Australian Investment Education

Imagine if you owned a share of a world leading business when it listed? Our friends at Success Resources are listing. They are one of the world’s biggest seminar companies and looking at some of the numbers provided to describe their business, you can see why!   The 22 months ending October 2014 saw: 531 Events staged globally with; 319,604 attendees from; 92 cities in; 23 countries, growing database to; 6.68 million people and; 46.8 years of youtube videos viewed1

Trading on the ASX,  The age old story of “how do I choose a stock” to invest in has always been a hot topic. With the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) pushing into long-term highs, reaching towards 5,000 points for the first time since April 2011, a wave of investors are shifting cash back into the stock market. In this article, we take a look at a Fundamental approach to trading on the ASX.   Finding a trade is not just a process of selecting the best known company. Markets rise and fall, as do Economies. While one country’s economy may be performing well, another may not. And within that Economy, there will be some sectors that perform better than others. The path in choosing an individual stock to invest or trade in can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it. Some investors will utilize their Brokers’ knowledge; take tips from subscriptions, newspapers or friends, while others believe they can make their own decisions. No matter whether you dec

This week I have had the opportunity to spend some time in Southern California and man it has been an eye opener. Technology and the use of it is so mainstream and so far ahead that it really shines a light on several investment themes – themes that we have been using to bank profits and themes that will continue to play out in the year or two ahead. Whether you profit from them or not is up to you, but at least you can’t say “I wish I’d known about that”. I know one thing for sure, I will be banking profits from this weeks research. A three minute chapter of activity would sum it up. I was in Starbucks (not for me, for my wife, as I drink coffee) and the lady in front of me ordered her drink, paid for it and acquired all of her loyalty points on the mobile app conveniently operated from her iPhone. Amazingly 11% of Starbucks sales are now conducted in this way more than any other single retailer – more than 4m transactions a week, I have subsequently researched.

How to remain a profitable stock market investor, even in times of market turmoil Making money from the stock market has nothing to do with forecasting, it has everything to do with responding! Turbulent times that we have recently witnessed have really shaken things up. Prices have moved down, many investors’ confidence has been shattered and if you believe the media, the World is getting sucked down the “plug hole!” Best get out while you can, is the mindset for some!! But is it really as bad as that? Actually no! Then again, misery always loves company!! We have seen a variety of Global events kick in – China in particular – which has exerted pressures on World markets, largely with the slowdown in that economy and the knock on effects in the global commodities space. Take crude oil, which at present, is at 6 year lows, given higher OPEC production and softer demand for the commodity. Equally, Iron ore has been thoroughly “worked over” – think of it look