http://www.marketgladiator.com/ Market Gladiator en Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:05:00 GMT Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:05:00 GMT info@marketgladiator.com info@marketgladiator.com http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-nature-of-economic-bubbles/ Economic bubbles have, in the last decade, become synonymous with real estate booms which popped-up everywhere in the western world and which at some stage were pricked by central banks... http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-nature-of-economic-bubbles/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-nature-of-economic-bubbles/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:05:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/recessionproof-business/ We escaped a technical recession in 2008 in Australia, but nothing can secure us from falling into one, good or bad, in the foreseeable future. Yet, some businesses will continue... http://www.marketgladiator.com/recessionproof-business/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/recessionproof-business/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:02:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/looking-into-the-next-50-years/ Our world is changing fast and the assumptions of today may not be valid tomorrow. What sectors of the economy are changing; what will we be facing in the future... http://www.marketgladiator.com/looking-into-the-next-50-years/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/looking-into-the-next-50-years/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:05:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/capital-gains-and-housing-speculation/ Housing booms excite people to borrow money and buy houses in the hope of selling them for a higher price in the short term. Yet, our latest housing boom had... http://www.marketgladiator.com/capital-gains-and-housing-speculation/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/capital-gains-and-housing-speculation/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:26:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-perversity-of-stock-market-brokers-thinking/ Brokers think differently than long-term investors, which is no surprise if we think that brokers do substantially different activities than investors. Find out more below. Investors are interested in buying... http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-perversity-of-stock-market-brokers-thinking/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-perversity-of-stock-market-brokers-thinking/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:14:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-business-of-insurance/ Did you ever want to know all about the insurance business but were afraid to ask? Well, in this condensed article I present all the most relevant aspects of insurance... http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-business-of-insurance/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-business-of-insurance/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/bricks-and-mortar-and-paper-money/ The expression "paper money" is everywhere when stock prices change abruptly. Values, as so often happen in the stock market, go up and down suddenly, which to the common mortal... http://www.marketgladiator.com/bricks-and-mortar-and-paper-money/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/bricks-and-mortar-and-paper-money/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:35:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/myer-is-listing-in-the-asx/ Last Friday Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe 2004 and Myer's face, and Bernie Brookes CEO joined forces to promote the new listing of Myer in the Australian stock exchange. Myer came... http://www.marketgladiator.com/myer-is-listing-in-the-asx/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/myer-is-listing-in-the-asx/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:54:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/anz-bank-and-asias-growth/ Of all the four major Australian banks, ANZ is the one who has for many decades to now been seeking the gold that is in Asia's growth. As a matter... http://www.marketgladiator.com/anz-bank-and-asias-growth/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/anz-bank-and-asias-growth/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:07:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/david-jones-and-the-secret-of-retailing/ David Jones (DJS) sells upmarket products, shoes, frocks, hand bags and cosmetics priced dearly and makes a fortune doing so. Its 2008 net profit was $147 million on revenues of... http://www.marketgladiator.com/david-jones-and-the-secret-of-retailing/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/david-jones-and-the-secret-of-retailing/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:33:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-reject-shop-the-champion-of-cheap/ It's not too often that you hear of a business that returns 48 per cent on equity. Just think how much your money in the bank is earning. Well, The... http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-reject-shop-the-champion-of-cheap/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-reject-shop-the-champion-of-cheap/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:49:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/bhp-billion-net-profit-falls-abruptly/ BHP Billiton has been hit hard by the current recession and its net profit has fallen by 62 per cent to US$5.88 billion, this way ending a seven year cycle... http://www.marketgladiator.com/bhp-billion-net-profit-falls-abruptly/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/bhp-billion-net-profit-falls-abruptly/ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:11:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-crucial-role-of-agriculture/ Today we come into contact with agriculture when we hear of ponzi schemes such as Timbercorp and Great Southern who went broke and whose only investment value was to reduce... http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-crucial-role-of-agriculture/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-crucial-role-of-agriculture/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:29:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/kerry-stokes-creeps-in-the-shareholder-registry/ This week Kerry Stokes, majority owner of Channel 7, increased his ownership of James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings to almost 20 per cent. He will certainly try to buy the... http://www.marketgladiator.com/kerry-stokes-creeps-in-the-shareholder-registry/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/kerry-stokes-creeps-in-the-shareholder-registry/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:19:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/do-you-try-to-read-the-market/ Do you get carried over reading the market wrap on the newspaper everyday? Do you listen with much attention every night the market report on TV? If you do, you... http://www.marketgladiator.com/do-you-try-to-read-the-market/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/do-you-try-to-read-the-market/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:11:00 GMT