In the Media

''They make the market much more volatile and unpredictable,'' says Dale Gillham, the chief analyst at fund manager Wealth Within, which runs the only accredited diploma of share trading and investment. ''It's like a marathon race. Someone sprints for 10 minutes and gets out in front but the pack catches up.'' The whole idea of speed trading is to catch you out, so the solution is to ''look at the bigger picture'', he says. ''Don't trade day by day. Look at the market on a monthly basis and say - what is the real trend...''

Do you truly believe you will retire wealthy on your super? When asked, most of us would say they either don’t know or they doubt their super will see them living the life they dreamed. For women, more often the super statistics indicate most will fall well short of the minimum needed. If you are well informed, however, it can make the difference between having a comfortable lifestyle and a mere existence. For most, making decisions as to where you should invest your superannuation is not easy, because the choices are extensive...

When building a portfolio of shares, we are traditionally taught to buy stocks in different sectors and to diversify with large numbers of individual shares. I have always been challenged by the logic behind this concept, especially when you consider it is based on the theory that about a third of your portfolio will be rising, one-third falling and one-third going sideways at any one time. Any investor would rather hold only the rising shares, which is why I teach in my book how you can sell falling shares and actually increase your portfolio returns. Sounds simple, and yet this is an approach that sadly is not well understood...

Wealth Within investment analyst Janine Cox said the company's share price had been rising over the past four months, and was expected to peak at $4.20 a share in the next few. "It's [due to] the fact that it was already in a nice uptrend, which is a good selling story for the brokers," Ms Cox said. "The fact that this news has come out and that there's a dividend coming up just bodes well for Telstra." Telstra said it would return about $NZ490 million ($A380 million) in cash from the sale to the company using a special dividend. The company said it would book a separate charge for foreign exchange losses...

Dale Gillham, chief analyst of private investments company Wealth Within, says there are typical signs pointing to a market bottom. And a move above 4,200 points would confirm an upward trend, he said in a statement. "If this occurs, then I expect we will see a rise through to 4,300 points and, possibly, higher in the next month,'' he said...