A new change of address - again!

Move once, shame on me, move a second time....Well after a relatively easy trip across this great land, it seems I'm moving once again. This time, it's the blog - we are moving across to the SuperBlog, MacroBusiness, joining a diverse group of bloggers, to talk about trading, as well as market and company analysis. In...

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Back in Business

Well I'm back here in Queensland after 4645km trip across the country. No problems or dramas except a few water crossings as previously mentioned. Ready to get back to business! At this stage only 1 trade has gone awry whilst away (I had pared back most of my positions before leaving, given we had almost no internet...

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Almost there!

Our trek across this huge country of ours (you don't realise until you ceaselessly drive across it) continues - we are currently at Cobar, NSW and heading NE for our new (to be announced) home in Queensland. Only one minor problem - a pretty badly flooded road crossing just outside Wilcannia. Fine for cars/4WD's but...

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Crossroads

Copyright Dreamworks - from "Castaway" A little introspective today from your trading blogger. I'm putting on my "philosophers" hat and taking off my trading/investors hat to talk about something that I have thought about - both publicly and privately, for many years. My thoughts on Australia's future have evolved...

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Cyclones, Floods and Levies (Levees?)

Well this is great news: just a few days before I leave to go to Queensland, a tropical cyclone is right on track to hit our area this weekend. For reference, I live just above Bunbury: i.e in the middle of the forecast path. Its not as bad as the storm in a teacup re: the Gillard Flood Levy. Given that well over 40%...

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My Trades - as of 24th January, 2011

The table below summarises all suggested trades on this blog, mentioned in End of Week Market Analysis and any individual security summaries. Accumulative Profit as of 24th January is $2474. What does that mean? It assumes I have opened 1 option contract, 500 warrants or a 1000 share parcel in each suggested...

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Classic Calvin and Hobbes....replace "lemonade" with "property"

subsidized = FHBG, RBA low interest rates, demand equals "underlying demand" and so on... Is there any better description of the so-called "free market"? I know of a few economists and spruikers who could match Calvin's attitude here, but that would be insulting to Calvin.... createSummaryAndThumb("summary61238358...

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End of Week Market Analysis - 22nd January, 2011

The S&P/ASX200 Index (XJO) closed the week at 4755 points, below long term resistance at 4800 points. The jostle between the bulls and bears continue, with BHP and RIO (discussed in detail below) dragging the market back after a one-day leap across the pivotal 4800 barrier. Trend - the short term trend is flat,...

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