Andrew Baxter

As the world’s most famous investor and arguably. One of the most successful investors of all time. The Warren Buffet Way has stood the test of time – or has it? Here is our take on the Warren Buffet Way and why it may not work in every modern-day market situation: Warren Buffet  Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 50 years. It’s pretty hard to not have heard of Warren Buffet . As one of the world’s most famous and successful investors of all time. Warren Buffet founded a fund called Berkshire Hathaway in the late 50’s. And Warren Buffet’s mode of operation since inception has been nothing shy of grand. As rather than buying 100 shares in a given company for his fund. He typically might purchase 5,10, even 15% of a company he buys into – as an example. The guy owns over 5% of Apple. Over the years, Berkshire Hathaway has generated billions of dollars in profit for their investors says host Andrew Baxter . However more recently over the last 10-15 years ...

Hot Off the Press – The US Economy Our Host Andrew Baxter recently travelled from Australia to the US on business. Aside from his reasons for being there, he made some observations he wants to share from his first hand experience in the US. Join us this week to gain some valuable insight into how the US economy appears to be fairing: Is the US Headed for Recession? Over the last few weeks we have seen an inversion of the yield curve in the US. Without getting too technical, this is when short-term yields are greater than long-term yields, suggesting there is greater risk and volatility in the short-term than the long-term. The key takeaway here is that this is a common sign of an approaching recession. Host Andrew Baxter notes that when you consider the inversion along with some other observations from his time in the US, you get a pretty sinister recipe. The unemployment rate is a controversial figure, widely believed to be manipulated to paint a nicer picture than...

Can You Be Too Kind To Your Kids? It’s no secret that the property market in popular areas is very difficult to break into for first home buyers. Many parents are lending a hand to their kids in order to help them get a foot in the door, but sometimes is it cruel to be kind? Join us today as we have a look at some of the issues coming from loaning from the bank of Mum and Dad: How Big is the Bank of Mum and Dad? In Australia, there is estimated to be as much as $35 billion in loans from parents to their kids. Although the purposes may be mixed, the majority of that is based in the housing market, with the average gift being about $100,000 for a housing deposit. Host Andrew Baxter points out that sometimes it is cruel to be kind and helping too much is not necessarily helpful in the long run. What we leave behind for our kids is often at the forefront for parents, and very few hesitate to help their child when they need it. Is there such a thing as helping too much? Pe...

As most traders focus purely on the technical mechanics of their investments, their emotions can often creep up on them – potentially causing them to make decisions that could either make them or break them. Why mechanics aren’t the only tool you need The fact of the matter is, most people are purely evaluating the mechanics of their investment before they hit the go button – focusing on their technical, fundamental and quantitative analysis. For traders, this is like operating a car – turning the lights on, shifting the gears into drive and putting their foot on the accelerator. Seems pretty straight forward, right? But what about if you just had a massive argument with your partner and you got in the car to drive home after an absolute bellringer…how would you be driving? In that state, you’d be swerving around, honking your horn and probably driving way above the speed limit in pure anguish and frustration. The thing is – the car didn’t operate any differently, but y...