The internet these days is packed with self-proclaimed gurus and influencers promising to show you the secret to beating the market. But when everyone seems to have the answer, how do you know who is actually worth listening to? This week, we tackle three questions: what a trading guru really is, whether you should pay for a course or mentor, and when paying for investment research can make sense.
Read MoreMarkets have a funny way of making old investing mistakes feel completely new. A new technology arrives, prices surge, investors pile in and suddenly the usual rules no longer seem to apply.
Read MoreOver the past four weeks, we’ve explored the three pillars of market analysis: technical, fundamental and sentiment. Fundamental analysis tells us what is happening inside the business. Technical analysis tells us what is happening to the price. Sentiment tells us what investors think and feel about both. On their own, each provides useful information. But when the three start telling the same story, things get interesting.
Read MoreWe’ve already explored technical analysis, which helps us understand the market’s medium-term direction, and fundamental analysis, which helps us estimate a company’s long-term value. Now we come to the final, and perhaps most fascinating, pillar of investing: sentiment.
Read MoreWhile technical analysis studies what the market is doing, fundamental analysis asks a different question: why? Instead of focusing on price movements, it examines the underlying business to determine whether it is becoming stronger or weaker, and whether its current share price reflects its true value.
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