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Go with the flow and you should bag a valuable catch

Marcus Padley If success in the sharemarket is being right 51 per cent of the time, then you don't need much of an edge to succeed.

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What could kill off the safe income theme as we know it

Marcus Padley Because the markets are unpredictable, here are three possible scenarios for the market ahead.

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Taking it from the top with a craving for safety in numbers

Marcus Padley The banks are at a record high. Safe income stocks are flying. What is going on and can it continue? This is the question for almost every long-term investor/retiree, can you still buy or are you...

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Woodside move may yet pay dividends for BHP and Rio

Marcus Padley Woodside Petroleum was up 9.7 per cent last Tuesday after announcing a special dividend.

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The golden goose lays an egg, just watch out for all the spin

Marcus Padley What an incredible week for the gold price and what an incredible example of how much spin holds up some prices.

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Trade the media talk for your own stock codes

Marcus Padley Seriously, what on earth have market movements to do with you, oh humble stock investor?

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Grass not always greener on other side - even if it looks it

Marcus Padley How many brokers have had an email from their clients recently asking whether they can deal in US stocks? A lot.

Time for our kids to have an excursion into the real world

Marcus Padley Anyone who works in the CBD will have doubtless seen the ''soft packs'' of clipboard-bearing year 8 to 12 school kids wandering around off the leash.

Despite rocketing highs, it's still a dog-eat-dog universe

Marcus Padley The Dow Jones on a record high, the Australian market on a 4½-year high, what is going on? Anyone would think the markets are safe again.

Share trading? Like Ulysses, expect a long, lonely odyssey

Marcus Padley I was on the sidelines of a dinner party when one of the party announced themselves as a full-time home trader in shares and forex.

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When big boys go ex-dividend, cum dividends cum out to play

Marcus Padley Many retail investors have no idea what a cum-dividend quote is and what the fuss is about.

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Rule 1: Strike when they're hot and cut when they're not

Marcus Padley Optimism of Australian equities in the long term is not a divine right in the future.

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Show some interest, they say money days are here again

Marcus Padley The Reserve Bank surprised few by leaving interest rates on hold this week. But holding steady has fuelled an interesting and significant change in sharemarket and property market thinking - the idea...