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November 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Is Value Investing Dead? Dissecting The Value Investing Narrative

I don’t know about you but I keep hearing the same story across financial media. Apparently, value investing is no longer relevant. Both the Economist and Washington Post had articles out this week proclaiming that value investing was on its last legs. To the Post’s credit, they did suggest the tide could be changing but […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: stocks, value investing

November 2, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Do Stocks Have A Floor?

Coronavirus and election concerns have really spooked the market lately with the S&P 500 down -6% on the week. There are more than a couple of reasons for this weakness. Cases of coronavirus are ramping up and there appears to be little cohesion or plan to tackle the escalating number of cases. The US election […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: opinion, stocks

October 14, 2020 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

Is The Biden Trade Priced In?

It’s not long to go until the US election and Joe Biden is leading the polls. The prominent 538 blog puts Biden’s chances at around 85%, The Economist has Biden at 90% and betting odds suggest a figure around 68%.  As we move closer to the election, and with some votes already been cast, it does […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: investing, stocks

March 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood 9 Comments

When To Buy The Coronavirus Sell-Off

When to buy the coronavirus sell off

The fallout from the coronavirus has been rapid. The last few weeks have seen huge levels of volatility and the S&P 500 has dropped around 29% from it’s February peak.  If you have read any of my previous updates you will know that I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for some time.  […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: investing, stocks

October 27, 2019 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

What Is The Truth About Zero Commission Trading?

The truth about zero commissions header

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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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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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 […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Trading Tagged With: bitcoin

December 19, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

5 Questions You Must Ask Before You Start Trading

Before you start trading it’s important to be prepared for a long road ahead. Even if you’re born with a natural talent you will still face a number of obstacles that you will need to overcome to be successful.  1. Do You Have Enough Capital? Unfortunately the most passionate new traders are often the least […]

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November 8, 2018 By Patrick Crawley Leave a Comment

Citron Research Flips On Tesla

Tesla are killing it in the luxury car market. Source CleanTechnica.com

“TSLA is not just pulling customers from BMW and Mercedes but also from Toyota and Honda. Like a magic trick, while everyone is focused on Elon smoking weed, he is quietly smoking the whole automotive industry.”– Andrew Left Anyone paying attention to the Tesla stock knows that it’s one of this market cycle’s most interesting […]

Filed Under: Ideas, News, Opinion Tagged With: Ideas, news

July 4, 2017 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

No, This Market Is Not Confusing

the persistence method in weather

Last week I received an email courtesy of the StockTwits newsletter with the headline ‘This Market Is Confusing Everyone’. Apparently, because the market has fallen, gone up, and then fallen again (in the space of a few days) investors are totally confused and the market is ‘faking out everyone’. Unfortunately for the headline writer, this […]

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June 8, 2017 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

Predictions Ahead Of The UK Election

uk election predictions gbpusd

In this article I look at some of the ramifications of the upcoming UK election for financial markets. This is likely to be a less volatile event than Brexit. If the Conservatives don’t get a 50-seat majority, there is downside for the pound. But it would take a shock result to eject GBPUSD from its […]

Filed Under: Opinion, Picks Tagged With: politics, uk election

May 25, 2017 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Twitter Is The New Magazine Cover For Traders

The Business Week Bottom Magazine Cover

Traders have known for some time now that mainstream media is not a reliable source of information for predicting future price moves in financial markets. In fact, it is assumed by many investors that once a story is fully reported in the financial press, the vast majority of the corresponding price move has already taken place.

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March 10, 2017 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Is Now A Bad Time To Invest In Stocks?

is now a bad time to invest in stocks?

I recently came across the following question on the website Quora so I thought I would add some thoughts. This is a topic that is currently dominating the markets right now. Nearly everyone is concerned that the market is well overdue for a correction so it feels important to address this issue:

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February 19, 2017 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Are Stocks Approaching The Point Of Maximum Optimism?

nasdaq 100 chart monthly

Last week saw the main stock averages continue their upward price run with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq all posting all-time record highs.

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January 11, 2017 By Guest Post Leave a Comment

How is Politics Set to Change the Way We Trade?

International politics and trading

Although often overlooked, the fact of the matter is that stock markets and political events are inextricably linked. Considering that 2016 was undoubtedly one of the most newsworthy years in regards to political upheaval, many traders are wondering what 2017 has in store.

Filed Under: Economy, Opinion Tagged With: latest, opinion

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