MARCUS TODAY

Since 1998, Marcus Padley (MAppFin, LLB, MSAA) has been dedicated to providing insights about the stock market, focusing on what matters to individual investors. The Marcus Today Stock Market Newsletter offers clear, honest, and independent research and ideas on the stock market. With 32 years of experience as a stockbroker, Marcus Padley has earned recognition for his expertise, including winning a prize in Applied Portfolio Management from Macquarie University. He was also named the 'Tipster of the Year' by the Stockbrokers Association in 2008 and became a Master Member of the Stockbrokers Association of Australia in June 2002.

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A Super Strategy

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.
Heikin-Ashi Charts

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.
Is This the Start Of A Market Meltdown?

Mar 10, 2025 | marcustoday.com.au | Marcus Padley

Whenever I picked up my phone last week, I kept thinking to myself, “Is this the day?” – I haven’t done that for a year or two. While the NASDAQ is now down over 10% from the top (an official correction—not that that means anything), I can’t see the ingredients for a really precipitous market collapse. That would require something material like a GFC or COVID.