2006 July Archive at Invest Insight

Archive for July, 2006

Starting a column on unit trust investing

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on 20 July, 2006

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A reader emailed and suggested I give introduction of how I started investing in unit trusts (mutual funds for some) and also tips for beginners.

This is something that I had been thinking about too. The only consideration is how to present the information and add value to them.

There are many sites that provide information on how to start unit trust investing. FundSuperMart’s school is one such example.

My idea is to blend together part experience, part guide and part factual. Watch for this series on Unit Trust Investing which I will intersperse with my series on Technical Analysis.

Introduction to Technical Analysis (TA)

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on 19 July, 2006

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Technical Analysis, in the simplest sense, is the forecasting of the future with past data .

Typically a wide variety of charts and data are examined to see what the past movement or trend can tell us about the future movement and trend.

The word forecasting tells us that the it is not an absolute certainly but a close possibility .

This, if you must, is first take away of Technical Analysis (TA).

The effective use of technical analysis can help investors anticipate what is “most likely” to happen. The investor may still need to assess TA result objectively based on information outside the domain.

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