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Marcus Padley


Marcus Padley is the owner and author of the MARCUS TODAY daily stockmarket newsletter. Produced every day it comments and informs, educates and entertains investors about what's going on and what needs to be done in the market on the day, today, everyday. His columns are written in "straight speak", stripping away the jargon and mystery from the stockmarket and delivering it to Mum and Dad investors and traders in bite sized nuggets they can understand and relate to.

Marcus is a regular columnist in The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, the WA News and has been the Expert Analyst on the ABC TV's Inside Business program with Alan Kohler for the last 4 years. He has a regular spot on ABC TV's Lateline Business with Ali Moore. He has daily spots at a variety of on line media outlets including Crikey.com and The Eureka Report and is a regular on ABC and commercial radio business bulletins and programs. He has a daily stockmarket blog on Max Walkers IRadioMax.

Marcus has been a stockbroker for 25 years, sixteen of which were spent talking to institutional fund managers in the UK, Scotland, Asia and Australia. He has a Masters in Applied Finance, is a Bachelor of Law and a Master Stockbroking member of the Securities and Derivatives Investment Association. He is Derivatives licenced and qualified. Now as a private client adviser with a stockbroker he advises clients and subscribers from the front line, a dealing desk.

Born a Yorkshireman, Marcus emigrated to Melbourne in 1994 as the souvenir of his Australian wife Emma's visit to London. He is 43 with three daughters and (finally) a son.

  • The Index Fudge

    Forget the market averages the media concentrates on and focus your attention towards the stocks you hold or want to hold.

    December 16, 10:48 am
  • Value investors

    Whilst all our organs are functioning and whilst we are all busy having a life, taking the time to learn and practice the art of value investing is simply not practical and we would quickly trip over the value investor's Achilles heel, patience.

    May 24, 12:00 am
  • Shock drop stocks

    Look at any "shock drop" in a stock and you will inevitably see a huge spike in the volume of trade.

    February 10, 12:53 pm
  • Value your spouse

    You may have heard of a discounted cash flow valuation. You should have. It is core to life, the financial industry and everything else.

    February 2, 12:32 pm
  • Financial Theory 101

    There is a natural assumption in almost every aspect of life, from playing a cricket shot to investing in the stock market, that there is a trade off between risk and return.

    January 18, 11:16 am
  • What's your investment style?

    Is your investment style predetermined by genetics?

    January 6, 10:47 am
  • Post-it note predictions

    Christmas has passed and the New Year is upon us. How time flies.

    December 29, 11:21 am
  • The perfect stock market strategy

    There is a sailing adage: "Most races are not won; they are lost."

    December 13, 11:14 am
  • Rogue traders

    So the $A hits parity and suddenly every Tom, Dick and flipping Harry is a currency expert.

    November 16, 9:48 am
  • Money for nothing

    Being a financial professional post GFC is a once in a lifetime opportunity to steal clients.

    September 27, 5:02 pm
  • Nothing quick about getting rich

    I asked my stockbroker colleagues a question this week: How do you lose $10,000 in the stock market?

    September 7, 5:15 pm
  • Ticket to a dream

    If you buy a lottery ticket, it really doesn't matter that you're not going to win because the value is not in winning but in the opportunity it affords you to dream about winning.

    August 2, 12:25 pm
  • Personality characteristics of successful investors

    What does a personality test really say about you?

    July 9, 5:41 pm
  • I'll be dead

    How do you invest if you don't have time to wait for a long-term investment?

    June 25, 5:46 pm
  • DIY retirement: is it for you?

    Running your own super fund is not as easy as it may seem.

    June 17, 12:19 pm

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