In all our endeavours in life, preparation before hand is vitally important. This applies to business, sport, trading and everything else that we do in both our personal and business lives. Those that take the necessary steps to learn and prepare themselves prior to an event generally have not only a much higher chance of…

Following on from last weeks blog on executing good trades, this week I will look at the issue of confidence from a trading perspective. The dictionary definition of confidence is ‘a feeling of reliance or certainty’. Here’s another positive way to define it:- Confidence is thinking about, and concentrating on what you want to happen.…

One of the major lessons we can take from the 2008 bear market is the need to take responsibility for the management of our money, investments and general financial well-being. The issue with bull markets, and extended ones in particular, is that they breed complacency. Investors become complacent in their approach to the markets and…

Last week’s post on volatility raised a number of issues about risk profiles and the levels of exposure different investors have had to the bear market we are currently experiencing. In light of the questions and comments we have received I thought that I would discuss the five SPA3 Risk Profiles and the differing effects…

Well, we certainly got off to a flying start with the new blog. In this first week we have had nearly 3000 ‘hits’ and there were a healthy number of juicy comments and questions – I thank you all for being so open and active in your postings to the blog. This is exactly how…

Whilst the world equity markets continue to display high levels of volatility and irrational behaviour in line with the turmoil being experienced in financial markets, now is a great time to reflect on how these conditions have impacted your own trading and exposure to the markets and how to learn from any mistakes so that…