Ask Colin

Investors and speculators are invited to ask me questions they have about investing, speculating, technical analysis and fundamental analysis. I will answer them as soon as practicable, bearing in mind my work and travel commitments.

Please avoid asking me for financial advice. Advice is defined in law as:

... a recommendation, a statement of opinion, or a report of either of those things, which is intended to influence, or which could be reasonably regarded as being intended to influence, a person in making a decision in relation to a particular financial product, a class of products or an interest in such products

Please try to avoid missing the point of what I am trying to do. I do not want to be an investment adviser. Instead I want to help you learn to be a good investor. So, my case studies in Building Wealth in the Stock Market and on the members website are meant as educational examples for you to use in the learning process and may usually be read after the event in order for me to stay within the law on advising without a licence to do so.

Rather than asking me for my analysis conclusions, you will learn far more from trying to do the analysis yourself. It is the thinking/doing process, not the answer, that is important.

So, I request that anyone who is looking for an answer to an analysis question might like to send me their own analysis and I will look at it and comment to the extent that I am allowed by Australian law. This is separate from questions seeking facts about the way markets operate and methods of fundamental or technical analysis. Facts, by definition are not advice. Therefore, my new rules for questions are:

1. You are free to ask for facts about anything affecting stock market investing in the areas of fundamental and technical analysis and the way in which markets operate. Please try, though, to do your own research first - Google is a wonderful resource.

2. However, if you seek an opinion about the market or a stock, which are questions that I cannot legally answer, I will guide you to the extent that I can, but first you need to send me your analysis. I will then answer in such a way that prompts the further development of your ability to think properly and well as an analyst.

In learning to be a good investor, it is the thinking journey that polishes your analysis skills, not being simply told my conclusion. This is the case even when I write an analysis as a case study. This is a guide for you, but real progress is made by you trying to practise and improve your thinking skills. As a teacher I can demonstrate the techniques to show you the roadmap and itinerary for your intellectual journey. After that, my best contribution to your progress is as a coach who reviews your work and asks more questions for you to think about on your way to a higher plane.

There are many truths of which full meaning cannot be realised until personal experience has brought it home. John Stuart Mill

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