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The 4 key differences between West Texas Intermediate and Brent oil

Brent and West Texas Intermediate are two of the world's most popular benchmarks for crude oil pricing. But what are the differences between the two and which one is superior? The difference between Brent and West Texas Intermediate comes down to location, differentials in supply and demand as well as quality differences, such as sulfur content. And…

ByNick SundichFebruary 16, 2023

Here are 6 investment strategies. Which one is right for you?

Investment strategies are important for any investor, regardless of the size of their portfolio. But what are some of the investing strategies available to investors? And how can you pick one that’s right for your situation and objectives. Stocks Down Under recaps how investors can decide on an investment strategy and some of the most popular…

ByNick SundichFebruary 2, 2023

Why buying Australian Cash ETFs makes sense for investors

What are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)? ETFs are funds that track the performance of specific indexes or assets and seek to provide the returns of those indexes or assets for their investors. ETFs are traded on exchanges, thereby making them easy to invest in by retail investors. ETFs can hold multiple assets and investing in an…

ByMarc KennisDecember 7, 2022

The Top-5 books on investing you should read to boost your returns in 2021

1 January 2021 Some months ago the team at Stocks Down Under were looking for a Staff Writer for our publication. It’s not the easiest of jobs. To be a good writer on ASX-listed companies you’ve got to have a strong general knowledge when it comes to industry and finance, solid research skills and the ability…

ByMarc KennisJanuary 1, 2021

How to be a good contrarian investor

Tuesday 22 December 2020 Yesterday we looked at the recent track record of the team at Stocks Down Under when it came to some of our contrarian plays. That prompted us to ask if it’s possible to train yourself to become a good contrarian investor. We think it is. Contrarian investing is a strategy which, if practiced…

ByMarc KennisDecember 22, 2020

Directors’ share trades – a great indicator for the rest of us

Thursday 17 December 2020 Listed companies these days are complicated things. The technology, the products, the markets and even the terminology just seems to get more complicated with every passing year. Which means that for many investors, be they professional or lay, it can get harder and harder to stay on top of a company and…

ByMarc KennisDecember 17, 2020

Men are from BHP, Women are from Afterpay

16 December 2020 There’s an interesting story near the end of Rocket Boys, Homer Hickam’s 1998 memoir of his boyhood in 1950s West Virginia doing experimental rocketry. Hickam’s mother tells his father that she is leaving him, moving to another house that she is buying. The father asks where she got the money. The stock market,…

ByMarc KennisDecember 16, 2020

Investing during the Corona crisis

24 March 2020 We don’t have to tell you that for most people right now the world seems to be facing an economic and financial crisis of Biblical proportions – as Australia is not proving immune to the Corona crisis. A little over a month ago, on 20 February 2020, Australia’s ASX200 Index was at an…

ByMarc KennisMarch 24, 2020

Market trouble spots to avoid in 2020

15 January 2020 Everyone likes a good bull market, and in Australia you could say that for over a decade now we’ve been largely in bull-market mode. Following on from the Global Financial Crisis that took the S&P/ASX200 down a disastrous 54% between November 2007 and March 2009, the subsequent recovery has been interrupted by only…

ByMarc KennisJanuary 15, 2020

Investing in the Year of the Rat

12 January 2020 The new Lunar Year 2020 is the Year of the Rat. In this article we look at what investors should expect in Australia’s equity market in the course of this auspicious year. 2019, the Year of the Pig, has been a great year for investors in the ASX’s more established companies. The…

Bysadik BhimaniJanuary 12, 2020

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