http://www.marketgladiator.com/ Market Gladiator en Sun, 30 May 2010 15:03:00 GMT Sun, 30 May 2010 15:03:00 GMT info@marketgladiator.com info@marketgladiator.com http://www.marketgladiator.com/australia-freetrade-or-protectionism/ In the last four decades Australia has been, under governments on both sides of politics, a world champion of free-trade. Yet, what has been achieved with that is nothing short... http://www.marketgladiator.com/australia-freetrade-or-protectionism/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/australia-freetrade-or-protectionism/ Sun, 30 May 2010 15:03:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/how-should-we-go-about-freetrade/ We all hear from time to time about protecting our industries and our jobs from foreign competition, but we also hear about liberalising our external trade so that only the... http://www.marketgladiator.com/how-should-we-go-about-freetrade/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/how-should-we-go-about-freetrade/ Thu, 27 May 2010 11:59:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/i-believe-in-high-turnover-businesses/ Do you, dear reader, have a habit of looking into businesses as you travel around daily? When I go through Marrickville in my bus back from work I always observe... http://www.marketgladiator.com/i-believe-in-high-turnover-businesses/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/i-believe-in-high-turnover-businesses/ Sat, 22 May 2010 13:29:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-australian-mining-supertax/ Four strange things happened this week in the mining industry in Australia: Xtrata cancelled an investment in a Queensland mine worth $30 million and Peabody, in its bid for Macarthur... http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-australian-mining-supertax/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/the-australian-mining-supertax/ Tue, 11 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/what-is-everybody-else-doing/ Most of us have a herd mentality - and nature put it there for a purpose - but did you, dear reader, ever wonder what it does to you when... http://www.marketgladiator.com/what-is-everybody-else-doing/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/what-is-everybody-else-doing/ Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:54:00 GMT http://www.marketgladiator.com/a-sign-of-the-times/ Making real his old threat, Rupert Murdoch of News Corp has announced he will start charging for online content of London's The Times and The Sunday Times. According to an... http://www.marketgladiator.com/a-sign-of-the-times/#comments http://www.marketgladiator.com/a-sign-of-the-times/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:10:00 GMT 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