As I approached retirement I was actively seeking an additional income stream that would give me the freedom to continue travelling the world while maintaining our current standard of living.…
Routines or Chaos: The Secrets of Successful Traders
Daily routines play a critical role in the success of top athletes, musical and artistic performers and other world recognised achievers in various fields. For example, it’s been reported that…
What is Genius? Is There a Genius Trading State?
Think about what Sir John Templeton did in 1999 at the heart of the dot.com stock bubble. He took his entire personal fortune and shorted various dot.com stocks. At the…
Investor skills everyone should be thinking about
An investor was telling me recently about an investment he made back in the early 1990s as a way to demonstrate his skill. Seriously … he used one example more…
Analysts (still) warning of lower iron ore prices
Iron Ore prices have risen almost 50 percent across most markets since the lows of November 2018, with spot prices for the ferrous metal now trading around $90 US a…
Why do you need a hard wallet for your cryptocurrency?
Nobody needs to be told about the potential rewards that investing in cryptocurrency can bring to a person’s life. However, the vast majority of investors are still new to the…
The Collapse of the Australian Economy
In previous articles I have explained how Australia is on the verge of collapse! The cycle chart of Australia clearly indicates this. This country is run by too many fools…
The relationship between interest rates and stock markets
As the US economy has finally recovered from its post-GFC malaise, so have US interest rates risen from historical lows. This is a natural progression; policy makers keep interest rates…
What to do when the market falls
Like most things in finance, a market downturn is impossible to predict with any certainty. When will it happen? How severe will it be? What will trigger it? No one…
Commodities Corner
Several conflicting themes are emerging in 2019, the first is the persistent warnings of a global growth slowdown. At the same time, the world is focused on oil for potential…