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How does the ban on short selling affect CFD traders?
Time for a turnaround in uranium stocks?
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You don’t need a million dollars to trade the foreign exchange markets
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NEWS - November 22
9:11am Asian stocks rebound
World stock markets have staged a turnaround, with Tokyo closing up nearly three per cent and US indices back in the black.

9:00am US markets surge 6% in late trade
7:17pm Jetstar Pacific backs Vietnam fare move
7:05pm Babcock's credit rating hits rock bottom
6:35pm Air NZ questions ACCC decision
6:27pm Trujillo's pay dominates Telstra AGM
5:31pm $A closes weaker after Wall St decline
5:08pm Aussie sharemarket closes nearly 2% up
4:59pm Fortescue shares jump 40 per cent
1:48pm ANZ drops fixed loan rates by up to 1%
12:51pm Australian dollar lower at noon

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Feature articles

EXPERT INVESTOR - November 20, 2008
Let's take a peek at the investment portfolio of Aussie Home Loans' John Symond Black
Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond is laughing all the way to the Commonwealth Bank.

GLOBAL CRISIS - November 20, 2008
Why did I see the financial crisis coming and “they” didn't? Keen
The financial crisis is widely accepted as having started in August 9 2007, with the BNP’s announcement that it was suspending redemptions from three of its funds that were heavily exposed to the US securitisation market.

FOREX - November 20, 2008
Why forex traders always talk about range trading Gunn
What is range trading? And is this a way to make money on foreign exchange? What strategies do range traders use?

STOCKS - November 17, 2008
6 to BUY, 6 to SELL and 6 to HOLD Black
Telstra - The telecommunications giant recently announced the potential for 21mb speeds on its Next G mobile broadband network in 2009.

SUPER - November 17, 2008
Why you should know about the transition to retirement strategy Tuohy
Many Australians are now making the most of the government’s simple super regime and establishing a transition to retirement strategy (TTR).

STOCKS - November 13, 2008
Which stocks are looking cheap? Story
Excessive volatility since the sharemarket started tanking late last year has made investors suspicious of stock themes like ‘deep-value’.

Investing

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the carpet during the current financial turmoil... How the wealthiest are navigating the crisis
Have we bottomed?
Gerry Harvey reveals his personal investment portfolio
Is that stock going cheap?
Big-wig investment portfolios
Boost to First Home Owners Grant a big mistake
What’s safe and what’s not?
When is the right time to jump back in?
Top dividend paying stocks – how to find them?
Take a peek at the investment portfolios of Australia’s bigwig finance experts
When is the right time to jump back in?
Use these 5 ratios to unearth superior stocks
How to find top stocks that are going cheap
>Rates up – should you ditch that margin loan?
Top places to invest $500, $1000, $3000 and $5000
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Personal Investment

ADVISOR LOUNGE
Property vs shares
We have 5 1/4 acres of residential land 20km south of Brisbane with an 7-year old home build by us on it. We have owned it for 10 years...

Tax when rolling shares into a SMSF?
Allocated Pensions and the new rules
Ways to get more control over your super
When are you classed as a trader by the ATO?

SUPERANNUATION
Emergency steps to boost super before you retire
If the big six zero is looming and your super fund is looking seriously depleted, don’t panic...

The secret to having a big super nest egg

What you need to do before you retire

Tactics to maximise returns in your DIY fund

Your retirement: how much income do you need?

Disastrous retirement strategies

The Budget and your financial plan

Is your super fund ripping you off?

Splitting super

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MARKETS
US markets surge 6% in late trade
Wall Street staged a surprising comeback Friday, with the major indices jumping more than 5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials surging nearly 500 points in a late afternoon rally, ending another volatile week that saw stocks reach six-year lows. More...

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Ask the Expert

Options: Why short sellers are turning to trading options
As a result of the ban on short selling, whereby and investor/trader will sell stock...

Options: What are naked options?
Options: In or out of the money

Forex: How do currencies move in relation to each other?
In order to be an effective trader, it is important to understand how different currency pairs...

Forex: 5 essential things you need to know to boost profits trading forex

Forex: Steps to help you build a winning trading strategy

CFDs: How traders profit from volatile markets
How can traders make the best use of volatile markets?

CFDs: What is a mechanical trading system

CFDs: When investors sell shares, who are the buyers?

Shares: Why do companies care when their share price falls?
Why do companies care when their share price falls? How is a company affected by a falling share price?

Shares: What’s the difference between top down and bottom up investing?

Futures: Why do futures converge on spot prices?
Prior to expiry, the price of futures...

Futures: picking the market direction

Futures: predicting commodities prices

Warrants: Top 5 technical indicators to trade commodities
Instalment Warrants are listed securities which trade on the ASX and each...

Warrants: Pros and cons of investing in instalment warrants

Warrants: Steps to help you build a winning trading strategy

Margin lending - building a portfolio
You start with an existing investment or cash contributions, then borrow...

Market Reports & Broker Research

STOCKS
Stock of the week – Hastie Group
While the ASX200’s fall in excess of 40% seems painful, try digesting the 80-90% collapses which have become common place throughout the small cap end of the market.

Top ten CFD stocks for the week
Why is gold falling?
Watch out for the rally
Stock of the week – Seven
Is the commodities boom over?
Stock of the week – Toll Holdings
Stock of the week – Mermaid Marine
Why are traders selling gold in the face of the worst panic in decades?
Can you profit from the fastest bear on record?
Is the worst of the credit crunch over?
Stock of the week – Metallica Minerals

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