About this time last year, I wrote a post outlining the seven stocks for the All Ords that fit my long-term investing rules. In case you are interested in how I did, I’m very pleased to say that if you had have taken my recommendations, you would be approximately 19.4% richer, right now. AUB is […]
Investing For The Dividend. Why It Makes Sense In Slow Markets
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 […]
The Top 7 Shares That Fit The Shopping For Shares Rules (Plus One More That Tracey Likes)
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 […]
Why Investing in Australian Blue Chip Shares Is a Good Idea
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 […]
Shopping for Shares Now Available
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 […]