Sharemarket

A super DIY investment strategy

Let’s assume an investor is new(ish) to building an equity portfolio and that he has decided that he wants to invest $100,000 in ... [more]

Solid core portfolios

Ron Bewley says the heart of a portfolio determines volatility.  [more]

Help from your stock-picking friends

Ron Bewley explains why discipline and a systematic approach to what you do is so important when constructing a portfolio of equities for ... [more]

Buy-and-hope is not a very clever investment strategy

For my sins, I am often asked which stocks people should have in their super funds I started out in 2007 with a ... [more]

Too many dials spoil the broth

When I was first spruiking my measure of exuberance (which I discussed in the previous issue) in 2005-2007 to all that would listen, ... [more]

Resistance levels aren’t futile, but they do evolve

With the S&P/ASX 200 Index having been range-bound from August 2009 to the time of writing (early May) there has been lots of ... [more]

Approaching exit velocity

Ron Bewley says it's not unrealistic to look forward to another "smooth" bull market. As we run to 5000 in the index - ... [more]

A welcome return to normality

Quantitative analysis helps explain why the global financial crisis (GFC) has passed, says Ron Bewley. Quantitative research is designed to take some of ... [more]

Imagine a life without forecasts

Forecasts are the most unreliable guide to market returns, except for all the others I update my forecasts every day, even though I ... [more]

Forever blowing bubbles

One thing we know for sure is that every bubble bursts. Ron Bewley looks at the ballooning price of property. As the prospect ... [more]