Dr. Alex Cowie

Government Plan to Access Web Browsing History

Posted on June 15th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, cent, Diggers and Drillers, Dr. Alex Cowie, Google, Market News, micro cap, penny shares, penny stock picks, pennyhopefuls, perth, privacy, South Africa, Stephen Conroy, web browsing

This month Money Morning is going international. Diggers & Drillers editor Dr. Alex Cowie is heading off to South Africa tomorrow to kick a few rocks around.
There’s a couple of mining projects over there that he’s got his eye on and so he figured there’s no better way to check out the lie of [...]

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Why You’ve Got to be an Active Investor

Posted on June 14th, 2010 in active fundamental investor, active investor, active technical investor, aus, aussie dollar, australian small cap investigator, buy recommendation, cent, Diggers & Drillers, Dr. Alex Cowie, Madoff, Market News, micro cap, penny shares, penny stock picks, pennyhopefuls, perth, S&P/ASX 200, slipstream trader, technical traders

Below is a chart of the S&P/ASX 200 for the past ten years:

Source: CMC Markets Stockbroking

Let’s be honest, if you were a buy and hold investor from mid 2000 onwards you’d be pretty disappointed with your return.
Sure, you could have got some pretty good dividends, plus a capital gain. But considering the risks the [...]

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Why a Resource Tax is Resource Theft

Posted on April 30th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, cent, CFMEU, Dr. Alex Cowie, ken henry, Market News, merrill lynch, micro cap, perth, resource tax, tax, tax review, tax system

There’s a lot of noise flying around about the publication of Emperor Ken Henry’s tax review on Sunday.
But let’s get one thing straight. Behind all the sound bites about “helping battlers” and “ensuring the rich pay their way” and “closing loopholes” and “making tax returns easier”, the ultimate objective is for the government to [...]

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