Dear time-poor investor: the impact from this year’s tragedy for income investors is worse because of faulty strategies In this week's Weekly Insights: -Investing For Income: The Smart Way -It’s A Relief Rally Investing For Income: The Smart Way By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Bad news hits the weakest the hardest. Australian …

Dear time-poor investor: share markets have rallied in the absence of timely economic insights. Meanwhile, not every stock is being treated equally. In this week's Weekly Insights: -Share Market Trends Will Be Tested -Conviction Calls -Rudi On TV Share Market Trends Will Be Tested By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Something happened on …

Dear time-poor reader: general critique says equities are out of touch with reality, but a closer look suggests otherwise. In this week's Weekly Insights: -Solving The Share Market Enigma -All-Weather Model Portfolio -Rudi On TV Solving The Share Market Enigma By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck At times, it seems financial markets move in mysterious …

Dear time-poor reader: what does the future look like and why are so many cheap stocks still looking so... cheap? Now That We Had That Rally... By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena The official mantra says financial markets are forward-looking. The heavy sell-off that pulled the ASX200 some -38% from …

No Time For Over-Confidence By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena The share market is now divided, roughly, in two groups of investors. Those who have been buying shares over the past three weeks are feeling like they have been very much rewarded for it. The other group has at least …

How Deep, How Long, How Far? By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Share market sell-offs are an emotional affair during the best of times, let alone during a Bear Market. It should thus not surprise that since overall volatility has quietened down significantly, market commentary often involves the "is …

Joke Of The Week The bull and bear go out for a coffee (maintain distance). The bull proudly says: "Best three days for the S&P 500 since 1933". The bear responds: "Exactly!" How To Survive The 2020 Bear Market? By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Last week I suggested investors needed a …

There are still investors out there who think this year's Grand Bear Market is all about previous herd exuberance and share prices rising too far, but that is so outdated already. Following an exceptionally strong performance in January, exuberant share price levels might have been the …

Bear markets are brutal. They take no prisoners. Shoot first, then shoot again, and maybe, just maybe, that's when they might start asking questions. Bear markets punish mistakes instantly and irrevocably. Bear markets are also excellent teachers, at least for those investors and analysts who are …

According to the ruling narrative, the current bull market for global equities started in March 2009, is thus almost eleven years old and it looks like it might come to an end in similar fashion as the previous bull market that started in 2003 and …