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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 […]

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

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 […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, microcaps, stocks

January 25, 2019 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

These 3 Charts Pose Difficult Questions For Index Investors

Real price returns on US stocks between 1851 - 1931

As the long term charts on this page show, stock markets can go for lengthy periods with poor returns. Investors should utilise a diversified approach and remember to reinvest dividends.

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

September 14, 2018 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

New Figures Show 76% Of Traders Lose – How Not To Be One Of Them

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You’re probably aware of how difficult financial trading can be and how much luck plays a role in results. Latest figures from Finance Magnates show that in the year up to August 2017, 76% of CFD traders lost money. As shown by the graphic below, some brokers were better than others: But it gets worse. […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Tips Tagged With: investing, opinion, stocks

August 21, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

How To Invest In The Strongest Stocks Every Month

Dollar cost averaging equity

If you want to retire wealthy but you don’t have a lot of money there is a simple strategy you can use called Dollar Cost Averaging. The idea is to save some of your income and put it into the stock market at regular intervals (usually monthly). Dollar cost averaging typically involves regular investing in […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: DCA, investing

June 14, 2018 By Joe Marwood 5 Comments

Dollar Cost Averaging – How To Double Your Money Every 10 Years

dollar cost averaging on spy etf

The idea behind dollar cost averaging is simple. Every month invest a set amount of money into the stock market. When the market is high, you’ll be able to afford fewer shares and when it’s low you’ll be able to buy more shares at a lower price. Over time, the stock market moves up, your […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Investing, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: amibroker, investing, strategies

February 9, 2018 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Should You Buy The Dip When Volatility Picks Up? (Answer – Not Necessarily)

volatility timing vs buy and hold

This week we have seen a mini crash in the stock market indexes and an implosion of several short volatility ETNs. Mood in the stock market has quickly turned from exuberance to fear while some investors are ready to ‘buy the dip’. Conventional wisdom suggests that the best time to buy stocks is when there is […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Investing, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, strategies

January 5, 2018 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

The 10 Best Trading Strategies Of 2017

global etf performance

Back in January 2017, Donald Trump had just become President and most pundits were forecasting a year of stock market volatility and interest rate hikes. As it turned out (despite terrorist attacks, natural disasters and provocative tweets) 2017 finished as one of the least volatile years in history.

Filed Under: Lists, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, strategies

November 13, 2017 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Can Hollywood Box Office Numbers Help Predict The Stock Market?

Box office earnings from boxofficemojo.com

When times are good the economy is strong and everyone has more money to spend. So is there any relationship between consumer spending and the stock market? A new research paper suggests there is and provides a novel way of measuring consumer spending on a daily basis. Instead of looking at more traditional measures (such […]

Filed Under: Ideas, Investing, Stocks Tagged With: investing, strategies

October 30, 2017 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How To Pull The Trigger When Stocks Hit New Highs

chart of the s&p 500 pulling the trigger at new highs

One of the hardest things to do in investing is to buy the market as it makes yet another new high. Intuitively it makes little sense. The only way to profit in the stock market is to sell something for more than you paid for it so why would you buy something that has been […]

Filed Under: How to, Investing, Stocks Tagged With: investing, stocks

August 29, 2017 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Mid Cap Winners – New Investing System For Marwood Research

mid cap winners jack example trade

I try to keep Marwood Research topped up with new trading strategies every month. This month, another interesting investment strategy has been added to our program called Mid Cap Winners. Mid Cap Winners is a medium term investing system designed for the mid cap space with an average holding period of around 60 days.

Filed Under: Amibroker, Investing, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, trading systems

August 8, 2017 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

Should You Invest In Commodities? This Research Says YES

src: Bhardwaj, Geetesh and Gorton, Gary B. and Rouwenhorst, K. Geert, Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures Ten Years Later (May 25, 2015).

Sluggish growth and anaemic inflation has seen global commodity prices fall steadily in value since 2008. Because of this, and with stock markets reaching new record highs in 2017, commodity trading has gone out of fashion. Yet in the past, commodities have provided a good source of returns for both investors and active traders. Furthermore, […]

Filed Under: Commodities, Investing Tagged With: commodities, investing

July 18, 2017 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

How Blair Hull Beats The Market With 12 Indicators

Hull ETF

Blair Hull is a legend of Wall Street and a former professional blackjack player. He was named by Worth magazine as one of Wall Street’s 25 smartest players and by Forbes magazine as one of the most successful traders of the last 40 years. Today, Hull operates a number of ventures including an ETF that attempts […]

Filed Under: Investing, Legends, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, strategies

June 30, 2017 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

How To Trade A Stock Market Crash

The stock market cannot go up forever. At some point there will be another stock market crash and as always there will be some winners and some losers. In this article, I look at some techniques investors can use during a market crash and reveal two interesting strategies based on a recent academic paper. Tactics […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: crash, investing, strategies

May 12, 2017 By Joe Marwood 7 Comments

Implementing The All Weather Portfolio With ETFs

All weather portfolio performance in amibroker

In this article I implement Ray Dalio’s All Weather portfolio using popular ETFs and I back-test the strategy using Amibroker. The results show nice risk-adjusted returns for investors.

Filed Under: Amibroker, Investing, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: amibroker, investing

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