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My favourite information sources – Part 3
Investors need to keep up with the financial news which may affect their investments. With the internet, it is now very easy to get breaking news, literally seconds after it happens on the many free finance news portals. My favourite international news portal would be Bloomberg. I normally check the Bloomberg headlines and key US [...]
My favourite information sources – Part 2
In Part 2 of this series, we continue with more of my favourite sources of fundamental information. Another book that has greatly increased our understanding of what to expect in the future is Harry Dent’s The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Debt Crisis of 2010 – 2012. He bases his predictions for [...]
My favourite information sources – Part 1
I remember first hearing about the US subprime crisis around July 2007, three years ago. At that time we had no idea of its implications – was it a small problem that would be quickly resolved or the beginning of something much bigger? As new SMSF trustees, I remember feeling very fearful about what the [...]
Is China a leading indicator? Part 4
I have been tracking the Shanghai Composite Index on this blog since August 2009, when it made a sharp 20% correction. When I last looked at the Shanghai Composite Index on December 22, 2009, it looked like it was on the verge of breaking the long-term up trend line that started from November 2008. It [...]
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 [...]
