a number of fund managers, I gained many in..
25 Nov 2019No doubt two questions many Westpac shareholders will have are: is all the bad news out? And what’s Westpac’s future?
25 Nov 2019Aquaculture is a growing mini-sector on the ASX, with eight representatives of varying size, profitability and species focus. Here’s Part 1 of your guide to the sector.
25 Nov 2019For the week ending Friday 22 November 2019, FNArena counted nine upgrades for ASX-listed stocks versus 10 downgrades from the seven leading stock brokerages monitored da..
25 Nov 2019CMC Markets’ Chief Market Strategist, Michael McCarthy, explains why he likes Soul Pattinson (SOL) but doesn’t like Woolworths (WOW) and Coles (COL).
23 Nov 2019It’s been a week of disappointment for those of us long banks and long Donald Trump and his trade deal.
21 Nov 2019For anyone who attended our Income Conference recently or for those subscribers who couldn’t make it, here’s the video of our fixed interest Masterclass hot off the e..
21 Nov 2019There are opportunities to be found in stocks lost in the surge in ETF investing. Here are three small- or micro-cap stocks that have caught my eye recently.
21 Nov 2019Stockbrokers have issued 8 upgrades and 5 downgrades so far this week according to FNArena.
21 Nov 2019Westpac: money laundering and its share purchase plan; should I consider investing in Virgin’s unsecured notes; and can I lend to my SMSF so that it can invest in a pro..
18 Nov 2019I don’t hold the view that stocks will rise 30% but I am waiting with bated breath to see how much the market will rise.
18 Nov 2019Recently, some more excitable commenters have prophesized that Listed Investment Companies (LICs) are dead in the water. Is this really the case? And are there any bargai..
18 Nov 2019Here are 4 miners across a range of commodities that appear poised for profit in 2020.
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