Naked Trader

I was thinking about which question I get asked the most about investing. That got a little easier recently as we ask for questions in the “Naked Money” podcast. I reckon this one comes up all the time: “This company I hold issued a fantastic trading statement/results so how come it went down so much. […]

Before I buy a share I usually do my Dragon’s Den test. That is, I pretend to be a Peter Jones or a Deborah Meaden before I buy anything. I pretend the company is presenting itself to me. Would I buy into it if I was Peter or Deborah? If you’d like to know more […]

Although bitcoin and crypto is top of the headlines for valuation hikes, one surprising sector of the market is shooting up, mainly unnoticed by investors. That’s probably because this sector of the market does sound incredibly dull and dry – indeed if you could sum the sector up as a person – Keir Starmer. I […]

The first time I set my eyes on a Meta Trader platform, I doubted I would be able to master its use, since the figures and features I saw seemed daunting to me. When I even heard about candlesticks, I didn’t know what it meant. Stupefied, I wondered whether I’d need to light some candles […]

THE TECHNICAL ANALYST HAS BECOME AN ENDANGERED SPECIES According to Investopedia.com, technical analysis is a trading discipline employed to evaluate investments and identify trading opportunities by analysing statistical trends gathered from trading activity, such as price movement and volume. Unlike fundamental analysts, who attempt to evaluate a security’s intrinsic value, technical...

There is one thing that always holds true regarding the stock market. And that is: “If it looks too good to be true then it is”. Since lockdown the number of scams out there have rocketed. The biggest scam of all going round at the moment is Forex trading. The facts are nearly everyone loses […]

In recent years new tech has meant people who want to learn about the markets struggle. They find it hard to read books about trading. What they tell me they want are “bite size pieces” of learning. And they prefer to listen to the info rather than read. From my understanding this is mainly those […]

RISK CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN TRADING Risk is ever present in trading, just as it is in other areas of life. The good news is that the risk inherent in trading can be controlled effectively, thus enabling you to be permanently triumphant. No-one on earth can trade repeatedly without any loss, no matter the trading strategy adopted. […]

This virus is certainly causing some companies to zoom higher. Particularly those that benefit from more people working from home. As I mentioned last time,  no share benefits more than ZOOM. The US company that we are all now using to chat to people or host meetings at home. So I did buy a few […]

In this virus hit market there are a few shares that are benefitting. One was a fairly obvious buy given I had just bought its services. When I did a seminar at a hotel on march 9th I never knew that would be the last one I could do in a hotel for some time. […]