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Increasing yield through selling options
Volatility is the only thing we can be certain of today. The crazy price action in the...
Growth vs Income Investments
A number of events in recent days have made me reflect on our conventional thinking of growth...
A Hybrid Income Strategy
Australian investors are a lucky lot when it comes to getting big dividends from our stocks. Dividend...
Property investment in your SMSF
It has been an exciting week, starting with going back to work full-time after a six year...
Portfolio Construction For the Next Decade
It’s so good to be able to sit down and write a blog post today. I had...
Investing in a Sideways Market
With one more month to go to the end of 2010, it is pretty safe to conclude...
Investing in Emerging Markets
With the developed world expected to have low growth for some time, it would make sense to...
More bad news for super – not your money for another 7 years (or more)
If you are planning to retire at 60 and are counting on your super to provide you...
Rethinking your retirement strategy – why super may not be the most tax effective solution for you
If you are single or a couple where both parties are in the marginal tax bracket of...
Interest rates falling?
Everyday we read about how well the Australian economy is doing and how inevitable it will be...
Does your SMSF need more fixed income?
The default allocation for super funds in Australia is the “balanced portfolio” which typically has 60 per...
Will the bond rally last?
Looking at the chart above, it quite obvious that bonds have outperformed stocks in 2010. The S&P...
Increasing yield through selling options
Volatility is the only thing we can be certain of today. The crazy price action in the past 3 months is enough to make any prudent investor want to stay away from the stock market. However, if we take a closer look at the market action, we can still find some safe investment strategies using stocks and options. Below is a table showing the gains and losses in ASX 200 sectors in the last 3 months:
Increasing yield through selling options
Volatility is the only thing we can be certain of today. The crazy price action in the past 3 months is enough to make any prudent investor want to stay away from the stock market. However, if we take a closer look at the market action, we can still find some safe investment strategies using stocks and options. Below is a table showing the gains and losses in ASX 200 sectors in the last 3 months:
Simple strategies for Self Managed Super Funds
Hello to all current and future SMSF Trustees
My husband and I started our own self-managed super fund in March 2007 because we wanted to take more control of managing our investments. Like most people, our fund was started through our accountant. After helping us with the paperwork (trust deed, ABN registration, accounting and auditing etc) we found we were on our own to do the most important activity, which is to invest and grow the funds under our management. Our fund started with around $100K and though …
First time visitor
Hi, thanks for visiting our website. Based on our analysis of our website traffic, you may be someone who is thinking of starting your own self-managed super fund, or someone who already has a SMSF and is looking for some help in preparing an investment strategy or you may be looking for some investment ideas for your SMSF. We have compiled a list of blog posts based …
Our Opinions and Performance
How close were we to a credit disaster last week?
I was surprised by last week’s announcement by the major central banks to pump liquidity into the global financial system so...
How to have a worry free retirement – Part 3
Thursday the 24th of November was Thanksgiving Day and this year we had something very special to be thankful for, as...
End of Bull Market – Will the Bears finally get it right this time?
Short-term traders have been watching the triangle pattern on the daily chart of the SPX (see chart below) for the last...
How to have a worry free retirement – Part 2
Kingsley and I started doing our 10 year goals in 2005. We had very ambitious financial goals which included having a...
How to have a worry free retirement – Part 1
I am tired of the fear mongering about not having enough super to retire on. When I was working at the...
Greek Endgame Drags On
I started writing this post from the Kuching airport, after a ten day visit to my parent’s house. This visit is...
Education and Training
Increasing yield through selling options
Volatility is the only thing we can be certain of today. The crazy price action...
Options for Stock Investors Training Pilot
We have finally completed the last of the training videos and our Options for Stock...
Getting started with option trading
We have resumed creating “How to” training videos for our first options training program called...
Low risk and high yield
Low risk and high yield is the elusive goal that all investors strive to achieve....
Learn, Do, Teach
We just received the FY2011 financial statements for our SMSF and once again we are...
Book Review: The Big Short
Things are slowly settling down in my parent’s household and I finally have some time...
Don’t forget to look at the bigger picture
With the Aussie dollar making new highs everyday, the action is definitely in the currency...
My favourite information sources – Part 5
The Hindenburg Omen is another technical indicator that has been talked about a lot in...
My favourite information sources – Part 4
I have covered a number of my favourite sources of fundamental information in the first...
My favourite information sources – Part 3
Investors need to keep up with the financial news which may affect their investments. With...
