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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3800 on: February 04, 2018, 10:17:05 PM »
Anyone buying today?

Bought some WAM Capital the other day. Only wish I'd waited because I could have got more for my money. Could be the start of some good buying opportunities if the correction really is starting. Poor old Wesfarmers copped a thumping (yep, I've got 'em)

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« Reply #3801 on: February 05, 2018, 01:22:15 AM »
Not sure what to do, need some advice: thinking about buying a place next year. Is is better so save the cash in a HISA or keeping investing in Vanguard and pull out the deposit next year?

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« Reply #3802 on: February 05, 2018, 01:36:13 AM »
Not sure what to do, need some advice: thinking about buying a place next year. Is is better so save the cash in a HISA or keeping investing in Vanguard and pull out the deposit next year?

Are you feeling lucky?..... don’t answer this.

How would you feel if the ASX dropped 20% between now and when you want to draw down the cash?
Is the home deposit a big portion of your stash?
Are you certain you will need the cash next year?

I think, if it was me I would go with the HISA and know that I will have the cash when I want it.

It’s annoying taking a less risky position and get the low return that matches the risk you are taking, but sometimes it needs to be done.

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« Reply #3803 on: February 05, 2018, 02:26:37 AM »
Not sure what to do, need some advice: thinking about buying a place next year. Is is better so save the cash in a HISA or keeping investing in Vanguard and pull out the deposit next year?

Are you feeling lucky?..... don’t answer this.

How would you feel if the ASX dropped 20% between now and when you want to draw down the cash?
Is the home deposit a big portion of your stash?
Are you certain you will need the cash next year?

I think, if it was me I would go with the HISA and know that I will have the cash when I want it.

It’s annoying taking a less risky position and get the low return that matches the risk you are taking, but sometimes it needs to be done.

Thanks for that. That’s what I was thinking.

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3804 on: February 05, 2018, 04:31:06 AM »
Anyone buying today?

Nope.  Will wait and see what the US does overnight and then I might think about it.

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« Reply #3805 on: February 05, 2018, 05:24:45 AM »
Thanks Deborah and mjr, you learn something everyday! Seems a bit underhanded and manipulative in a 'free-market'.

As mjr said, those big bid and offer orders are the market maker. It gives you a pointer to the actual NAV of the ETF (hint: it's smack bang in the middle of the spread). A bot is usually working to move those orders in line with the index being tracked through the day, so you are always getting a reasonably accurate price.

Anyone buying today?

I dropped $10k on VAS just after lunch. Figure the market is probably in for some pain over the next three months, but I can always buy again then too.

CBA results on Wednesday will provide the market with some direction, however the underlying result (broker consensus $5.1-$5.2bn) might get lost in the noise of AUSTRAC and other regulatory problems.

A cut to the divvy if provisions are made for regulatory penalties could be a pointer to further falls, coupled with both TLS and WES also flagging impairments on parts of their businesses.

Shaping up to be a difficult start to reporting season...

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« Reply #3806 on: February 05, 2018, 12:15:33 PM »
Anyone buying today?

Nope.  Will wait and see what the US does overnight and then I might think about it.

I thought we were supposed to buy when the market dipped? That’s when you get the bargains?

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3807 on: February 05, 2018, 12:46:18 PM »
For sure and the market looks like dipping again today

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3808 on: February 05, 2018, 01:23:30 PM »
Dow down 1000+. Shades of 1987... big run up over 12-18 months followed by a violent sell down.

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3809 on: February 05, 2018, 01:37:42 PM »
Anyone buying today?

Nope.  Will wait and see what the US does overnight and then I might think about it.

I thought we were supposed to buy when the market dipped? That’s when you get the bargains?

I'd rephrase that slightly. Intentionally buying the dips is a fools errand.  The ASX dropped approximately 1.6% yesterday, and following Wall St's drop of 3.6% (Dow Jones), 2.6% (S&P) overnight it will probably get hammered again today. Buying the dip, particularly the first dip of many, won't feel so great if this is the start of a proper correction (say a 10-30% drop).  Of course, no-one knows if it will be or won't be.

I prefer to take the approach of thinking - If there's dips or even big falls, it's not a time to worry. Hold steady as it will recover... eventually. It's certainly not a time to sell.  But if you do have spare cash lying around, it's not the worst time to buy more as you can pick up some bargains, relative to the most recent price, knowing that if may fall even further after your bought your 'bargain'.

Lastly - bargains are relative.  Even if the ASX drops by 5% to 10%  over the next few days, we are up around 10% from the past year (not including dividends).  The US Market is up more bigly, and arguably has greater to fall.

Stay chill everyone!


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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3810 on: February 05, 2018, 04:25:49 PM »
WOAH!

SP ASX 200 down 2.7% as at 10.18am. My own portfolio down about 3.4% (as it includes VGS). All I can say is LOLs!

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« Reply #3811 on: February 05, 2018, 05:12:10 PM »
I mean, the run up in the past few months has been pretty nuts, can't say I'll be losing much sleep over these dips. Might blink a bit if it goes down another 20%.

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« Reply #3812 on: February 05, 2018, 05:51:42 PM »
WOAH!

SP ASX 200 down 2.7% as at 10.18am. My own portfolio down about 3.4% (as it includes VGS). All I can say is LOLs!

It's going to hit me as well but I honestly expect this and I'm not stressing. Markets don't keep going up non-stop.

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« Reply #3813 on: February 05, 2018, 06:01:17 PM »
I'm not stressed either.  It's interesting to see all that paper profit vaporize, and fun to not feel any concern about it. These are just bumps.

I don't have any significant active income at the moment, but if it is the beginning of  a steep decline, and blue chips start showing50% losses, that's probably when I'll feel a bit tempted to reduce my emergency stash and buy me some index.

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« Reply #3814 on: February 05, 2018, 06:44:57 PM »
I'm not stressed either.  It's interesting to see all that paper profit vaporize, and fun to not feel any concern about it. These are just bumps.

I don't have any significant active income at the moment, but if it is the beginning of  a steep decline, and blue chips start showing50% losses, that's probably when I'll feel a bit tempted to reduce my emergency stash and buy me some index.

I invest all the spare money I get. I won't change my behaviour at all even though a 50% drop would make it tempting to take out another loan on the mortgage and invest more into the market. I won't do that though even if it is tempting.

In some ways I want it to drop. I have about 3 years to becoming FI and it has to drop now or soon after I retire. I think now would be preferable to in 5 years time but either way the market is going to do what it is going to do.

Heaps of people at my work have invested in Bitcoin. They would be feeling worse.

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« Reply #3815 on: February 05, 2018, 07:06:27 PM »
I invest all the spare money I get. I won't change my behaviour at all even though a 50% drop would make it tempting to take out another loan on the mortgage and invest more into the market. I won't do that though even if it is tempting.

In some ways I want it to drop. I have about 3 years to becoming FI and it has to drop now or soon after I retire. I think now would be preferable to in 5 years time but either way the market is going to do what it is going to do.

Heaps of people at my work have invested in Bitcoin. They would be feeling worse.

Ouch, your bitcoiners must be feeling it - assuming they bought relatively recently.

I'm now down 4.63%, with the broader market 3.6%  Still no stress. 

I recall there was a period around 2009-2010 when the ASX when through days of jumping up and falling down around 2-3% per day. I think I had a lot invested in individual stocks, which get whiplash in the ups and downs.  Now most of my holdings are in indexes i just feel like I'm going to go out with the tide, but I'll come back into shore with everyone else.

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3816 on: February 05, 2018, 10:11:00 PM »
I don't have any significant active income at the moment, but if it is the beginning of  a steep decline, and blue chips start showing50% losses, that's probably when I'll feel a bit tempted to reduce my emergency stash and buy me some index.

I don't have any significant active income right now either, just came back from a sabbatical and also moving interstate in late March so can't properly look for a job till then.  I would love to have nice chunks of ongoing cash to throw into the market now. I'm already a bit tempted to take money out from my emergency stash to buy some ETFs too but I'll wait a bit. I have about 2 years of living expenses in cash and if shares drop even more I can probably afford to throw 1 year's worth at the market and hope that I'll definitely get a job within a year?

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« Reply #3817 on: February 06, 2018, 12:45:14 AM »

Aargh, I bought shares 5 days ago, settlement today - only to watch prices take a dive! I know it doesn't matter in the long game, but I only have a few grand to invest, twice a year or so, and it was a little sad to see it drop directly after I purchased it (Nooo! my tiny net worth is even tinier! :)

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« Reply #3818 on: February 06, 2018, 01:32:27 AM »

Aargh, I bought shares 5 days ago, settlement today - only to watch prices take a dive! I know it doesn't matter in the long game, but I only have a few grand to invest, twice a year or so, and it was a little sad to see it drop directly after I purchased it (Nooo! my tiny net worth is even tinier! :)

I did a bunch too recently. I’m going to see what happens in the next few days, and add a bit more in while it’s down.

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« Reply #3819 on: February 06, 2018, 01:46:52 AM »
Add me to the list of people who timed this correction perfectly by rebalancing out of cash and into equities last week!

Luckily I kept some cash aside, and will be buying again tomorrow (I would have bought today, but ran out of time before the market closed).

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« Reply #3820 on: February 06, 2018, 01:56:40 AM »
I bought more VAS three weeks ago.

Moved some money around today, will see how the market opens tomorrow.

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« Reply #3821 on: February 06, 2018, 02:27:50 AM »
Given the market movements at the moment, I did some analysis on 25 years of ASX data and various timing the market strategies. None of them beat out on just putting the money in religiously each month.

I'd love feedback on the assumptions and methods I used - more info where I posted it over on r/ausfinance

There is a link to the google spreadsheet with all the data.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/7vm632/timing_the_market_using_25y_of_asx300_data_aka/

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« Reply #3822 on: February 06, 2018, 02:52:15 AM »
Sigh I would have so much money to pour into shares this year if I hadn't bought a flat last year. :p  Quite happy with the flat itself though so there's that!

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« Reply #3823 on: February 06, 2018, 03:18:02 AM »
Guys, we’ve hardly moved down at all after a big run up.
Talk here sounds like we’ve dropped 20%.
What will it be like if we actually get a 20% drop?

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« Reply #3824 on: February 06, 2018, 03:28:35 AM »
What will it be like if we actually get a 20% drop?

Shop for shares like it's going out of style. :D

(If I have the money that is. Please let me have the money to do it!)

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« Reply #3825 on: February 06, 2018, 03:48:57 AM »
Guys, we’ve hardly moved down at all after a big run up.
Talk here sounds like we’ve dropped 20%.
What will it be like if we actually get a 20% drop?

20% drop will get us back to 5000 points, which is about where I mortgage my ass and go all in. At the very least I'll rebalance my super into all ASX & maybe a little international if the conditions are right.

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« Reply #3826 on: February 06, 2018, 05:23:25 AM »
We were at this level back in December, no one was rushing to buy then.
Just giving a little perspective before everyone rushes out to spend all their spare cash on shares.
I have always tended to buy too early in these events. Although there are other times where it bounces back quickly.

I'm pretty happy for prices to get cheaper so I can make some purchases, having decreased my leverage for the past year or so. At the time time, I'm still over 100% invested so don't mind if prices bounce back again either.

Reporting season is the best time for a crash I think. Cheap prices plus updated information is the best time for buying.

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« Reply #3827 on: February 06, 2018, 06:00:15 AM »
I'm definitely not rushing to buy as I don't have good steady income at the moment and need to ration my cash reserves out carefully as I need to keep some to tide me through an indefinite time of unemployment/underemployment. Just hope I can find a job quickly in April and be in a good position to pick up bargains if this turns out to be a big correction year.

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3828 on: February 06, 2018, 12:52:15 PM »
I’m overdue to buy a parcel (busy time of year! My spreadsheets are missing me) so will do that today. Will have more cash on hand soon if prices drop further.

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« Reply #3829 on: February 06, 2018, 04:19:53 PM »
If I wanted to buy more shares the reality is I will need to go searching behind the couch cushions for loose change as I'm about 96% invested, the rest is about 1 and a bit years living expenses.

Or maybe I can start a lemonade stand?

Index investing is, thankfully, so boring that little falls and jumps like this is what keeps it interesting!


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« Reply #3830 on: February 06, 2018, 06:11:31 PM »
We were at this level back in December, no one was rushing to buy then.
Just giving a little perspective before everyone rushes out to spend all their spare cash on shares.
I have always tended to buy too early in these events. Although there are other times where it bounces back quickly.

I'm pretty happy for prices to get cheaper so I can make some purchases, having decreased my leverage for the past year or so. At the time time, I'm still over 100% invested so don't mind if prices bounce back again either.

Reporting season is the best time for a crash I think. Cheap prices plus updated information is the best time for buying.

I'm in the same camp. A few percent in a day looks violent, but mostly because the last six months has been a slow increase. Look at the movement in the last couple of days on a 5 or 10 year chart and it looks like noise - and small noise at that.  I'm leaving things sit as they are. Another 10-15% fall and I'd start deploying some extra cash.

However, like Potm, I'm effectively over 100% stocks at the moment due to leverage, so when I say deploy cash, its really borrow more to invest.

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« Reply #3831 on: February 06, 2018, 08:16:33 PM »
We were at this level back in December, no one was rushing to buy then.
Just giving a little perspective before everyone rushes out to spend all their spare cash on shares.
I have always tended to buy too early in these events. Although there are other times where it bounces back quickly.

I'm pretty happy for prices to get cheaper so I can make some purchases, having decreased my leverage for the past year or so. At the time time, I'm still over 100% invested so don't mind if prices bounce back again either.

Reporting season is the best time for a crash I think. Cheap prices plus updated information is the best time for buying.

I'm in the same camp. A few percent in a day looks violent, but mostly because the last six months has been a slow increase. Look at the movement in the last couple of days on a 5 or 10 year chart and it looks like noise - and small noise at that.  I'm leaving things sit as they are. Another 10-15% fall and I'd start deploying some extra cash.

However, like Potm, I'm effectively over 100% stocks at the moment due to leverage, so when I say deploy cash, its really borrow more to invest.

I am in exactly the same boat. I was working on deleveraging a little before this blip, and will continue down that path unless something dramatic happens.

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« Reply #3832 on: February 06, 2018, 08:30:50 PM »
I’m surprised at the number of people who are leveraged into shares on this thread.  Would’ve thought it might not align to principles.  Not my thing but interesting nevertheless...

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« Reply #3833 on: February 07, 2018, 05:15:38 PM »
I’m surprised at the number of people who are leveraged into shares on this thread.  Would’ve thought it might not align to principles.  Not my thing but interesting nevertheless...

Yeah, my father would have retired more than 5 years ago if he wasn't leveraged in 2008. He lost his entire portfolio on a margin call.

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« Reply #3834 on: February 07, 2018, 06:47:05 PM »
I’m surprised at the number of people who are leveraged into shares on this thread.  Would’ve thought it might not align to principles.  Not my thing but interesting nevertheless...

Yeah, my father would have retired more than 5 years ago if he wasn't leveraged in 2008. He lost his entire portfolio on a margin call.

The debt I borrowed was for property, and not shares. But this is leverage none the less, although not subject to margin calls. I don’t see my position as overly risky. Sure, more risky than no debt, but not scary risky for me anyhow.

 If interest rates skyrocket, and I lost my job, and I had no tenants, then when I run out of cash in my redraw in a few years time I will be forced to sell the properties or to sell some shares. I can live with this risk.

I would, however, like to reduce the amount of debt I am carrying before FIRE. Probably not to zero, but far less than I carry now.

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« Reply #3835 on: February 07, 2018, 07:36:56 PM »
If you have a mortgage on your home, and buy shares rather than pay down the mortgage, you are in the same position of debt and market exposure (but probably a worse tax position) as borrowing to buy shares. I suspect a high proportion of people in this thread are in exactly that position, but don't realise it.

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« Reply #3836 on: February 07, 2018, 08:17:19 PM »
If you have a mortgage on your home, and buy shares rather than pay down the mortgage, you are in the same position of debt and market exposure (but probably a worse tax position) as borrowing to buy shares. I suspect a high proportion of people in this thread are in exactly that position, but don't realise it.

While I understand what you mean, and you are correct, the reality is that you don't get margin calls on your home, but you can on shares.  That is why the behaviour may not be totally rational, but safer for the individual.

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« Reply #3837 on: February 08, 2018, 04:24:31 AM »
I want to provide a reflection/update on several posts I made regarding shares in Amaysim that I bought in February last year. (Yes I'm a naughty stock picking boy). Back then it was a bog standard mobile retailer, chasing the bottom end of the market (cheap light users, great customer service).

Purchase $1.83, Sold in Jan 2018 $2.00, collected 9c in divvies, made a reasonable gain on 4000 shares, pocket money really.

In the past year they've expanded from mobile to broadband to energy retailing.

Shares went up to $2.23 earlier this week on a rumours of a takeover bid from TPG. Shares fell heavily today on news of a trading update ahead of results release on 28 Feb.

I sold partly because of the competition in mobile is getting crazy intense, and Amaysim are being undercut by Coles and Kogan.

The other reason I sold is that the business model (debt fuelled acquisitions) reminds me increasingly of a company that I had shares in that crashed and burned in the GFC called Transpacific Industries (TPI).

Too many acquisitions, management too optimistic in integrating the businesses and cross selling, too much spin, not enough substance.

The parallels were there and so I sold AYS last month.

Personally it was a great lesson to have learned at a young age (notwithstanding it cost me a bucket of money). If you want to stock pick you really need to DYOR, and draw from your own experience.

If you have any stocks in your portfolio where debt ratios have expanded, where takeovers have stretched balance sheets, and where cashflow is tightening due to competition or margin contraction then you may want to do the same and sell up before interest rates start to bite and credit markets get spooked.

Stick to your guns and trust your gut. If shit doesn't feel right it is ok to sell up. I'll bet many holders of AYS today will deny the obvious and put it in the bottom draw. I used to be one of those people, glad I've changed.
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« Reply #3838 on: February 08, 2018, 05:04:47 AM »
I want to provide a reflection/update on several posts I made regarding shares in Amaysim that I bought in February last year. (Yes I'm a naughty stock picking boy).

....

I used to be one of those people, glad I've changed.

Feels like I'm in a Gamblers Anonymous meeting..

In saying that, after watching the jittery market and being paralysed by indecision, I've put a buy order in at a lowish price for more VDHG, I'll probs keep lowering the price though if the market goes down

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« Reply #3839 on: February 08, 2018, 10:57:08 PM »
Tried to pick up  AFIC today at 6.06; but failed...at this price it is below NTA...

I am in acquisition mode atm...


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« Reply #3840 on: February 09, 2018, 12:58:52 AM »
I want to provide a reflection/update on several posts I made regarding shares in Amaysim that I bought in February last year. (Yes I'm a naughty stock picking boy). Back then it was a bog standard mobile retailer, chasing the bottom end of the market (cheap light users, great customer service)............

Stick to your guns and trust your gut. If shit doesn't feel right it is ok to sell up.

Good advice. I've had a couple of similar instances when I've sold out of a stock when I thought they'd had a good run but it couldn't last......Telstra and Qantas. I bought into Telstra at $3.67 and by the time they got to around $6.30 my gut feeling was that they were running out of steam and wouldn't get much higher. I sold a parcel at $6.34 and the rest at $6.50. Now they're around $3.50 (I think that's where they were the last time I looked some time ago) and haven't been anywhere near their past highs for years. I bought Qantas at $3.17 and they went up 80% in less than a year. That sort of return was too good to potentially leave on the table so I sold and thought I can live with the CGT consequences. Now they're at $5.09 so I'm comfortable with that.

Gut instinct is worth listening to.

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« Reply #3841 on: February 09, 2018, 01:00:39 AM »
Tried to pick up  AFIC today at 6.06; but failed...at this price it is below NTA...

I am in acquisition mode atm...

Just gone ex-div as well. I think if you hang on you'll get them. I don't think this correction is finished yet.

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« Reply #3842 on: February 09, 2018, 02:40:03 AM »
I want to provide a reflection/update on several posts I made regarding shares in Amaysim that I bought in February last year. (Yes I'm a naughty stock picking boy). Back then it was a bog standard mobile retailer, chasing the bottom end of the market (cheap light users, great customer service)............

Stick to your guns and trust your gut. If shit doesn't feel right it is ok to sell up.

Good advice. I've had a couple of similar instances when I've sold out of a stock when I thought they'd had a good run but it couldn't last......Telstra and Qantas. I bought into Telstra at $3.67 and by the time they got to around $6.30 my gut feeling was that they were running out of steam and wouldn't get much higher. I sold a parcel at $6.34 and the rest at $6.50. Now they're around $3.50 (I think that's where they were the last time I looked some time ago) and haven't been anywhere near their past highs for years. I bought Qantas at $3.17 and they went up 80% in less than a year. That sort of return was too good to potentially leave on the table so I sold and thought I can live with the CGT consequences. Now they're at $5.09 so I'm comfortable with that.

Gut instinct is worth listening to.
Sometimes... I thought csl had run too hard when it went from $30 to $55 and sold half my stake to take some profits.  It's now at $140...

My calcs don't put afi at a discount at the moment. It was at a premium on 31 Jan. It's moved almost in step with the asx300 since (both down about 3%), except the index hasn't lost a dividend from nta. So it's now at a greater premium to before the feburary wobble.
And yes, the current "crash" talk has been a net fall of 3% on the Australian market over Feb. The US market has moved more, but less so in aud, as our exchange rate has shifted and offset about 5% of the 10% move.
For me, there is still a long way to go before I'll start shifting asset allocation and deploying extra cash.

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Re: Australian Investing Thread
« Reply #3843 on: February 09, 2018, 04:54:59 PM »
Too many acquisitions, management too optimistic in integrating the businesses and cross selling, too much spin, not enough substance.

The parallels were there and so I sold AYS last month.

I sold mine at a similar time basically because they were "diworsifying" from their core business, and their 28 day billing cycle change pissed off a LOT of people.

So two reasons which were similar to yours in that I just didn't have faith in the decisions management were making.

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« Reply #3844 on: February 09, 2018, 05:46:03 PM »
I really enjoy reading the reflections and commentary here from those who invest in individual shares, specific market sector etfs and so on.

Even though my portfolio is made up entirely of VAS and VGS, it's interesting to understand how y'all are making decisions on how to invest. And it confirms that right now I just don't have the time to do the same :)

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« Reply #3845 on: February 09, 2018, 07:49:04 PM »
I really enjoy reading the reflections and commentary here from those who invest in individual shares, specific market sector etfs and so on.

Even though my portfolio is made up entirely of VAS and VGS, it's interesting to understand how y'all are making decisions on how to invest. And it confirms that right now I just don't have the time to do the same :)

I have no interest in picking shares. I figure the end result will probably be in my favour anyway so I don't see any reward for actually taking the time to pick shares.

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« Reply #3846 on: February 15, 2018, 02:11:45 AM »
So I consider myself a relatively knowledgeable investor, but still need to lean on some of you here for opinions.

My target asset allocation has 5% gold. I currently have no exposure. What is the best way to get exposure to the gold price through an Australian brokerage? I want:

  • Financial exposure, I've zero interest in holding physical gold
  • Unhedged to the AUD
  • Low feed
  • Exchange traded

Perusing the ASX's list I see relatively few options, mostly quite high-fee. PMGOLD seems to be the best but the link leads to a dead ticker? What's up with that?

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« Reply #3847 on: February 15, 2018, 03:26:00 AM »
There's an ETF on the ASX - stock ticker is "GOLD" (easy one to remember).

The ETF is backed by physical Gold held by HSBC in London. It tracks the gold price, less a management fee of 0.40% p.a, so you don't get perfect exposure and your Gold investment will always be worth less than the gold price.


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« Reply #3848 on: February 16, 2018, 12:31:25 AM »
I own PMGOLD. Innovative product, and I recommend you do some reading of the prospectus (down the bottom here: https://www.perthmint.com/storage/perth-mint-gold-asx.html) and anything Bron Suchecki wrote about it on his Gold Chat blog before purchasing.

Essentially it is a warrant to have physical gold sent to your home address should you choose to exercise said warrant. They don't keep physical gold in a vault (hence the cheap fee), but instead will make your ingots from incoming gold. It's (currently) guaranteed by the WA Government.

It should appear when you search for it on your online trading interface, either as PMGOLD or PMGOLD-A or something.

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« Reply #3849 on: February 18, 2018, 12:01:00 PM »
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