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In 2021, a2 Milk lost 52% of its value.The company downgraded its guidance four separate times on the way down. Each dow...
01/09/2026

In 2021, a2 Milk lost 52% of its value.

The company downgraded its guidance four separate times on the way down. Each downgrade came with an explanation, and each explanation sounded reasonable at the time.

That is what makes a falling position so hard to leave. The number is telling you one thing. The story is telling you another. Most people listen to the story.

A defined exit level doesn't listen. It was set before the story existed.

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Here is a question worth sitting with. If you put $100 into the ASX 200 today, where does it actually go?About $34 goes ...
29/08/2026

Here is a question worth sitting with. If you put $100 into the ASX 200 today, where does it actually go?

About $34 goes to banks and other financials. About $18 goes to miners. That is $52 of every $100 in two sectors.

Technology gets about $3. In a global index, technology is closer to $25.

None of this is a criticism of the ASX. Banks and miners have paid Australian investors very well for a very long time, and the franking on those dividends is a real advantage.

But it does mean something specific: when people say they own "the market", they usually own a fairly narrow bet on Australian credit growth and the price of iron ore. Those two things tend to be driven by the same story, which is the opposite of what diversification is for.

Most investors have never seen this breakdown. It takes about a minute to look up, and it changes how you read your own portfolio.

Approximate S&P/ASX 200 and global developed market sector weights, rounded, August 2026. Weights change over time. General advice only. It does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520.

28/08/2026

Two companies. Both worth exactly $1 billion. One trades at $4.17 a share, the other at $200 million a share.

Nothing is wrong. They've just cut themselves into different numbers of slices — 240 million shares versus 5.

That's the whole idea behind a share price. It's a slice size, not a price tag on the business. Which is why a $2 share is not "cheaper" than a $200 share, and why a company that splits its stock hasn't become better value overnight.

The figure that tells you how big a company actually is:

share price × shares on issue = market capitalisation

It's the most common trap for people starting out on the ASX, and it's why "this one's only 30 cents!" has never been a reason to buy anything.

Compare the business. Not the slice.

Illustrative figures only. General advice only — it does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520.

For anyone who's ever wondered why their 10:00am order just sat there.The ASX doesn't open all at once. It opens in five...
26/08/2026

For anyone who's ever wondered why their 10:00am order just sat there.

The ASX doesn't open all at once. It opens in five groups, staggered by the first letter of the ticker, between 10:00 and 10:09 — and each group's exact moment is randomised inside a short window so nobody can time the jump.

A–B goes first. S–Z goes last.

Small piece of machinery, but it explains a lot of "why is nothing happening" mornings. A market isn't magic — it's a system, and systems have rules worth knowing.

General advice only — it does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520.

21/08/2026

Twenty holdings is not the same thing as twenty positions.

If all twenty are large-cap Australian financials and miners, they rise together and they fall together. You don't have twenty stocks. You have one, twenty times.

Real spread looks different. Holdings that move apart because they're driven by different things: different currencies, different economies, different demand cycles, different rate sensitivities. When one is under pressure, another isn't.

That's the point of diversification. Not the count on the statement. The independence underneath it.

So the useful question isn't "how many stocks do I own?" It's "how many different reasons do I own them for?"

Count the drivers, not the holdings.

Precision over prediction. The algorithm screens, you decide.

— General advice only. It does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520 · investorsignals.com

The bear came first — and it had nothing to do with the animal.In early 1700s London, "selling the bearskin before you'v...
20/08/2026

The bear came first — and it had nothing to do with the animal.

In early 1700s London, "selling the bearskin before you've caught the bear" was a phrase about promising something you didn't own. Traders who sold shares they hadn't bought yet got called bearskin jobbers. Then just bears. First written down in 1709.

The bull arrived afterwards, as the obvious opposite. Probably from the baiting rings, where bulls and bears were pitted against each other. Historians will tell you the trail there is genuinely thin.

The tidy story — horns thrust up, paws swiping down — came much later. It's a good mnemonic. It isn't the origin.

Why it matters: the words were never a description of the market. They were a description of a position. Someone was short. Someone was long. That's it.

Which is still the only question worth asking. Not "are we in a bull market?" — nobody knows that until afterwards. But: what does the evidence say about this stock, right now, and where do I get out if I'm wrong?

Precision over prediction. The algorithm screens, you decide.

— General advice only. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520 · investorsignals.com

A bad trade still costs you full price.Four costs land on every trade, win or lose:The spread — buy at the ask, sell at ...
17/08/2026

A bad trade still costs you full price.

Four costs land on every trade, win or lose:

The spread — buy at the ask, sell at the bid. Brokerage in. Brokerage out. Tax on any realised gain.

None of them care whether the idea was good. They're the entry fee.

Which is why turnover matters. A portfolio that trades twice as often doesn't need to be wrong to fall behind — just busy.

The test comes before the trade, not after it.

Not tax advice. General advice only — it does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520 · investorsignals.com

13/08/2026

You don't need to be wealthy to start investing. You need a process.

Consistency, discipline and time do the heavy lifting, and they're available to everyone.

Try a free trial, link in the comments.

General advice only. It does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520.

A dividend isn't free money.It can feel like a bonus, but a dividend isn't created out of thin air. On the ex-dividend d...
13/08/2026

A dividend isn't free money.

It can feel like a bonus, but a dividend isn't created out of thin air. On the ex-dividend date, a share price typically falls by roughly the amount paid out. The cash simply moves from the company to you.

That step down is normal, not a glitch. It's also why chasing the highest yield can mislead you: a big dividend funded by a sliding share price can leave you no better off.

What actually matters is total return, price growth and income together, not the headline yield on its own.

Follow for more on how we approach markets.

General advice only. It does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520.

Not one market. A lot of them.Our signals run across a wide universe — ASX and US indices, sector indexes, ETFs, crypto ...
11/08/2026

Not one market. A lot of them.

Our signals run across a wide universe — ASX and US indices, sector indexes, ETFs, crypto currencies, thematic baskets and international markets — each through the same disciplined process: defined buy, sell and stop-loss levels.

Different markets. One method. Wherever the opportunity is, the discipline doesn't change.

Follow for more on how we approach markets.

General advice only. It does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. Investor Signals Pty Ltd, CAR 439411 of Advisor Plus Pty Ltd AFSL 474520.

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