Columnist Julia Lee

It's been a recording breaking week for gold prices and with the US dollar looking weak, things haven't looked this good for the yellow metal in a long time. So what's driving the run up that we've seen in prices and is it likely to

It's true that when markets fall, it becomes cheaper to buy stocks. The problem is that if it falls even further, wouldn't you have rather bought at the lower price. The key is to wait until the market has already bottomed out and to buy

Most brokers will have a research area which at the heart of their job is to come up with an "intrinsic value" or "real value" for the company that is listed on the market. If the stock is trading below that "intrinsic

The Australian dollar is at the highest level in 14 months. In 2009 so far, the Aussie dollar has risen 30% against the US currency. That's been great news for commodity prices. It's good news for commodities because commodities are mostly

The sharemarket is not just a share price moving up and down but a market full of businesses. One of the most powerful concepts of investing is to understand what's happening in the underlying business as well as understanding market forces.