Julia Lee

Happy New Financial Year

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:36:35 -0800

Most traders will be happy to close the book on the 2008/09 financial year. The 2008/09 financial year has seen the market lose 24% and represents the worst loss since the 1981/82 year.

In terms of sectors, every single sector lost ground except for the smallest sector on the Australian sharemarket - information technology. ...

Sick of picking stocks?

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:52:40 -0800

Sick of picking stocks? Here's a way that's gaining in popularity. It's a difficult time to be stock picking at the moment so many retail and professional investors are turning to buying into exchange traded funds, or ETFs. ...

A golden cross on the sharemarket

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:09:48 -0800

After the golden cross, we've seen the market fall for 2 straight days with the ASX 200 falling below the 4000 point psychological barrier. ...

Performance metrics

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:20:00 -0800

On Tuesday we heard from CSL: The company said that its $1.6 billion buy back would improve its investment return metrics such as EPS, ROE. So what are these investment return metrics and why are they important?

They are important because they measure business performance. Earnings per share (EPS) measures the profit per share. ...

Leading or Lagging?

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:06:05 -0800

It was a great day on the Australian market with every since sector gaining ground. The market smashed past the 4000 mark with the market closing at the high of the day. The Australian sharemarket gained 1.6% finishing at a new high for 2009 with the S&P ASX 200 at 4017. ...

Tax effective investing

Thu, 28 May 2009 11:50:50 -0800

As an investor, we should be more concerned about after tax profit because that's how much we have in our pockets at the end of the day.

Generally, the thing to keep in mind is that for most people, tax laws can be more beneficial to a longer term investor. ...

End of the bear?

Fri, 22 May 2009 08:09:24 -0800

How do you know that the bear market has come to an end?

When we look at trends in the market, there is the long term trend which is called the primary trend. Within this long term trend, you can get smaller movements called primary trend. Today we are going to concentrate on long term trends. ...

The Budget and Shares

Thu, 14 May 2009 09:32:39 -0800

The budget is a big event for the sharemarket. After all, the government is the biggest single spender in the economy. Where the government and with whom the government decides to spend its money with can impact on the bottom line of many companies. ...

Valuing a company based on assets

Thu, 07 May 2009 09:16:24 -0800

There are many bargains on the market and one way that bargains can be identified is through the net tangible assets value.

Net tangible measures what the company's assets are worth. It takes all the assets of the company minus liabilities and then removes the things that are difficult to value such as goodwill, patents and trademarks. ...

Economic indicators and the sharemarket

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:31:10 -0800

Economic indicators are important to investors because they describe business conditions. If the economy is going well, generally it is easier for companies to be profitable and its good news for the sharemarket. ...