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I’m Relaxed….How Are You Doing?

I have just returned from a rather extended breakfast with someone to find that the market has continued to crap itself. You might ask how I can only just be getting back from brekky at 11.30 – surely I would have been in front of the screen from first light. Nope……not a chance, but I…

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I’m Relaxed….How Are You Doing?

I have just returned from a rather extended breakfast with someone to find that the market has continued to crap itself. You might ask how I can only just be getting back from brekky at 11.30 – surely I would have been in front of the screen from first light. Nope……not a chance, but I…

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My Brain Made Me Do It

This is probably quite topical given the developments of the past few days. BRADLEY ALFORD, a money manager in Atlanta, just hit the panic button. No, really. Mr. Alford just hit the key on his computer that initiates the Wall Street equivalent of the nuclear option: Sell everything. He was acting on orders from two…

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Not So Super

Every now and again you come across an article by accident that requires a detailed comment other than the usual simple dismissive.  Over the weekend I came across the following article in The Age – parts of it cried out for comment. THE stockmarket rout has wiped an estimated $30 billion from Australian superannuation funds…

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My Brain Made Me Do It

This is probably quite topical given the developments of the past few days. BRADLEY ALFORD, a money manager in Atlanta, just hit the panic button. No, really. Mr. Alford just hit the key on his computer that initiates the Wall Street equivalent of the nuclear option: Sell everything. He was acting on orders from two…

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Not So Super

Every now and again you come across an article by accident that requires a detailed comment other than the usual simple dismissive.  Over the weekend I came across the following article in The Age – parts of it cried out for comment. THE stockmarket rout has wiped an estimated $30 billion from Australian superannuation funds…

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So What Now?

I got dropped this quote early this morning and asked to comment on it – • During a secular bear market, an investor’s job is to manage risk and preserve capital. • During a secular bull market, it is to maximize return. As a starting point I tend to agree with the overall tactical philosophy…

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So What Now?

I got dropped this quote early this morning and asked to comment on it – • During a secular bear market, an investor’s job is to manage risk and preserve capital. • During a secular bull market, it is to maximize return. As a starting point I tend to agree with the overall tactical philosophy…

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WTF Email Of The Week

Every so often I get a strange email – a lot of the time I have no friggen idea what people are asking but this one is intriguing because it seem to assume we have psychic powers. Hi, I have been trying to phone my broker company on 2 phone numbers to place an option…

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Interesting…..But So What?

I am not certain what to make of this given the actual paucity of data regarding real estate and the outright dishonesty of many land rats. Its a nice looking chart and it may have some broad value but I am not certain what it is. Housing is not like trading where price discovery is…

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Why We Buy New Highs

As I keep telling new mentorees – prices will move higher or lower than you can ever imagine. I have no idea why gold is going up – I am sure there is a nice story to it that someone could come up with but I don’t really care.

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