Visualizing 40 Years of U.S. Interest Rates_
So why is everyone surprised that they eventually started to go back up? More here – Visual Capitalist
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Is Buy and Hold Investing Dead?
Most traders jump first and then build their parachutes. They trade using intuition and tips without a firm trading plan. If there’s anything the markets have taught us over the past couple of years it’s that treating investing and trading as a business is essential. But just how do you do this? In this exciting…
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Ten Minutes With Tate Volatility
This video is a repost of one I did last year. I decided to repost it because I did a brief media piece a little while ago and the topic of volatility came up tangentially. Volatility did not come directly but it was implied that because the market had gone down that this automatically meant…
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It Was The Best Of Times It Was The Worst Of Times
A chart similar to the one below has been doing the rounds lately. I It generally accompanies a chart similar to the one I spoke about here – both are used to bolster the narrative that the world is going to end very shortly. Unfortunately, such arguments are a reflection of trying to find data…
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Something Else To Show Your Financial Advisor
The other day I had a bit of a dig at a fund manager who was proclaimed a superstar for generating an average return of 9%pa for 15 years. I pointed out that the long term rate of return for the All Ords Total Return Index was 13.2%pa so our superstar was well off the…
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Something To Show Your Financial Advisor
I recently got an email blurb from a fund manager boasting that they had an average return of 9% over 15 years therefore they were superstars. This prompted me to do a bit of Google-fu and look up the latest stats for the All Ords Accumulation Index and its long term return. The average long…
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The Joy Of Trading
Trading offers many benefits when compared to what you would call a normal career trajectory. It is one of the few professions where you can completely set your own agenda. The manner and timing of your engagement with the market are completely yours to choose – you may choose to be a position trader who…
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