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Video: Psychology of trading (10/12)

Simon Brown 20 April 2016Boot Camp, Improve Trading, Webinar and Video

In our 10th, IG Boot Camp Simon Brown, founder of Just One Lap, tackles the issue of psychology of trading, by far the most important part of trading. Trading includes; charts, setups, risk management, entries and exits. While this all happens the real issue is our head and where we’re at. Losing or making money does ...

Podcast: Hating on unit trusts

Simon Brown 7 April 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Hating on unit trusts Simon Shares SPIVA results for South Africa are out and they track how many active managers fail to beat the index. Truth is that even over 1 year most do NOT beat the index. In short, buy passive or lose money? The PDF of the report is here. SPIV SA scorecard ...

Podcast: Testing markets with JP Verster

Simon Brown 31 March 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Testing markets with JP Verster Testing markets with JP Verster Simon Shares Capitec (JSE code; CPI) results were solid but bad debts are rising. So is their profits but the bad debts are what we're watching at this point in the process. Momentum portfolio doing as it says on the sticker. Good out performance on ...

Video: FX and index trading (9/12)

Simon Brown 16 March 2016Boot Camp, Learn Trading, Webinar and Video

In this session of the IG Boot Camp, Just One Lap founder Simon Brown looks at index and FX trading. Things start to get real for traders as he explains how index and FX trading works as well as presenting two trading systems; the Lazy Trading System and another for trading news flow. For many ...

Video: Momentum portfolio update Feb16

Simon Brown 29 February 2016Learn Trading, Portfolio update, Webinar and Video

Momentum Portfolio update Momentum portfolio update Feb16 This is our annual updating and rebalancing of the Momentum Portfolio and includes; Publishing of returns for the previous year and since inception (January 2013) New methodology for the system (see below for brief description, full details in video) Stock selection for 2016/7 (see below and full process ...

Video: Managing and trading the news (8/12)

Simon Brown 17 February 2016Boot Camp, Learn Trading, Webinar and Video

We get bombarded with literally millions of data points every day. Hundreds of hours of TV and radio and thousands of words written, all of it 'news'. Does it help or hinder the trader? The truth is that with so much news it all becomes noise as the trader tries to work it out and ...

Podcast: Where to park cash

Simon Brown 11 February 2016JSE Direct, Latest

JSE Direct 201: Where to park cash? Simon Shares Grindrod (JSE code: GND) just hit multi-year lows trading just above 900c with a net asset value (NAV) of over 2200c. Don't fight the trend, especially on cyclical stocks. RBA (JSE code: RBA) went bust on Tuesday. Of the three; RBA, Seakay and Calgro M3 (JSE ...

Podcast: Superforecasting and venture capital investing

Simon Brown 4 February 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Where's the party? Review: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner Great Davos 2016 report back presentation with Nicky Newton-King (JSE CEO) and Bronwyn Nielsen (CNBC Africa). Next week Thursday we have another JSE Power Hour on Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA). Our new Exchange Traded ...

Podcast: How to invest in this market

Simon Brown 28 January 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares I am buying Metrofile (JSE code: MFL). Good solid business that has solid earnings and currently on a dividend yield of just over 4%. Why is low oil causing such concerns on global markets? One would think it is good for consumers and hence good for economies? Davos 2016 report back presentation with ...

Podcast: How much money offshore?

Simon Brown 21 January 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares AB Inbev (JSE code: ANB) has arrived on the JSE as the largest stock by a mile. But I am not excited nor am I buying. The market is looking just weak, but this does not smell like 2008. How many people saying that actually were in the markets in 2008? That said ...