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February 13, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

January 2020 Review

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Regular readers know that I started a project last year called Zero To A Million. The goal of this project is to prove that anyone can become a millionaire by investing a small amount into the stock market each month. It’s also to prove that you can invest in individual stocks and you don’t have to […]

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January 23, 2020 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

10 Trading Strategies For A Bear Market

Interest rates are low, taxes are low and the stock market is firing on all cylinders.  The current bull market is already the longest in history and just a few percent away from being the largest in history.  But bull markets cannot last forever. Some time in the not too distant future a bear market […]

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January 10, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Five Lessons For Investors In 2020

5 lessons for investors in 2020

It has been already been an interesting start to 2020 with the flaring up of hostilities in Iran. I never imagined the S&P 500 could hold up so well with this kind of news but it just goes to show how strong this bull market is (and also how complacent investors are becoming). As we […]

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January 6, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

December Review – Starbucks And Chewy

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Regular readers will know that I started a new project last year called Zero To A Million.  The goal of this project is to prove that anyone can become a millionaire by investing a small amount into the stock market each month.  It’s also to prove that there are viable alternatives to index funds and […]

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December 4, 2019 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

November Review – Disney And Alibaba Top Up

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If you have read some of my recent posts you will know that I’ve started a new portfolio called Zero To A Million. This is a project where I am attempting to reach $1 million in equity by investing a small amount into the stock market each month. This strategy is part quant, part discretionary […]

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November 24, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

What Are The Best Performing Stocks Of The Last 20 Years?

20 years ago we were in the middle of the dotcom bubble. This was not a great time to invest since many stocks were at their peak earnings. Many never recovered and a few went bankrupt.  However, some companies grew out of the rubble and posted mouth-watering returns. I decided to look at which stocks […]

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November 5, 2019 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

October Update – I’m Backing Britain

October was a fairly busy month. I published a new class to Marwood Research and made three more stock investments for our long term portfolio.  As I mentioned in a previous post, this portfolio is part of a project called Zero To One Million where I am attempting to get to $1 million in equity […]

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October 27, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

What Is The Truth About Zero Commission Trading?

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Popular brokerages like TD Ameritrade and Schwab have cut their trading commissions to zero and more brokers are following suit. A reader asked about the impact of zero commissions on trading so I thought I would share my thoughts below.  Mixed Feelings  My first impressions of this news are mixed.  It’s great to have zero […]

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October 18, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Are Treasury Bonds Really Better Than Stocks?

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There’s a study that has been doing the rounds for some time called “Do Global Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills?”  In the study, the authors come to the conclusion that most stocks fail to beat the return on cash (1-month Treasury bills).  In fact, across a sample of 62,000 global stocks between 1990-2018, 56% of US […]

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October 12, 2019 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

What Did I Buy In September?

If you read last month’s update you will know that I recently started a new investing portfolio called ‘Zero To One Million’.  This is a project where I am attempting to hit $1 million in equity through the process of investing a small amount (typically $1000 – $1500) into one or two different stocks each […]

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September 17, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Only Optimists Make Money In Stocks

Only optimists make money in stocks

I came across the following quote on Twitter: Unless you’re a perennial short seller, pessimism about the future is of no help. Only optimists make money in the markets. D Mutukrishnan Mutukrishnan has a great way of words and I think this quote is very true.  If you’re too pessimistic about the market you’re going […]

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September 11, 2019 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

August Stock Picks And Updates: Amazon And Alibaba

First off, a few updates.  You may have noticed that this website now has a shiny new name, Decoding Markets! The old one, jbmarwood.com, was too ambiguous and made me sound like an author of fantasy novels. Decoding Markets reflects the new direction that I want this blog to go in.  It’s not about me, […]

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June 25, 2019 By Joe Marwood 5 Comments

How I Messed Up With Bitcoin

How I messed up trading bitcoin

I thought I would write an article about bitcoin because it might be valuable to go over what happened.  I bought some bitcoin in 2017 and made some money with it.  In fact, percentage wise it is the best trade I have made in the past few years. However, I still think I messed up […]

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June 7, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Investigating Skewness And The Lottery Effect In Stocks

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The lottery effect explains our willingness to accept poor odds for a chance to win a huge sum. It’s why millions of us play Lotto or the PowerBall despite huge odds of one in 292,201,338*. We don’t mind spending a few bucks for the chance to win a gigantic sum, even though the odds are […]

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March 11, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

What Is The Long Term Performance Of Microcap Stocks?

Microcap stocks are great for day traders and swing traders because of their volatility. But I wanted to know how well they perform on longer timeframes. In this article we analyse a decade of performance data to see what you can expect from investing in microcap stocks. Data Preparation To do this analysis we will […]

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