Do Dividends Matter To Traders?
This piece from the lads at MF&Co Asset Management dropped into my inbox this morning. What caught my eye was the notion that BHP was a high dividend yield play kind of stock. To be honest I had never thought of it that way and had only ever traded BHP via ETO’s and with the…
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All That Glitters
One of the things that is always interesting about financial markets is the role that hyperbole plays in people’s decision making. For example, my LinkedIn page is for some reason littered with people who are obsessed with gold and this is a topic I have touched on before. For many investors, their decisions are based…
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The Stock Market Is Not The Economy
As last year drew to a close and Christmas loomed large on the horizon I sat down with Bushy Martin of the Get Invested podcast series to reflect on the year that was and offer my thoughts on the year to come. Click this link to be taken to the episode.
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A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing
Recently some commodities have been on a bit of a tear as a consequence any index that tracks commodities has been showing signs of life. A day or so ago the chart below appeared on my LinkedIn feed. It is the Bloomberg Commodities Index with a trendline and an arrow is drawn on it because…
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The Essex Boys: How Nine Traders Hit a Gusher With Negative Oil
Among the many previously unthinkable moments of 2020, one of the strangest occurred on April 20, when the price of crude oil fell below zero. West Texas Intermediate futures, the most popular instrument used to trade the commodity, had started the day at $18 a barrel. That was already low, but prices kept tumbling until,…
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