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Balanced approach = Steady returns?
A balanced approach to investing could refer to a number of strategies. But what I am generally referring too by balance is to have a...

Thaddeus McCarthy
May 17, 20243 min read


Time to Sell?
As Investors we seem to often be asking ourselves the question of whether we should try and anticipate the next big market downturn by...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Apr 22, 20242 min read


Learning from Past Mistakes
As readers may recall, I sold Elf Beauty last year, and after their subsequent 100% rise I am obviously regretting this decision. I...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Apr 2, 20243 min read


Watch Out For The Fees
There is a great scene out of the movie 'Wolf of Wall Street', if you haven't seen the movie you really should, its awesome. At the start...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Jan 25, 20243 min read


Dividend or no Dividend, which is better?
Dividends are simply cash that a listed (or unlisted) company pays out to its investors. These monies come out of a companies earnings,...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Dec 4, 20233 min read


Was I right to sell ELF?
For those of you who haven't heard of it, Elf Beauty is a cosmetics and skincare company. It's products are predominantly sold online and...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Nov 17, 20233 min read


The Optimal Strategy?
Individual Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Treasury's, Cash, Property... What on earth do you put money into, and how much? What...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Oct 8, 20233 min read


What direction will the market take for the rest of 2023?
The market right now appears to be in a precarious space. Having seen recent surveys on CNBC asking viewers the question, it appears that...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Sep 14, 20232 min read


Berkshire Hathaway... The Perfect Stock?
When thinking of the perfect stock investment it depends on whether you are young or old, and would like capital growth or income....

Thaddeus McCarthy
Aug 1, 20233 min read


Blackrock and Portfolio Diversification
I recently sold my (small) holding in Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) for breakeven. As of today it appears that I sold too soon, since it...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Jul 26, 20233 min read


Trying to reduce my risk
Unfortunately, owning individual shares you can sometimes get quite painful share price moves, which I have got reminded of today. My...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Jun 6, 20232 min read


Swinging for the fences...
In my last articles I have discussed a few sensible moves I had made in my own portfolio over the past year, and I wrote that I live by...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Oct 6, 20225 min read


Dollar-cost-averaging...
There was one big part of my portfolio that I (mostly) didn't discuss in the article yesterday, and that is my ETFs. As I wrote, I have...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Aug 13, 20222 min read


Recent Market Moves
The global stock markets were in a slow downtrend for the first half of this year, with the NASDAQ down over 20%. In July, markets staged...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Aug 11, 20223 min read


BHP vs. FMG vs. SUL
Broken Hill Proprietary, Fortescue Metals Group and Super Retail Group. Next year sometime I will look to buy some shares (which will be...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Oct 14, 20216 min read


What to do?
I am constantly thinking about what are the next buys that I am going to make in the market. This is always difficult as I tend to have...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Sep 27, 20219 min read


Choose what best suits you
As I have written before, the purpose of this website is to provide you with some options to trade and invest through. Everyone has a...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Jul 18, 20212 min read


My Performance and Thoughts
What I have shown in the Snapshot above is my current Hatch portfolio. It is worth mentioning that this is my smallest account. What I...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Jun 7, 20215 min read


Providing you with Choice
The purpose of this website is to give you a variety of options to get involved in anything from trading bitcoin, futures, shares and...

Thaddeus McCarthy
Jun 2, 20213 min read


My 2021 Investment thoughts...
While this blogs purpose is not for providing financial advice, it is a place where I will be providing my thoughts on various...

Thaddeus McCarthy
May 27, 20215 min read
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