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The Effect of Interest Rates on the Stock Market

With the Fed hiking up interest rates in the US, it is only a matter of time before interest rate rises take place in Australia. So what are the consequences of interest rate hikes and the stock market? In general, when interest rates are cut then it causes the market to go up. When the interest rates go up, the stock market goes down. The main reason for this is that companies will have less capacity to borrow more from …

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Video: Keep an eye on Caltex

Michael Gable is an expert guest commentator for the Finance News Network. This video is dated 22 May 2017. Click on the image below to access the video:   Michael Gable is managing director of Fairmont Equities. Make sure you bookmark our main blog page and come back regularly to check out the other articles and videos. You can also sign up for 8 weeks of our client research for free! Otherwise you can email Michael Gable directly at michael@fairmontequities.com Disclaimer: The information in this article …

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Shares vs Property – Which produces greater returns?

Property has been a major source of wealth building over the last couple of decades.  And has been the vehicle of choice for “Mum & Dad” investors. But is this growth sustainable?  And how does Property as an investment stack up against Shares in the medium to long term? The answer to the first is while historically property prices have steadily increased, this is by no means guaranteed.  Outside Sydney and Melbourne, property prices have fallen significantly in Perth by …

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Video: Charts for BHP and the banks

Michael Gable is an expert guest commentator for the Finance News Network. This video is dated 15 May 2017. Click on the image below to access the video:   Michael Gable is managing director of Fairmont Equities. Make sure you bookmark our main blog page and come back regularly to check out the other articles and videos. You can also sign up for 8 weeks of our client research for free! Otherwise you can email Michael Gable directly at michael@fairmontequities.com Disclaimer: The information in this article …

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Why Medium Term Trading is the Best Strategy

The definition of a day trader is someone who buys and sells stocks within the same trading day. Research show that 4 out of 5 people lose money day trading and only 1 in 100 do it well enough to live off the proceeds.  A day trader must live off their profits as well as risk their own capital to make these profits. High transaction costs such as brokerage can erode the profits generated from these day traders. Long term …

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