The biggest danger in trading the stock market is getting caught up in the stock market hype.
You can be the most bearish trader there is, yet a few days of seeing the stock market cranking up can make you question yourself.
The same goes for bullish traders. They think the stock market is going to the moon. Yet a couple of days of big sell-offs and they press the panic button.
The thing is you don’t know for sure which way the stock market will go until it’s gone there. Sounds obvious right? So as a share market investor you owe it to yourself to stack the odds in your favour.
But with the current state of the global economy — how can anyone make sense of where the market is heading next? And how can you know which ups and which downs are more important than others?
At Money Morning Australia we don’t claim to know everything there is to know about the stock market. Nobody does. But what we do try and do is help you make sense of what’s happening in the wider economy…so you can trade the stock market more profitably.
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Share Market
Australian Share Market
Discover more than just Australian stock market news. Instead enjoy a contrarian perspective on the Australian share market, an analysis of good and bad ASX-listed companies and an insight into which Australian stocks are moving the market. Learn what it all means for you and your money. Plus discover which ASX shares are worth paying attention too — and which you should avoid.
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- We’re Still Not Selling the Aussie Stock Market… (5/17/2013) - The story now is that because the Aussie dollar has hit the skids, we can expect the Aussie stock market to follow...
- Australian Stocks at Key Level: Get Ready for a Quick Move… (5/16/2013) - Following yesterday's negative price action, we could see more selling in the coming days. So how will this play out for Australian stocks?
- Why You Won’t See Me on ABC or CNBC Discussing Financial Markets… (5/13/2013) - Heaven forbid Aussie networks allow their viewers to see someone based locally, who has a different view to the mainstream financial markets.
- Stock Yield Pigs Let Loose at the Trough (5/11/2013) - It seems clear that the RBA’s move will continue to drive Aussie investors from term deposits into dividend paying stocks in the hunt for a reasonable yield. A falling Aussie changes the valuation metrics for a lot of stocks. So today’s Money Weekend will leave the currency wars behind and focus on value.
- When Economic Reality and Markets Collide (5/10/2013) - Eventually economic reality and markets will collide - unfortunately the higher the market, the harder the fall.
Stocks and Bonds
Stocks and Bonds
Learn how an investment in the right stocks and bonds can help build and protect your wealth. Money Morning will tell you everything you need to know about dividend stocks, small-caps and penny shares, resource and mining stocks, energy stocks, gold and silver stocks, oil and gas stocks, corporate and government bonds, blue chip stocks and more…
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- How Long Can Share Prices Continue to Boom? (5/21/2013) - Share prices around the world are on a tear. Most developed markets are near five-year highs. But what’s going on? For how long can it continue?
- Stock Yield Pigs Let Loose at the Trough (5/11/2013) - It seems clear that the RBA’s move will continue to drive Aussie investors from term deposits into dividend paying stocks in the hunt for a reasonable yield. A falling Aussie changes the valuation metrics for a lot of stocks. So today’s Money Weekend will leave the currency wars behind and focus on value.
- Dividend Stocks Look Expensive — What Should You Do? (4/22/2013) - 'Safe’ dividend stocks have outperformed all comers during the recent bull run. Some now look expensive compared to other sectors. So what should you do?
- Australia: The Home of World Beating Dividend Stocks (4/12/2013) - Foreign investors can get nearly twice as good a yield in Australian dividend stocks as they can in stocks anywhere else.
- Why Dividend Stocks May Not Stay This Cheap for Long (3/29/2013) - It’s a great time to buy growth stocks. We said that a few weeks ago as stocks hit the peak. To us, dividend stocks looked overvalued at worst and fairly valued at best.
Share Trading
Share Trading
Trading shares on the stock market is no mean feat. If share trading is something you’d like to get better at, it doesn’t hurt to learn from those in the know. Stock traders who’ve made a fortune, lost it all, and made it back again can help you avoid the common pitfalls of trading the share market and provide guidance and insight on how to make money from trading.
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- How Big Traders Are Manipulating the Gold Price (3/6/2013) - Against the backdrop of fiscal mismanagement, political incompetence, and failed austerity measures, the world's biggest traders have all bet heavily on gold. Lately, they've been pulling out all the stops to get what they want while laughing all the way to bigger bonuses.
- Why Aristotle Still Matters to Traders and Investors (3/2/2013) - Trained neuroscientist and former global bank trader John Coates says, if you want to understand financial markets, you must understand the psychology of traders and investors in the market.
- Revealed: Inside a Share Trader’s Den (2/27/2013) - The purpose of this article is to give you some practical insight into how I go about selecting share trades on the Australian stock market…
- How a Share Trader Approaches the Market (2/20/2013) - The job of the share trader is not to tell the future. The job of the share trader is to accept that they don't know the future and then structure their share trading activity accordingly.
- Revealed: Inside the Mind of a Share Trader (1/30/2013) - In share trading, remaining stubborn in your view is a death wish because the stock market can do anything. As the old saying goes, ‘Both bulls and bears can make money in the markets but pigs get slaughtered.’
World Markets
World Markets
Global markets are so intertwined these days — what happens in one region of the financial markets can affect another half way around the world. Learn how world market events can affect your investments here in Australia and how you can prosper by being ahead of the game.
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- How to Play the Best Bull Markets in the World (5/21/2013) - In the words of CEO Harris Kupperman: Find the best bull markets in the world. Get in early. Buy the best assets and enjoy the ride...
- Emerging Markets Should Beware Japan (4/30/2013) - A few weeks ago, Russell Napier of CLSA suggested that the weak yen might trigger an emerging markets currency crisis.
- ABN Amro Predicts Gold Price Collapse (4/30/2013) - ABN Amro recently revised its global macro and gold outlook, forecasting a $1,300 gold price by the end of this year.
- Just a Market Correction – or the Start of Something Bigger? (4/17/2013) - People have been waiting to ‘buy the correction’ in this market when it arrives. But now that it’s here, they might be tempted to hold off a little longer..
- The Hints of the Next Cold War (2/13/2013) - Perhaps a new Cold War will emerge between the U.S. and its allies against China and its allies. Pushed by abstract ideals and “strategy,” will the world powers fumble along a path to war? And what would a new cold war mean for investors?
Small Cap Stocks
Small Cap Stocks
Small-cap stocks (or penny shares) are some of the most risky and volatile stocks on the market. But they can make you the most money too. Discover why we love small-caps so much and learn how to invest in them with limited risk…for big profits.
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- Look for Small-Cap Resource Stocks with Plenty of Cash (5/21/2013) - If you want to bet on some big moves, cashed up small-cap resource stocks could be the best bet of all.
- Australian Stock Market to Make an All-Time High? This Analyst Thinks So… (3/30/2013) - Kris Sayce sees the stage being set for a boom in the Australian share market that will take it over 7,000 points within two years.
- The Small Cap Miners Operating Deep in the West African Jungle (3/28/2013) - Today's miners are increasingly going where no miner has gone before. One of the most exciting new mining regions is in West Africa.
- A Small-Cap Speculator’s Delight (3/9/2013) - They’re some of the reasons small caps are a stock pickers dream, really. There’s simply less interest and less competition. But where to look right now?
- Why the Stock Market Boom is on Pause (3/8/2013) - We had lunch with a couple of old broker pals yesterday. The broad opinion was that we were all worried that the stock market was heading for a fall. But not the whole stock market, just one bunch of stocks in particular.
