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	<title>Australian Share Investing</title>
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	<description>Get the lowdown on investing in the stock market, trading shares and options trading in Australia</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Find a Stockbroker</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/30</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Stock Exchange&#8217;s &#8220;Find a Broker&#8221; service is a great place to start your search for a stockbroker&#8230;

It provides a list of brokers and their Web addresses based on criteria you select, such as location and the type of securities traded.
If you&#8217;re after an online broker, you can do an in depth comparison of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brokers - What to look for</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/29</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a good idea to shop around a bit when looking for a broker. Different investors&#8217; needs will vary, but some things you might want to consider are

Does the broker display a courteous attitude over the &#8216;phone
Availability of margin lending facilities
Access to floats
Ease (and promptness) of communication
Brokerage fees
Does the broker provide research and advice?
Speed of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny wise and pound foolish?</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/28</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While online discount brokers have become increasingly popular in recent years, there can be some disadvantages.
For example, despite the automation provided by the Internet, the sheer volume of orders attracted by such brokers can introduce a delay in the time it takes for your order to be filled. This could be a particular problem for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broker Wars!</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/27</link>
		<comments>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/27#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discount brokers are gradually coming to dominate the stockbroking scene. These are brokers offering a cheaper service where they are basically order-takers, processing trades without offering the advice and management services of the more traditional full-service brokers. As the name suggests, discount brokers are popular because they charge less per transaction. They can do this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Web has transformed share investing</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/26</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is a nation of share investors, with nearly half of the adult population investing in the market. But many don&#8217;t have much idea of what a stockbroker does.
Shares are bought and sold on the stock market, but can you imagine how chaotic it would be if all the buyers and seller had to individually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She’ll be right!</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/25</link>
		<comments>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/25#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s often been said that Australia is a nation of share investors. So I guess I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised that a study conducted in late 2008 - after a year of plunging share prices - found that aussies were relatively unfazed. Some 80% of participants in the study thought that it was a good time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opting out of the “meltdowns”</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/24</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up and down cycles are a fact of life in the stock market, and the reason is very simple - human emotion. Investors become caught up in a buying frenzy during the boom times, and panic-sell when the market starts to drop.
Take a look at this chart of the last quarter century or so of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Be greedy when others are fearful, be fearful when others are greedy”</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/23</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of last year, while most of the media were playing up the &#8220;doom and gloom&#8221; angle following a year of plummeting share prices, Julia Lee on the Web site compareshares.com.au was sensing opportunity:
Looking at the glass half full
Julia Lee, equities analyst, Bell Direct
How much further can the market fall?
The market is down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What goes down, must come up?</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/22</link>
		<comments>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/22#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the long-lived &#8220;global financial crisis&#8221; bear market of last year I read many comments from disgruntled investors saying they would never again risk a penny in the stockmarket. I even read serious articles suggesting that this &#8220;crash&#8221; was the death knell of the capitalist system! But history shows that stockmarkets rise and fall, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Pathetic Returns Can Bring You Joy (or, Why I Don’t Listen to My Wife)</title>
		<link>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/21</link>
		<comments>http://rjf.com.au/stock-trading-blog/archives/21#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Roberts</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Share Investing</category>
	<category>Stock Trading</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m talking to my wife the other day about this new trading system I&#8217;m working on and, feeling pretty pleased with myself, mention that it shows a historical return on the total trading account balance of 4% a month.
You know what she says?
&#8220;Four percent?!&#8230; that&#8217;s pathetic!&#8221;
Always ready with a snappy comeback, I reply, &#8220;Huh?!&#8221;
&#8220;Four [...]]]></description>
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