Columnist Andrew Page

There is near unanimous consensus amongst all in the investment community that stocks are currently very cheap. Having said that, there is little agreement on whether or not now is the time to get back into the market; sure, stocks are cheap, but

Despite regular and often severe factors such as wars, recessions and the occasional crash, the major industrialised markets have always recovered and gone onto carve out bigger and better gains. Over the long term, the share market has always

Last week we learnt that Australia has (so far) narrowly avoided a recession; a technical recession that is. However there is another technical definition that has so far largely escaped popular attention... It might not feel like it, but we are

As investors, we are understandably focused on achieving the highest return possible.  The higher our return, the more money we make and the sooner we can retire.  So it is of course important that we make our money work as hard as possible. But if

When trying to judge the success of traders there is nothing more definitive than the rate of return they have been able to demonstrate. Regardless of what other explanations or justifications you might consider, a trader that has achieved a 50%