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What does the Baltic Dry Index reaching all-time lows mean for stocks? We all know world economies are slowing down resulting in interest rates at their...

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Since agreeing on a bet for a steak at Rockpool with a colleague on the Trading Floor, that NCM would outperform CBA by the end of January, Karl Goody has now...

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As Gold Stocks Rally, do we take some Profit? Identifying trades and investment opportunities is only half the game, we must also manage the position...

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Do we chase banks for yield today? My simple answer is a boring no, but there is a lot of thought behind this conclusion, not just a coin toss

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Six standout points that are exciting me

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The picture is completing fast, I believe the time is approaching to Move into Cash. Recent volatility in oil, iron ore and gold have chewed up all the...

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3 BIG topics in one quick Monday Report 1 Medibank lists tomorrow The government has had a bonanza with Medibank, issuing the stock to retail at $2 a share and...

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Overall MarketMatters macro view Last week, Australian equities had a simply awful week on all matrices, not just from Iron Ore stocks that captured most of...

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Three household names are getting dumped, do we buy? Three stocks Market Matters have been negative on during 2014, have experienced accelerated selling over...

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Will we see another bid (merger) for the ASX? An $8.4 billion merger between the Singapore Exchange (SGX.SP) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) was...

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Buy Gold & sell banks - will markets repeat last year's quarter for the underperformers? As all my readers know, I am looking for a 2,000-2,500 point...

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Revisiting our Dividend views for the ASX200 With 50% of returns from the local share market coming from dividends over the last 20 years, it's not difficult...

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Gold is getting interesting, as panic sets in for the precious metal When everybody starts having the same view, there can be huge money made when the trend...

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Australians are heavily reliant - dividends

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Oil joins the Iron-Ore & Copper Bear Party Predicting the price of Iron-Ore is difficult, but it may still halve to be only up 250% in 11 years- hardly...

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The US indices tumbled after the IMF cut global growth forecasts and warned of frothy equities, amid signs of slowing growth in Europe

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Iron-Ore has plunged 40% this year, but we still feel BHP will fall ~30% further. RIO was +6.6% overseas, as it considers a merger with Glencore to create the...

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It was a very volatile session overnight, with most European Indices falling aggressively as confidence in Mario Draghi's ability to drag the region out of...

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The Australian banks are in an eye of the storm of negativity with everything going against them including a falling $A, rising interest rate concerns and...

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