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  • 1 month ago | moneymag.com.au | Marcus Padley

    I ask for 'stupid questions' in the Marcus Today newsletter, and I get them. Here's one: "I have $10,000 and want to turn it into $1 million. How do I do it?"You're thinking, 'How stupid', but it's a really good question. So, let's try to answer it. The first thing to do is to accept that you will not achieve this goal without being prepared to lose all your money. You will not achieve it in the bank, in cash, in property or in managed funds.

  • 1 month ago | marcustoday.com.au | Marcus Padley

    Every time there is a significant market event I have friends ask me the same set of questions. Why is this happening? Is it too late to sell? I don’t have any shares, should I care? The more important question is – how could I have avoided this? Better still – think the stock market doesn’t affect you? Think again. Prerequisite reading: The Matrix. Foreword: In my friendship group there are two types of people. 10% are interested in the stock market. Know what an ETF is and buy and sell shares.

  • 1 month ago | marcustoday.com.au | Marcus Padley

    Heikin Ashi charts are a variation on standard Japanese candlestick charts. Heikin means “average” and Ashi means “pace”. Heikin-Ashi charts combine candles over a couple of periods (days or weeks for our purposes) to produce a “combo” candlestick. In so doing, it essentially averages the price action over a couple of periods in one candlestick, which manages to cut out a lot of the noise that you get using one candle a day.

  • 2 months ago | sharesight.com | Marcus Padley

    Just a quick one to explain why everyone tells you that you can’t time the market. Spoiler: it’s rubbish. And here’s why. There was a paper (back in the 70s or 80s) written by a couple of academics who, let’s be honest, probably never traded a share in their lives. They concluded that you are better off sitting in the market long term and never making a decision again. The finance industry loved it. “Buy and hold”. “Be long term”. “Time in the market, not timing the market”.

  • 2 months ago | livewiremarkets.com | Marcus Padley

    Spooked by the bond market, Trump has walked back Liberation DayWhat's happened? Trump's post on Truth SocialTrump blinked overnight - pausing Tariffs for 90 days on all countries except China. Raised tariffs on China from 104% to 125%. The White House is isolating China. Very dangerous. Keeping a 10% tariff in place for all (?) countries. Sector-specific tariffs (steel, aluminium, autos) are still in place by the looks of it.

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Marcus Padley
Marcus Padley @MarcusPadley
17 Jun 25

Wall St bounces back like Friday never happened. The Tariff Tumble was a significant market event. This isn't looking like one. https://t.co/SKAg2TPt6L

Marcus Padley
Marcus Padley @MarcusPadley
13 Jun 25

Fair bit of background to cover today. Knee-jerk reactions are always to sell at the first sign of trouble and rotate into cash, gold and oil. We're not doing that. I said this after the Hamas kidnapping in October 2023, which resulted in Israel invading Palestine: 🔸 Almost https://t.co/Vp8Yip0ZcY

Marcus Padley
Marcus Padley @MarcusPadley
13 Jun 25

RT @KobeissiLetter: BREAKING: US stock market futures fall sharply after loud explosions are heard in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Sirens are a…