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G’day Traders, Firstly, I have to say that many stockbrokers seem to have their heads in the sand. I recall late 2007 when the markets were already moving down. They said it would come back. I said move into safe, liquid assets like cash. Every stockbroker I have ever worked with has this idea that [...]

G’day Traders, Attendees at my Advanced workshop will know I believe the bond market – specifically US Treasuries is the most crucial market to give indications of others. It’s not so simple as 1 + 2 = 3, but the bottom line is a big move, or major change of direction in the bonds often [...]

G’day Traders, Yesterday I wrote about trading when the markets are likely to be good. My question is “Are you going to be ready to start live trading sometime in September?” You see, last night I picked Lee Hearsey up from the airport in Brisbane after a long flight back from Perth. This gave us [...]

G’day Traders, Yesterday’s rally was contributed to by rumours that the Fed was going to cut the rate it pays for bank deposits to zero from 25b.p. Ummm – I thought this was pretty stupid, but obviously stocks (and bond) traders believed in it because when Bernanke spoke, it was too boring and the market [...]