Could Be Worse…..
But it could also be better….
YTD Returns
Recently, I have seen some YTD returns and thought I would collate some of the more interesting ones into a dodgy table. The stand out performer is undoubtedly the Nikkei. Its amazing what you can do to an index when you attempt to do at least something to address inter generational economic problems. From my…
DetailsWhat Commodities Boom Would That Be?
Whilst my grasp of macro economics is about as good as Tony Abbotts grasp of evolution I do know that to have a mining boom you need two things and two thing only. Rising commodity prices and a booming customer. Everything is superfluous to the equation and can be discarded. This is the Shanghai Composite.…
DetailsIntroduction to Backtesting Metrics
This Friday we have Kora Reddy of asxiq dropping by as a guest contributer, who for the next three weeks will be going through some of the intricacies of back testing. Why Backtest a strategy? Quick answers to the question: to determine whether a theory or hypothetical construct is valid in historical testing to summarize…
DetailsThis Should Come In Handy
The clever folks at asxiq have produce an app for the iPhone that gives dividend information for ASX shares. Dvdnd IQ lets you track all the important upcoming dividend dates (ex-dividend, record, payable, etc.) of all the ASX listed shares in easily scroll-able calendar format. Dvdnd IQ includes details for each ASX listed share, information such as last traded…
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Very rarely do you get this combination of decreasing volatility, hence larger position sizes and a strongly trending market.
DetailsTen Minutes With Tate – Holy Hell It’s Going Up
More than 10 minutes today….so grab a cuppa. For some reason some users are having trouble seeing the above video. If you are having trouble cut and paste the following into your browser – http://vimeopro.com/user1683164/ten-minutes-with-tate
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