Author: Andrew Page

Better tactics for better returns

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread…

A lot of investors seem to be pivoting their investment strategies in light of the coronavirus crisis. Mine, for better or worse, remains essentially unchanged: Seek to acquire a range of quality companies with a view to holding them for many years.  Aim to hold between 10-15 companies that do not have highly correlated risks. A quality company is one […]

The Australian share market has lost close to 30% in just three weeks. That’s something we’ve seen only a handful of times in all of history. It’s far from an irrational move either, when you consider just how quickly the coronavirus pandemic has escalated. Consider this: Entire countries have gone into lock down Infections are continuing to grow at an exponential rate […]

There’s no surer deflator of markets as uncertainty. It’s the key ingredient to any bear market; the more there is, the sharper the falls. That’s why the coronavirus is wreaking such havoc. No one really knows how far it will spread, how many deaths it will cause and how long it will last. The potential economic impact ranges from ‘sharp […]