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Forget Greece, Dubai will default first
While all eyes are focused on Greece, Dubai is quietly trying to work out a deal to restructure USD 22 billion of debt that is coming due soon. Dubai World rocked global markets on Nov 25, 2009 with a request to delay repaying $26 billion in debt linked to its main property units Nakheel [...]
Do investors need trading tools today?
I must admit I was a little skeptical when I was invited by ino.com to trying out their suite of tools for traders, which they felt would be useful for readers of this blog. My initial thoughts were that their tools are probably not going to be applicable because
SMSF trustees are long term investors, not [...]
Is the DOW in trouble?
Watching the stock market action in the past week for me has been more exciting than watching the Australian Open. The most “entertaining” market is none other than the venerable DOW (see chart above) which comprises of the 30 largest companies in the US. Just one day after making a new high, the index fell [...]
Risk vs Reward
After the spectacular stock market rally of 2009, even the most bullish analyst is not expecting an encore of this performance in 2010. The more optimistic forecasts are for a 10-20% increase but the odds are higher for stocks to go sideways or down in 2010. There is still a lot of uncertainty if the [...]
Get your fair share of commission rebates
I am sure no consumer likes to pay commissions for the financial products we buy. Unfortunately, the financial product providers have no choice but to pay commissions to provide incentives for financial advisers to recommend their product. Last weekend, we had drinks with one of Kingsley’s good friends who works for a fund management company [...]
Is it really different this time?
Recessions are nothing new. From the chart above, there has been 5 recessions (grey areas) in the last 30 years in the US. A recession is usually a few quarters of negative GDP growth. After some help from the government and the reserve bank in the form of incentives and interest rate cuts, the recession [...]
Using volume to validate price
In my earlier blog posts in the technical analysis series, I focused more on prices which obviously dominate what we see on price charts. Chart patterns like the head and shoulders, Fibonacci levels and trend lines are all very important in helping us forecast where prices are likely to go. Another important indicator that I [...]
Using Fibonacci to identify potential turning points
In my last blog post, I talked about some “topping” chart patterns used in technical analysis. Since Elliott Wave International is giving away a free e-book on using Fibonacci to identify turning points this week, I thought I would continue my series on technical analysis and write a post on how I use Fibonacci Retracements [...]
AORD head and shoulders – an example of when to hedge
Yesterday I decided to buy XJO put options to hedge my Australian stock portfolio because of what I observed as a “head and shoulders” pattern on the daily chart of the All Ordinaries Index (see $AORD chart above). This pattern is formed when the price charts make a new lower “high”. In a healthy bull [...]
Addicted to Money
Have you been watching the ABC documentary “Addicted to Money” that is currently being aired on Thursdays at 8:30 pm on ABC1? It is a three part series about the Global Financial Crisis that is produced by Electric Pictures, an Australian production company in association with ABC Australia, RTÉ Ireland and S4C UK, and presented [...]
