Andrew Baxter

How to get yourself set up financially in your 20's and 30's. What steps can you take right now so that you can get the quality of life, the dream life that you truly deserve and desire? It all starts with a process and a plan. We'll look at budgeting, savings, the property market , how to get our tax down, get your retirement planning in play and everything else in between.

Profitable Options Trading requires the ability to analyse stocks  reasonably well, so you would think making the transition should be both  straightforward and profitable, if you have had good success picking  stocks!  However, this is not always the case, and so beyond being able  to analyse stocks, what else is needed?  Compare playing Checkers and Chess  Checkers or Draughts, enables the player to move in one direction, and  is a little like trading shares in the traditional fashion.  That is,  you can only profit from a move up in the share prices (let’s put  shorting stocks to one side for the moment).  However, by learning how to embrace options, you are effectively playing  Chess instead, with strategies that can allow you to profit from a just  about any set of circumstances – moves up in price, moves down in  price, increases in volatility, falls in volatility, no movement at all  ...

Making money from the stock market comes in many forms. Following a trend is one of the most obvious and the most lucrative. Trends are formed by buying and selling momentum, which in turn are created by the weight of money moving around – the Herd. Stepping outside of the safety of the herd, or worse, being short in what has been a bull market, has financial crippled those that have wrongly expected the market to crash. As it hits a record high on the Dow of around 18,500 points, those that have been calling a correction for years have been proven wrong. One day they will be right, but in the meantime, real money is being made by staying as part of the herd. How are you profiting right now?

The loss is one thing, and rest assured as I type, the stock is, yep, you guessed it, up almost 2.2%. However, the longer term impact and positioning of the stock is now under even greater scrutiny, than simply BHP results of minus $8.3bn for the year! Over recent years, BHP Management introduced a progressive dividend model, quite at odds with what would typically be expected of a mining company. Traditionally, earnings have been poured into asset development and future growth, rather than a reward to shareholders in the form of an enhanced dividend. Back in 2015 for example, the dividend yield on the stock was more than 7%, higher than 10% if you took into account the franking credit – great for retirees looking for yield when cash rates are so low.  The Company’s progressive dividend plan was then touted as a “ticking time bomb” by many market participants . The allure of course, of higher yields attracted many investors who were desperate for a higher retur...

A trader is a person who buys and sells securities based on his research and experience in the markets. Traders trade a variety of financial instruments, including commodities, options, futures, bonds, and stocks. Stock traders are the ones who specifically trade stocks and make money due to the price movements in the share prices of publicly-listed companies. How Do Stock Traders Begin The profession of stock traders is very challenging. Like all other professions, it requires strong fundamentals, dedication, focus, and perseverance to become a stock trader. Education : The journey of stock traders starts with basic education about stocks, stock trading, stock markets, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, market sentiments, and psychology. This knowledge can be obtained through various online trading courses like the ones offered by Australian Investment Education . Practical Experience : It is not possible to become a successful stock ...