How to gauge the stock market's direction

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Dec 24, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

This is the first in a brand new series of posts, where we're going to be looking at gauging the stock market's direction.

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Tags: Stock market direction, Investment strategy

Which of our funds are in the money flow?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Dec 17, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

Each month we like to make sure that the funds we own are acting right. In our opinion, as well as the long-term performance of the present fund manager being a key factor in fund selection, the short-term performance of the fund manager is very important too. It’s vital because we’ve noticed that strong funds tend to get stronger and weak funds tend to get weaker.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news

Where's the market heading next?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Dec 10, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

In this post we'll take a look at what has been happening in the market since early November.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news

Top tips on when to sell a fund

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Dec 03, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

This is our fourth and final post in a series of posts where we're looking in detail at timing your fund investments. In our last three posts we discussed the importance of recognising chart patterns when timing buys. In this post we'll go on to look at when to sell a fund.

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Tags: Fund timing, Investment strategy, Investment tutorials

How to spot if the market has changed its trend

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Nov 19, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

This information is taken from The Big Picture, to download a sample copy please just click here.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news

A key characteristic of bear markets

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

In this post we'll take a look at what has been happening in the market since early October.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news

Fund timing: Our take on stop losses

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

This is the third in a new series of posts, where we're looking in detail at timing your fund investments. In our last two posts we discussed the importance of recognising chart patterns when timing buys. In this post we'll go on to look at stop losses. 

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Tags: Fund timing, Investment strategy, Investment tutorials

Fund timing: The flat base pattern

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Oct 29, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

This is the second in a new series of posts, where we're looking in detail at timing your fund investments. In our last post we discussed the importance of recognising chart patterns when timing buys and covered the cup-with-handle pattern in partcular. In this post we'll go onto look at the flat base pattern. 

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Tags: Fund timing, Investment strategy, Investment tutorials

Fund timing: Knowing when to buy

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Oct 22, 2014 @ 10:20 AM

This is the first in a new series of posts, where we'll look in detail at timing your fund investments.

If you would like to know more, please just download our free report Fund Timing: When to Buy and When to Exit.

After speaking to a huge number of DIY investors over the past 15 years, we’ve learned that many feel reasonably comfortable selecting which funds to invest in but have problems knowing when to buy and when to exit. We’ve also found that most investors become uncertain about whether to hold on to their fund once they’ve bought it, especially if it drops in price just after they’ve purchased it.

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Tags: Fund timing, Investment strategy, Investment tutorials

Which of our funds are in the money flow?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Oct 15, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

Each month we like to make sure that the funds we own are acting right. In our opinion, as well as long-term performance being a key factor in fund selection, the short-term performance of a fund is very important once you own it. It’s vital because we’ve noticed that strong funds tend to get stronger and weak funds tend to get weaker.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news