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Strawman index: what’s in the portfolio of Australia’s #1 investment club

The Strawman Index tracks the performance of the most popular stocks across the community. Since 2017, the index has achieved a 31% compound annual total return compared with a 9% gain for the broader market. In 2021, following a market sell off in late November, the portfolio is down 0.7% year to date. We took a closer look at the […]

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Being too early is the same as being wrong (or is it?)

They say that in investing, being too early is the same as being wrong. There’s a lot of truth to that — especially when it comes to things like shorting — but I’m not convinced it applies to growth investing. At least, that is, when the potential upside is large enough. If, after buying a stock, it goes sideways for […]

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How to prepare for the next crash

It wasn’t a great week for the market, with the All Ordinaries dropping a further 3% from its August all-time high. And there’s plenty of reasons to be nervous. The US Federal Reserve is winding back stimulus and signalling higher lending costs. China — our largest trading partner — is facing a potential credit squeeze and property market slump, while trade […]

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Why volatility is the friend of the young investor

I bet you heard the news this week about the China Evergrande debacle. Global markets shedding billions of dollars due to large and small investors fearful of the butterfly effect of an international behemoth in mountains of debt. China making cryptocurrencies illegal certainly didn’t help investor sentiment either, smashing crypto markets and stocks associated with them too. Volatility struck the […]

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Three reasons why you’re underperforming the market

The last year has been a wild one for stock market investors. Since the March 2020 lows, the ASX200 (ASX:XJO) is up an eye watering 56%, the NASDAQ (ASX: NDQ) has gained 71% and the S&P500 (ASX:IVV) has marched 54% higher. With astronomical gains from these indices, individual investors may have seen similar results. However, if you’re not matching these […]

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Benefits of investing in the Australian stock market

The Australian stock market is less than 2% of the entire global equities market and doesn’t contain any of the world-renowned high flying stocks like Apple, Amazon or Facebook. So why then is there huge upside potential in investing down under? Three main reasons give us Australians a huge advantage when it comes to buying stocks in our own backyard. […]

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The Strawman Member Reward Program enables premium members to earn fractional shares and ETFs by contributing research and recommendations to Strawman. The aim is to attract the best private investors, and to properly recognise and reward those that deliver the most value to the community. We think it provides a powerful incentive for quality content creation, and ensures our interests […]

ASX Companies Adopt ESG Global Reporting Tool

At the start of 2021, the first six ASX-listed companies began improving their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials and reporting their progress against the World Economic Forum’s 21 universal ESG metrics, using “ESG on-ramp” technology platform Socialsuite. After committing to Socialsuite ESG on-ramp in January 2021, Vulcan Energy (ASX: VUL) secured $120M from ESG investors. Newly committed Province Resources […]