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Interview with the experts
Getting started in the sharemarket
Intelligent Investor directors Steve Johnson and Greg Hoffman talk about their early experiences, mistakes and the lessons they’ve learned.Play Audio Right click and save this file (MP3 15354k)
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Have a question related to the stock market? Here is your chance to ask our experts. While we can't guarantee to answer all questions, feel free to browse through the hundreds of questions answered already.
Latest Questions
What is the cheapest way of selling shares listed on an overseas stock exchange, e.g., Barrick Gold or Coeur d'Alene, and also not losing on execution of the order (price-wise) and the exchange rate conversion? Is it best using an Australian broker offering international services, or a broker in the USA or Canada? What would likely costs be? Many thanks.
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Free Stocktake Podcast
Interview with Dan Ariely
Managing director, Steve Johnson, is joined by best selling author and behavioural psychologist, Dan Ariely, to explain how your brain's short-comings are hurting your investment returns.Play Audio Right click and save this file (MP3 37196k)
Benjamin Graham
Benjamin Graham is known as the ‘father of modern security analysis’. His seminal book Security Analysis, co-authored with David Dodd in 1934, is still regarded as one of the most important texts on investing ever written....Philip A Fisher
Philip Fisher also began his career as a securities analyst—then a new profession—in the late 1920s. He too published an important book on company analysis entitled Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits in 1958. Like Graham, ...Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch is perhaps the highest profile fund manager of all time. Between 1977 and 1990 he ran Fidelity’s flagship Magellan Fund in the United States, outperforming the market index by an average of 13% a year (his total return...Sir John Templeton
Sir John Templeton began his investing career in 1937, eventually launching a managed fund called the ‘Growth Fund’ in 1954. The Growth Fund became the best performing managed fund in the United States over the subsequent...William D Gann
William D Gann remains a legend in trading circles, although sorting out the folklore from the reality is no easy task. Gann, born in 1878, reputedly made $50m trading shares and commodities over the course of his career, although verifying this...George Soros
George Soros is perhaps the world’s most famous trader and speculator. Investors in his flagship ‘hedge fund’, the Quantum Fund, enjoyed returns of 32% per year from its inception in 1969 to 2001. Like many hedge funds...Warren Buffett
Last but by no means least is Warren Buffett. Buffett is chairman of United States investment company Berkshire Hathaway, which he gained control of in 1965. His investment return of more than 20% a year since then has made him one of the...Glossary
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10/3/11
AMP Limited
AMP: Setting up for failure?
Do AMP’s ambitions exceed its capabilities? History suggests they may. It's time to get out. Greg Hoffman explains why.
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16/2/11
Leighton Holdings Limited
Leighton stumbles; time to buy or exit?
Project problems led to a golden buying opportunity in 2004. Do today’s issues offer another one?
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11/2/11
Telstra Corporation Limited
The great Telstra beauty contest
Those solely focused on Telstra’s next dividend need not worry. But, as Greg Hoffman explains, the company faces many ugly challenges.
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4/2/11
Tabcorp Holdings Limited
Steady results at Tabcorp: Don’t be fooled
Tabcorp’s steady recent results betray the turmoil that is set to unfold over the coming years.
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