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Finding Opportunities in a Low Growth Environment

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Looking for investment opportunities in a low growth environment can be very challenging as Australian companies are not experiencing the same levels of growth as before. However, there are still opportunities around – you just have to look a little harder. Here we have outlined a starting point on where you need to look in order to discover trading opportunities in a low growth environment: Stocks outside of the large caps: Investment opportunities in a low growth environment are no …

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Tips to avoid losing money in the stock market

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Investing in the stock market is more like a marathon than a sprint. It is not a get quick rich scheme so investors should not expect to earn money overnight. Success in the stock market comes from careful planning and education and the ability to stay emotion free when making decisions. See below some tips on how to avoid losing money in the stock market. 1. Select quality stocks by looking at the history – Only select stocks which have …

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How the IAG chart gave us clues to avoid it

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IAG reported today and the share price tumbled. At one stage it was down 10%. In our weekly research that we send to clients, we warned a week earlier that there was something wrong with the IAG chart. The chart was giving us clues that the market did not like the stock. We had recently warned of upcoming weakness in Suncorp and QBE, and those concerns played out. With IAG also getting sold down heavily, how did we identify the …

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What to Look Out For When Selecting Stocks

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Looking at the fundamentals and technicals of a stock is important and there is more information on those topics in this blog on the following links: https://fairmontequities.com/effective-trading-video-series/ and https://fairmontequities.com/a-beginners-guide-to-financial-ratios/. You can also view how we can combine the two here: https://fairmontequities.com/how-we-work/ Alongside these ideas, there are other some other basic factors to look out for when selecting stocks: Ownership: When executives of a company own a large portion of shares in a company, shareholders can see that there is a …

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How we anticipated the 10% drop in QBE

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QBE has had a horror week where it is now down 10% from where it was trading only 2 days ago. Only a couple of days before this we put out a chart to our clients with a warning that QBE would fall towards $10.80. At time of writing, that is exactly where QBE is now trading. This short video explains very simply how we managed to avoid such a savage sell-off in QBE: If you are not a client …

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