Lately my portfolio has become a mixture of three types of stocks.
1. Long term stocks (these make up the bulk of my portfolio)
2. Short term stocks (because they can be fun although I don’t hold as many of these at the moment)
and
3. Dividend stocks (I’m gradually buying more and more of [...]
One of the biggest questions that I get from readers is that they can’t find any shares that fit all my rules.
The rules state that they be listed in the All Ords, have ROE’s above 15%, low debt, high earnings stability and a decent return over the past 5 years.
And yes it’s absolutely [...]
We have been lucky in Australia that our stock market hasn’t been as hard hit as those around the world, but that doesn’t mean that we have got out unscathed either. In fact since the highest high in September 2007 to today the All Ords is still down around 30 per cent.
Whether you believe [...]
You probably know this already (since Shopping for Shares is now the top 37’th best selling business title this week in Australia) but you can now buy Shopping for Shares at most bookstores and department stores here in Oz.
I was in my local Big W yesterday and saw that they had about six or [...]
I’m just wondering if you took my advice at the beginning of May and invested in Telstra. At the time I made my blog post (May 2) it was trading at $2.89 today it is trading at $3.04. That’s a 5.2% increase in just one month. Not bad.
If you did take my stock tip [...]
It’s been a bumpy month for shares this month as most of them were falling including the All Ords which closed at 4,954.6 on 1 April and is currently trading at 4,854.6 – a 2.0% decrease. While that wouldn’t have concerned you if you are holding for the long term, those holding for short term [...]
