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Good evening everyone and welcome to the April 2020 stock tipping competition entry thread! :)My, hasn't March been an interesting month? There is a veritable sea of red on the competition leaderboard this month. Nobody quite saw this coming, did they? The question is, can you profit in April...

Just curious, many blue chips have been hit extremely hard this past week or two. Many of these companies are hitting prices not seen in the past 15 years or so. As tempting as it is to buy some of these companies I'm not brave enough, yet. Is anyone here buying any shares at the moment or is...

I put one order on telstra at p/e of 8 probably heading to 11 or 12 after reduced dividends Relatively unaffected by the economic issues

I think we all know that we live in very troubling times, but personally I am completely over the outrageous and sensationalist headlines being trotted by our poor excuses for what is passed off as media. I mean even the ABC are running trashy sensationalist headlines. I for one would love to...

Markets should PAUSE and shut down.Howdy,Having been around for a while, and a fossil in many ways, over the past 37 years involved in markets and most currencies, bonds, equities and commodities at various times, not much is new.Famous last words. Often things I know are worthless or...

Am going to throw this out there, as this is what I think. Take it as you will. I see this event as a willful and intended attack on the US financial system. All previous well known market crashes have not gone as hard and as fast as this one. Alan Kohler had a graph on the ABC a few days ago,...

Forget "how far will the market fall".It might be time to start thinking about "when will they close the markets", because I am starting to think the probability of this is rising rapidly.They shuttered the Manila exchange yesterday. I just saw in the news that Macron is suspending all...

I am 99% in cash this year, with all the recent talk of this place going down and that place going bankrupt a few have already touched on the topic of the banks.No big bank has ever gone bust in Aus, no bank did during gfc, realistically how worried should we be, what are the rough odds?...

ASF members, post here if you get infected with the coronavirus.I'm hearing mixed stories about how bad this thing actually is. It would be interesting to hear some first hand accounts.I don't know anyone who has been infected but they are saying that the rate of infection in Australia is...

As we all know, Aussie made goods have been in decline for many years. The realisation is there by many, that this is not a good thing.Long term consequences of buying the cheapest products, have been largely overlooked by the populus. The cheap stuff we buy, is quite frankly, generally crap....

101556101557101558This is what they look like.This is the current situation:101559Probably not there yet, but, having traded through 2/3, it can be recognised (probably not the absolute bottom tick, although in 2002 I did actually buy the bottom tick only to sell later that day)...

How's it going everyone...hope your managing to stay corona free.Governments worldwide are resorting to unprecedented measures to keep the global economy grinding along. There's no such thing as a free lunch, right? So what the hell is the economy going to be like once we get this corona virus...

So I tried to get onto the Centrelink site to adjust/ reduce the family income estimate. The system was "busy" and unavailable. After a period, and after going around the house and disconnecting all devices attached to the WiFi, I managed to get it done. With the wife in isolation, my work...

In my view now is not the time for political point scoring.In my view our society probably faces the greatest challenge since world war 2 and has the potential to be a *far* greater challenge.As for me I've decided to set aside politics as such, we are in what is essentially an existential...

Quantas and other airlines are facing a black hole. Given the fact that air travel will collapse for months ahead should the Government formally renationalise Quantas to protect the infrastructure as an essential national asset ?Should we be considering the same action to protect other...

Afternoon all,Hope you're all staying safe.I'm sure I'm not alone when I say this, but being a system trader I've amassed a few books over the years and truth be told I haven't read a lot of them properly. So now that I'm spending a lot more time at home these days I thought I'd roll up my...

My whole portfolio is kind of setup to sell little chunks of my winners and allocate them into unloved asset classes.So last week I was thinking of maybe getting long some energy stocks to get some inflation beta happening in the portfolio, kind of as a hedge against the nonstop rocking...

This is rare opportunity to buy dip. It can go down further, but let's not discuss that here. Instead let's focus here only on list of stocks that are good and had huge drops recently.Only well known stocks, no small or unknown companies.- BA Boeing - BKNG Booking - DAI Daimler AG - AIR Airbus

How safe are LIC's long term right now?My GF has $60k invested in 4 portfolios with WAM (wilson asset management) since 2013 or so, that her dad set up for her. We brought up the idea of potentially pulling out of the shares, her dad insists to keep it in there says it will bounce back...

I’m struggling to find any information on the floats of shares. I’ve looked on Morningstar scanner, and it only shows volume. I’ve looked on yahoo finance and it only shows US stocks. How do I find low float stocks?

It has been a hectic and rewarding week of deep research - today we discuss 4 stocks that are down more than 60%! Are these stocks to buy or stocks to watch? I'm going long at these prices, but would be interested in hearing your feedback! mKavZA91yHw

With a thread on bargains already out there, I thought it was time for a thread on companies that are likely doomed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.Would anyone like to nominate any ASX-listed companies that they believe are likely to crash and burn during 2020 as a result of the...

So I have Super with AMP, current investment is what ever the default one was, to be honest never taken much notice as I still have a long working life ahead of me and prefer to put my extra cash into other investments but the market dropping at the moment got me thinking maybe its time to move...

My closest sent me this.gg101489

This is it. Forget Pink Batts or any other other past rort. The ScoMo government has opened the taps on what will be one of the most effective rorts ever created.The Job Keeper program seems to offer "businesses" the opportunity to pull $750 a week per nominal employee on the basis that said...

Just bought a french press (coffee making machine, aka Plunger), and also a coffee manual grinder. the grinder instructions say to use 12 grams for a serving (150ml) . but i weighed it out and it's a huge amount when grinder up, way bigger than a teaspoon of normal instant coffee, the stuff...

Probably a little late to have this discussion. :)Never thought about going short but with the current environment it's certainly food for thought.Reverse ETFs seem to be an easier and less risky way to go short on the index.Anyone using these ETFs, what are the pitfalls.

If you've been watching cruise stocks, now may be a tempting time to jump in - Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian are at or under 10-year lows! Will they survive a challenging 2020/2021 or go bust? Let's answer this question and more in today's video: paAtHjNnCg8

G'DayHad my first trade today I didnt understand everything 100% but I bought 2000 shares in PNV Polynovo. I waited until it dropped late afternoon but what I didnt understand is I went in at around $1.60 per share and somehow ended up getting them for $1.57 how does that work?I did a fair...

An interconnected world needs an interconnected solution.Shut down the world for 14 days starting Monday 22nd March, 2020. Essential services excluded. Freeze all financials. Deal with the Pandora's box the shutdown creates. The world is not prepared for this situation.Governments have to...

G'day allWondering what everyone's opinion is on the ASX at the moment.1. Who's buying now and who's waiting for a bigger fall 2. What are you watching and when is your target buy price 3. Banks - Safe or unsafe at the moment with the current economic climate 4. I'm a newbie and about to do...

BBOZ is an etf that bets against the Australian share market with a ratio of 2:1 to 2.75:1EG: For every 1% decline you get a 2%+ increase.... and vice versa (beware)https://www.bet... suspects some decent activity (positive or negative) for the remainder of 2020 :)

101427Ouch! :eek: :sick:

Happy Monday Y'all (gotta try and be upbeat in these troubling times),So all my systems are off and I'm 100% cash (no surprises there, right). Anyway, I found myself with a bit of spare time these days so I thought to myself instead of picking useless fights with forum trolls I'd bring my...

I was out to dinner with a mate from over East last night, he is 66 and a maintenance planner, he said that the only way he can get a call back from a job application is to not mention his age in his CV. It has been that way since he turned 50. SP. When I was a kid, how much do you think my...

i'm interested in gold funds on the asx. although the aussie dollar is falling now . would an investment in the fund GOLD (a little under 240 today), also suffer loss from aud currency loss? i'm guessing with QAU. gold fund, you gain from both gold rising and the usd rising over AUD?

It would be fair to say that the conversation in these general chat threads can be pretty combative.I think it's also fair to say that it is a luxury we can only afford in good times.These days we are faced with what could develop into a global pandemic, leading into who the hell knows what?...

Hi all, just getting back into investing after a long time. Got my commsec account and CDIA from back then and am logged in to commsec. But can’t find my CDIA balance on there. Can anyone pls help? TIA

Hopefully we can have the one thread for the stimulus discussion...?Was pleased to hear about the latest wave of stimulus package announced by the PM yesterday. In particular, the unsecured loans of up to $250k pricked up my ears... I didn't hear any specifics on this, but am guessing it will...

I was just talking to someone who mentioned geared funds as being a attractive prospect for investment.He specifically mentioned Colonial State geared fund. He said they rise and fall faster than the market.Can someone explain how they work and why they would be preferable to direct...

What are those massive volume spikes between 4PM Friday and 10AM Monday in Commsec?

the dough should give way easily, but my dough isn't flexible. what am i doing wrong? dough consists of the usual : flour water some oil salt (no raising agent).

Provides investors with a simple way to take a view on oil prices. Aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses), that provides exposure to crude oil futures, with a currency hedge against movements in the AUD/USD exchange rate.101876

Hello everyone,I've been reading about Trumps push for negative interest rates so I started to research this.I came across conflicting views all a bit too hard for me to understand. So I thought I'd ask in here in case someone knows the answer.If by some chance, Australia goes into...

OK Crown are allowed to operate under distancing rules. So why not have the same for sporting grandstands Every 2nd or 3rd seat active and every second row vacant. Hot Dogs and drinks only available by roaming sellers up and down vacant aisles. Shops closed. Staggered entry.Will allow clubs...

EQT Holdings Limited (EQT, formerly Equity Trustees Limited) is a financial services company which provides financial products and services and include wealth management, estate planning, managed funds, superannuation, institutional services and philanthropy.EQT operates in Australia and has...

i see a lot of their shares dropping a lot, but this should only apply to oil producers not "middleman", in fact for middleman their price should increase because they obviously won't pass all their savings to the consumer, they'll have even greater margins. why is there an industry spread drop...

The share price of my share dropped and it’s saying I have available balance of this much which is less than what I had originally.. is it possible I don’t sell them and hold onto them until the share prices rises forever as long as the company is still running?

Good news is hard to find, but you have to start somewhere.The "admitted" infection rates in China seems to be slowing so there may be a chance of an economic pickup there.https://www.chann...

IS it just me?? I am a Sleep Apnoea sufferer who uses a machine at night. It works effectively albeit it has taken a while to get used to comfortably using one. But I have noticed I have not had a cold or flu for the several years since I have been using it. When I have been a bit snuffly,...