Conventional wisdom strongly recommends investors avoid putting “all their eggs in one basket”. Rather, they should build a balanced portfolio so gains and losses on individual holdings will balance out and result in a more even return over time. This… Read More ›
Chart Review
CSL – a reliable performer for retirees
This is a six month daily candlestick chart of market darling CSL, from Incredible charts. Long-suffering retirees who for more than a decade, have endured negligible interest rate return on their bank deposits, have again been denied relief in the… Read More ›
XAO Index on course to test resistance at 6500
A post written on January 13, 2019, pointed out that a 6 month, 1000 point down-trend in the XAO had ended, and that technically there was a change in trend, creating a Buy signal. The updated chart above shows the… Read More ›
Is Telstra now a Buy for Retail Shareholders?
I wrote a post “Ten Years of Telstra” nine months ago, pointing out that the giant telco was hovering near historic lows, and had been a proverbial dog from a consumer’s perspective. https://technicality.me/2018/04/19/ten-years-of-telstra/ Little has changed for shareholders since then…. Read More ›
AHZ – Healthcare bargain?
10 year weekly candlestick chart for Admedus The chart above, supplied by Incredible Charts, shows an unrelenting decline in the share-price from a high of $1.80 soon after a 10 for 1 share consolidation, to a current wealth-destroying price of 6 cents for long-suffering shareholders. However,… Read More ›
A Promising Start to 2019 – XAO
We are only two trading weeks into the New Year, but it is worth noting that the 1000 point downturn of the XAO (from 6500 to 5500) is rebounding at present. The share index action has broken through the 6… Read More ›
Trading update for Boral Limited
I last reviewed Boral Limited six months ago on July 1 2018. A news release on 24/04/2018 reported that Earnings in the March Quarter had been below expectations in both Australia and the US, mostly due to adverse climatic conditions…. Read More ›
Australian Agricultural Company (AAC)
The two charts below are 1) a twelve month daily chart of AACo from Metastock using ASX data from Paritech, and 2) a two and a half year weekly chart from Incredible Charts. AAC has been a profitable investment for… Read More ›
CBA
This is a monthly candlestick chart of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia depicting the growth of the share-price since 1997, courtesy of Metastock and Paritech data. After forming a head and shoulder pattern in 2014 and 2015. the share-price rallied… Read More ›
Woodside Petroleum
On this daily chart of Australian oil giant Woodside petroleum, the share price looks to have consolidated in an earlier trading range between $27.90 and $29.60. An uptrend looks to be emerging within this consolidation pattern, and the share price… Read More ›