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Realistic Medium Term Return Expectations
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Warren Sep 1, 2008.

GDP Adjusted Olympics Medal Tally - Might quieten down a few poms and yanks!!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kbot Aug 28, 2008.

Sharemarket volatility & how markets rebound from lows
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What is your Money Confession? (Your biggest money win or stuff up)
Buying Woolworths and Commonwealth Bank shares in their IPOs

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Sound Investing Podcast - Well worth a listen

I have come across a podcast of a weekly radio show in th US - Sound Investing. It is published by FundAdvice.com, and involves three commentators - Paul Merriman, Tom Cock and Don McDonald sharing their insights into all things relating to investing.



In the latest edition the hosts look at why bear markets don't matter, the myth that bear markets are rare and how a 2nd grader… Continue

Posted on August 2, 2008 at 12:15pm — 3 Comments

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Investment Newsletters – Do they help you beat the market?

Today I came across a two minute video on You Tube which looked that the question – Can newsletters help you beat the market? The presenter was Tom Cock who is also involved with the Sound Investing podcasts of which I am a big fan. (This topic is the latest of a series of 15 videos under the banner SoundInvesting on YouTube)



In Australia, these type of newsletters include the Intelligent Investor, Huntleys, Fat Prophet and the… Continue

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 2:33pm — 10 Comments

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Is it time to look at borrowing to invest?

The first 6 months of 2008 have provided some “interesting times” for “margin loaners”. The sharp fall in the Australian share market through the first quarter and now again in June has led to surges in margin calls by lenders. Monday’s Fin Review suggested that margin calls rose 10-fold on Thursday last week. Margin calls in the first quarter of the year jumped to 3.85 per 1000 investors up from between 0.25 and 1.04 in 2007.



There have also been a few notable collapses of firms… Continue

Posted on July 9, 2008 at 2:49pm — 5 Comments

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At 7:19pm on August 15, 2008, BandwidthBandwidth said…
Hello Scott

Buying into IPOs in your late teens very sensible money mgmt. Did you have a good mentor
At 8:32pm on July 14, 2008, MiffyMiffy said…
Hey Scott, great blog post - you mention "we" in it... do you work for a broker?
At 3:23pm on July 9, 2008, PATRICIA HERBERT GUESTPATRICIA HERBERT GUEST said…
good move good on you
At 12:05am on June 24, 2008, Scott KeeferScott Keefer said…
Thanks Miffy! Plenty of time to go but the best time to get started is right now!!
At 4:06pm on June 23, 2008, MiffyMiffy said…
Hey Scott, welcome! If your photo is anything to go by, you've got a while to go until 55!
Miffy
 
 
 

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