To further enhance our webinars, we are launching a live chat function today. I stress, this is not a chat forum; the Internet already has more than enough of those. The JustOneLap live chat will only be open during a webinar, and will be specifically for those attending to chat amongst themselves and get to know each other, bounce ideas around and generally enhance the overall webinar experience.

Webinars are in every sense a distance learning affair, and they can leave you a little disconnected, so we hope that this chat function will help bridge the distances and liven up the webinars.

The live chat room will always be visible, BUT it will only open about 15 minutes before a webinar starts and will close shortly after the end of the webinar.  Questions for the presenters will still only be via the text box or audio (for those with a mic). The live chat is here.

In the week ahead Alwyn Burger takes our series on FX trading webinars to the next level as he covers moving averages for FX trading at 20h00 on Tuesday. Alwyn assures me this will not be a simple cross-over webinar as he plans to delve deeper into successfully using moving averages, and while this is an FX webinar, the concepts will be usable for any trading instrument. This will also be the first webinar using the newly launched chat function.

On Wednesday at 12H30 we have a webinar on investing internationally, following many requests from users on how to get international exposure.  We'll cover all the angles, from dual listed shares and international ETFs and ETNs that trade on the JSE through to directly buying international stocks such as Apple and General Electric.

The past week saw Paul Hansen (director at Stanib) doing an event webinar as part of the JSE Power Hour. His topic was the investment outlook, both locally and internationally.  It was a brilliant presentation and he makes a convincing case that current market weakness is just a soft patch within the larger bull market that is likely to continue later this year.

We also had another webinar from Keith Mclachlan as he takes us on a journey to understand fundamentals. This week the topic was Liquidity as a critical aspect of business.

Lastly, we published another 100 second tip last weekend - how to win the lotto without buying a ticket. Yes, somebody in the Free State won R100million last weekend, but the stark reality is that you have more chance of being struck by lightning than ever winning a big prize in the lotto. So do the math and win a holiday instead of wasting money hoping to win the lotto.

Week ahead

Tuedsday at 8pm - Moving averages for FX trading

Wednesday at 12.30pm - Investing internationally

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Liquidity: A critical aspect of business

JSE Power Hour - Investment outlook by Paul Hansen

Tip of the week

Start a second job (AKA income diversity)
No we're not talking literally working double shifts, getting home only to have to rush off to your second job. Rather, we're suggestion that you take what you love doing in your spare time, your hobby, and seeing if you can turn it into a second income stream.

For example, maybe you love photography and you have a special knack for photographing children. Why not offer a service taking pictures at kids’ parties? It would likely just be a couple of hours every so often, and not only would you be able to sell your prints to the host but also to parents of all the kids at the party.

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To further enhance our webinars, we are launching a live chat function today. I stress, this is not a chat forum; the Internet already has more than enough of those. The JustOneLap live chat will only be open during a webinar, and will be specifically for those attending to chat amongst themselves and get to know each other, bounce ideas around and generally enhance the overall webinar experience.

Webinars are in every sense a distance learning affair, and they can leave you a little disconnected, so we hope that this chat function will help bridge the distances and liven up the webinars.

The live chat room will always be visible, BUT it will only open about 15 minutes before a webinar starts and will close shortly after the end of the webinar.  Questions for the presenters will still only be via the text box or audio (for those with a mic). The live chat is here.

In the week ahead Alwyn Burger takes our series on FX trading webinars to the next level as he covers moving averages for FX trading at 20h00 on Tuesday. Alwyn assures me this will not be a simple cross-over webinar as he plans to delve deeper into successfully using moving averages, and while this is an FX webinar, the concepts will be usable for any trading instrument. This will also be the first webinar using the newly launched chat function.

On Wednesday at 12H30 we have a webinar on investing internationally, following many requests from users on how to get international exposure.  We'll cover all the angles, from dual listed shares and international ETFs and ETNs that trade on the JSE through to directly buying international stocks such as Apple and General Electric.

The past week saw Paul Hansen (director at Stanib) doing an event webinar as part of the JSE Power Hour. His topic was the investment outlook, both locally and internationally.  It was a brilliant presentation and he makes a convincing case that current market weakness is just a soft patch within the larger bull market that is likely to continue later this year.

We also had another webinar from Keith Mclachlan as he takes us on a journey to understand fundamentals. This week the topic was Liquidity as a critical aspect of business.

Lastly, we published another 100 second tip last weekend - how to win the lotto without buying a ticket. Yes, somebody in the Free State won R100million last weekend, but the stark reality is that you have more chance of being struck by lightning than ever winning a big prize in the lotto. So do the math and win a holiday instead of wasting money hoping to win the lotto.

Week ahead

Tuedsday at 8pm - Moving averages for FX trading

Wednesday at 12.30pm - Investing internationally

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100 second tip - Win the lotto without buying a ticket

Liquidity: A critical aspect of business

JSE Power Hour - Investment outlook by Paul Hansen

Tip of the week

Start a second job (AKA income diversity)
No we're not talking literally working double shifts, getting home only to have to rush off to your second job. Rather, we're suggestion that you take what you love doing in your spare time, your hobby, and seeing if you can turn it into a second income stream.

For example, maybe you love photography and you have a special knack for photographing children. Why not offer a service taking pictures at kids’ parties? It would likely just be a couple of hours every so often, and not only would you be able to sell your prints to the host but also to parents of all the kids at the party.

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JustOneLap.com is on track to go live on Monday 14 March 2011 and with less than 3 weeks until the launch we're doing some final testing and content creation. With that in mind we're doing a series of test webinars that are open to the public.

These are test sessions so may not be 100% perfect (albeit we certainly hope they will be).

The first two we have lined up are;

Friday @ 12.30pm - How to: Buy Silver. Booking here.

Monday @ 8.00pm - Trader: The 6% rule. Booking here.

Each session will be 30 minutes including Q&A and bookings are managed via the GoToWebinar server (they supply the webinar software) and when they confirm your booking you'll receive a unique url to log into the session with. Some important facts below.
 

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What is a webinar?
Tech speak says; a Webinar is a transmission of an audio and visual media scheduled at a particular time or on demand over the Internet. The content comes from a single source to multiple viewers simultaneously.

In short an online presentation.

How does a Webinar work?
The audience each sit at their own computer and are able to view the presentation and hear the  audio from the presenter. There is no requirement for high end anything and it really is a simple process.

What sort of computer do I need?
On a PC
    * Internet Explorer® 7.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
    * Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
    * DSL or better Internet connection
    * Minimum of Pentium® class 1GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (recommended) (2 GB of RAM for Windows® Vista)

On a Mac®
    * Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
    * Mac OS® X 10.4.11 – Tiger® or newer
    * PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor (512 MB of RAM or better recommended)
    * DSL, or better Internet connection   

Speakers to hear the webinar.
 

Three final test webinars before we go live on 14 March 2011. I am in CPT this weekend for the hand over fo the website from the IT boffins ..

• Friday 4th @ 12.30pm - Trading: Selecting a warrant. Booking here.
• Wednesday 9th @ 9pm - Trading: Placing a stop loss. Booking here.
• Thur 10th @12.30pm - Inveting: Momentum investing. Booking here.

If you are unable to attend the recorder webinar will be oline when we launch on 14 March 2011.

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What is a webinar?
Tech speak says; a Webinar is a transmission of an audio and visual media scheduled at a particular time or on demand over the Internet. The content comes from a single source to multiple viewers simultaneously.

In short an online presentation.

How does a Webinar work?
The audience each sit at their own computer and are able to view the presentation and hear the  audio from the presenter. There is no requirement for high end anything and it really is a simple process.

What sort of equioment do I need?
On a PC
    * Internet Explorer® 7.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
    * Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
    * DSL or better Internet connection
    * Minimum of Pentium® class 1GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (recommended) (2 GB of RAM for Windows® Vista)

On a Mac®
    * Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
    * Mac OS® X 10.4.11 – Tiger® or newer
    * PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor (512 MB of RAM or better recommended)
    * DSL, or better Internet connection 

Speakers to hear the webinar. A mic is NOT required.

Live webinars start this week, see the schedule below for details.  Don’t forget that each webinar will be available to view online within two days of the live webinar.

• Tuesday at 12.30 - Understanding Exchange Traded Funds
• Tuesday 5th - A new 100 second tip will be published
• Wednesday at 8.00pm - Stop loss for traders
• Thursday at 12.30pm - Constructing a high dividend yield portfolio

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We're launching SMS alerts this week. The alerts will be reminders to attend webinars that you've booked for. We currently send email reminders but quite a few users have commented that they're not always at their desks or on email, especially for the evening webinars. So 20 - 30 minutes before a webinar, we will send you an SMS alert, and here's the small print (nice and large): if you want an SMS alert you will have to enter your mobile number when registering for the webinar. We will only send you one SMS and then we'll delete your number from our system. We will not send you any marketing SMS's nor will we give or sell your mobile number to any third party.
 
In short, if you enter your mobile number when registering we promise to only send you one SMS and it will only be to remind you of the event.
 
There were some great webinars this past week, including an update of the momentum portfolio on Friday.  We're tracking this portfolio for the year and so far it's doing great as it out performs the market. There is a long way still to go, and we also tracking different entry and exit solutions, but so far we're chuffed, as we like nice and easy as much as we like outperforming, and this portfolio is doing both.
 
We also had the first of our absolute beginner series with the How to select a stock broker webinar. It was more complex than one may have thought, as it turns out there is a lot to consider - but we managed to distil it down to what matters and then we distilled it even further to a couple of important points.
 
The week ahead is also packed, starting with our second live event on Tuesday at 17h30. It is the JSE Power Hour and this time the topic is investing with commodities. Considering the collapse in commodity prices last week, the timing is either excellent or completely out of kilter - time will tell, but commodities are an important part of the investing game either way. If you are in Johannesburg and would like to attend the event live you can find booking details here.
 
Later on Tuesday evening I will doing a webinar on testing a system to find out if it works and makes money, a critical consideration in order to trust the system and hence have discipline. Also look out for the second webinar from Keith Mclachlan covering fundamentals on Wednesday evening - this one is titled Profitability, the aim of business.

Week ahead

Tuesday at 5.30pm - JSE Power Hour - How to invest with Commodities

Tuesday at 9.00pm - How to test a system to see if it works

Wednesday at 8.00pm - Profitability - The Aim of Business by Keith Mclachlan

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How to select a stock broker
Momentum Portfolio update

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A new 100 second tip this morning: Pay off your house in 7 years. Why wait 20 years? Yes 7 years requires some sacrifice and discipline, but a lot easier than many expect.

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) are all the rage these days.  So are commodities, albeit in part thanks to the collapse of silver from almost $50 to $35. So Monday sees us doing a webinar on investing in various different commodities such as oil, coal, silver, platinum and palladium - all using ETFs and ETNs.
 
On Thursday we have another JSE Power Hour session, this one delivered by Keith Mclachlan.  He'll be talking about analysing small and mid cap companies. You can attend the webinar or the live event (naturally both at 17h30).  Book for the webinar here and the live event here.
 
Friday sees the return of Garth Mackenzie, well known for his show on Summit TV - Traders Corner. He'll be talking about developing a trading plan - an absolute must for traders.
 
Another absolute must for traders was the webinar I did this past week on testing a trading system to ensure it works, and more importantly to ensure its profitability. The key issue here is that you need to trust the system to ensure discipline with your trading.

We also had the JSE Power Hour event on commodities this past week and Keith Mclachlan's second webinar in the fundamental series, where he covered the first of the four pillars - profitability. Keith really is making the complex task of understanding fundamentals a whole lot easier.

And don't forget to follow us on Facebook or Twitter (or both) for updates on new webinars and lots of links to other websites that'll help you know your money - grow your money.

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Our webinar vendor (Citrix) upgraded their software over the weekend and the major change is an upgrade to the GoToWebinar app. You will automatically be prompted to download the newer version of this software. This one-time download and upgrade process may take a while for customers with slower connections, so we recommend that you log in a few minutes early to your first meeting or webinar this week.

There is a small chance that some users may experience a firewall issue - this absolutely should not happen but if it does, you'll find the hep docs here. Lastly, they have updated the iPad app so you can now view webinars via your iPad. The app is free and you can download it here.

In the past week Alwyn Burger presented his first webinar on FX trading with a basic introduction to this topic. If you have any interest in the high risk world of currency trading then this is a must view webinar, as he points us around some of the pits falls and helps us understand some of the basic need-to-knows when trading FX.

We also had the second in our absolute beginners series with a webinar on How to Buy Shares. We looked at the various different options from full service to DIY brokers, unit trusts, ETFs, FNB's Share Builder and Standard Bank’s Auto Share Invest.

Looking to the week ahead, we have a webinar on Tuesday at 8pm about the various new ETFs and ETNs that have come to market in the last month.  There are five in total, with some real innovation and new underlying assets such as Africa and coal.

On Wednesday at 1pm we have scheduled another webinar in the absolute beginners series - Dividends: The best part of investing. Dividends are often an ignored part of investing, but they are important and can significantly add to ones returns (have a look at an older webinar - Constructing a high dividend yield portfolio).

Week ahead

Tuesday at 8pm - Looking at the new ETF's and ETN's

Wednesday at 1pm - Dividends: The best part of investing

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Intro to FX trading

How to but shares

Tip of the Week

If you're going on holiday and nobody will be in your house while you're away - turn your geyser off. It is the biggest user of electricity in your house and if nobody will be using the hot water - stop making hot water.

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Don't you love the sound free money makes as it hits your bank account? OK, it’s not really free and it doesn't actually make any noise, but still, it's a wonderful thing when I get an email from my broker informing me that dividends have arrived in my account. Far too often ignored, dividends are one of the really powerful secrets of investing.  We did a webinar about them this past week in our absolute beginners series - Dividends: The best part of investing.

There are two new webinars to look out for in the week ahead. Keith Mclachlan continues on his journey to help make fundamentals as simple as possible and he's covering Liquidity: A critical aspect of business this week, on Wednesday at 20h00.

On Thursday at 17h30 we are webcasting another live JSE Power Hour event presented by Paul Hansen (Director at Stanlib), who will be presenting the house view on the current economic outlook. A great presenter, Paul is always worth listening to. As with all live events, you're welcome to attend the actual event, booking details are here.

This past week we also had a look at the recent new issues of ETFs and ETNs. May saw five new ones listed, covering a diverse range (coal, property, Africa and two multi-asset class ETFs), and we delve into the unique points of each one.

Week ahead

Wednesday at 8pm - Liquidity: A critical aspect of business

Thursday at 5.30pm - JSE Power Hour: Investment outlook

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New ETF's and ETN's

Dividends: The best part of investing

Tip of the Week

The old joke goes: how do you double your money in the quickest time?
Fold it over and put it back in your pocket.

But here's a useful and easy equation that tells you how long it'll take your money to actually double in value: the rule of 72. Take the expected rate of return (growth rate) and divide it in to 72; the answer is close enough to how many years it'll take for your money to double in value at that rate of return.

So, for example, if your investment grows at 12% a year, then 72 divided by 12 = 6 years for your money to double in value.

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I am a big fan of moving averages in my trading. They're nice and simple and yet they tell us lots.  Alwyn Burger took moving averages to a whole new level in his Trading FX with moving averages webinar last week. He'd promised us no cross overs, and boy was he right!  He introduced some new concepts, including a rhythm indicator using moving averages that I am looking to include in my trading. This is a not to be missed webinar for all traders even if FX is not your thing (it isn't mine).

The week ahead includes a webinar at 20h00 on Tuesday on The 6% trading rule. I first came across this in Alexander Elder's book Come into my Trading Room; the concept is simple enough and yet potentially very powerful.

For those interested in (or those who know nothing about) listed property as an asset class, we have another JSE Power Hour event on Thursday at 17h30.  Craig Hallowes of Fortress Asset Managers will look at investing in property as well as the two property ETFs (PropTrax and PropTen). Property is often neglected by investors and Craig will take us through the ins and outs. As always, if you are in Johannesburg you can attend the actual event by booking here.

We also had another webinar in our absolute beginner series last week, covering investing internationally. Many investors are keen for international exposure but aren't sure how, so we looked at the various options out there (some very simple).

We also have a new 100 seconds tip, this one on debt. We all have some debt, the trick is knowing the good from the bad and making sure we're getting rid of the bad.

Week ahead

Tuedsday at 8pm - 6% Trading Rule

Thursday at 5.30pm - JSE Power Hour, property as an asset class

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100 second tip: good debt and bad debt

Moving averages for FX trading

Investing internationally

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Thirty-two! Depending on how old you are, that's either a big number or a small one. For us at the JustOneLap head quarters, it is the number of webinars we have uploaded in our first three months. That's some 20 hours of viewing already and if we keep going at this rate we'll have a thousand videos and two weeks solid viewing by 2020 (you'd get square eyes after that). So you better get watching or else you’re going to be left behind.
 
To make it easier to find the webinars, we've got all the fancy categories (investing, trading and how to) but we're also creating a tag cloud so that you can find videos on stop losses, ETFs, fundamentals, system design, technical analysis, the absolute beginner series and more.
 
The absolute beginner series is the perfect place for those just starting out.  It covers both investing and trading and is growing by the week.
 
The week ahead is packed. On Tuesday at 12h00 we have our second webinar from Gary Stone. Now based in Australia, Gary is an expert on mechanical trading system, having designed the successful SPA system. This webinar will focus on the first steps you need to take to develop a mechanical trading system.
 
On Wednesday at 20h00 we look at the 6% trading rule. First proposed by Alexander Elder, it helps to reduce overall risk in a portfolio and ties in with the 2% stop loss webinar we did a few weeks back.
 
Then on Thursday at 12h30 we discuss PE ratios: the good, bad and ugly. Yip, we all know about PE ratios, or at least we've heard of them. But what are they really? How do we use them? And perhaps most importantly, what are the traps?
 
This past week saw Craig Hallowes of Fortress Asset Managers doing a live event webinar on listed property and their two property ETFs (PropTrax and the newly listed PropTen). It was a great introduction to property as an asset class and you'll find the video here.

Week ahead

Tuedsday at 12pm - Develop a mechanical trading system

Wednesday at 8pm - The 6% trading rule

Thursday at 12.30pm - PE ratios: the good, bad and ugly

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Our top viewed video passed 500 views last week, so we figured we’d push out our list of top rated videos by viewership. It is a nice eclectic selection covering trading as much as investing DIY with our ETF video right up there at #4 (and you know we love ETF's).

• Placing a stop loss - lower low
• How to select a warrant
• Constructing a high dividend yield portfolio
• Understanding Exchange Traded Funds
• Using PE ranges

The week ahead starts with a webinar on the Trader’s Matrix at 20h00 today, Monday. It will cover the five critical components that every trader needs to have a handle on in order to be a successful trader. Nothing complicated, but certainly critical.
 
On Tuesday at 20h00 we have the third in the basic introduction to fundamentals by Keith Mclachlan. This month’s session is about Solvency - Understanding Debt & Failure, and as always he’s keeping it simple.
 
The past week saw three webinars starting with Developing a Mechanical Trading System by Gary Stone. Gary knows more than most about mechanical systems and shared his 15 years of knowledge to help us develop a system of our own.
 
We also covered the 6% Trading Rule as proposed by Alexander Elder. This concept helps a trader manage overall market risk while working with the 2% risk rule to manage individual trade risk.
 
For the investor in the absolute beginner series we did a webinar on PE Ratios – the good bad and ugly. We explained what a hugely powerful tool PE ratios are and also covered the risks.

Week ahead

Monday at 8pm - Trader’s Matrix

Tuesday at 8pm -

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6% Trading Rule

Developing a Mechanical Trading System

PE Ratios – the good bad and ugly

Tip of the week

Traditionally one pays an investment broker via commission, but the weakness in this is that the only way they make money is by selling you new products. Why not pay a monthly fee or even and hourly fee instead, thus ensuring that there is no risk that recommendations are linked to earning potential for the broker rather than quality advice for your own investments and insurance?

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We've slowly been populating our absolute beginner series on JustOneLap and we're now up to seven webinars. The idea here is that it's a great place for those just starting out in the wonderful world of investing with little or no knowledge and no idea about where to start. Investing itself is not rocket science, but there is stuff to learn and the list of absolute beginner webinars is a great place to start your journey (and be assured that we are regularly adding new content to the series).
 

• Understanding Exchange Traded Funds
• The four pillars of fundamental investing
• How to select a stock broker
• How to buy shares
• Dividends: the best part of investing
• Investing internationally
• PE ratios: the good, bad and ugly

The past week saw Keith Mclachlan continue his journey to help us understand fundamentals with the latest webinar being Solvency - Understanding Debt and Failure. Debt is largely not complicated; it is money a company has borrowed in order to grow the business (or to keep it afloat). But there are different types of debt and different risks within the debt. It was a great webinar that certainly helped me further my understanding of company debt.

Another great webinar this past week was Traders matrix: 5 components for traders. The core aim of the webinar was to get traders thinking about the whole picture when trading. It is more than just a chart generating signals of when and what to buy or sell, we need to treat trading as a business and only then will we succeed.

The week ahead is a quiet one as I am travelling extensively. Today at 12h30 we're covering The PEG ratio, advancing the simple PE. The PE ratio is hugely powerful but has some limitations as we explained in our webinar about PE ratios: the good, bad and ugly. The PEG ratio helps advance the use of the PE ratio, especially when covering growth stocks with massively high PE ratios.
 

Week ahead

Monday at 12.30pm - The PEG ratio, advancing the simple PE

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Solvency - Understanding Debt and Failure

Traders matrix: 5 components for traders

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At its very heart, trading is easy: a few clicks of a mouse and you're in the trade. Then you wait for the exit and you're either automatically out or a few more mouse clicks and you're out. But in truth, we massively over-complicate trading, mostly because we are raised to believe success requires hard work.  And sure, in the early years there is lots of hard work with trading: earning the products, understanding technical analysis, stop loss and designing systems, and then of course managing the emotional side of profit and loss.  But we must never forget that ultimately trading is simple and we must strive to keep it so.
 
With that in mind, Alwyn Burger did a great webinar this past week: Trend Lines for FX Traders.  While aimed at FX trading, the concepts are applicable to all traders and certainly helped instil the 'keep it simple' mantra.
 
On Thursday we had another JSE Power Hour and this time it was Adrian Saville of Cannon Asset Managers who was presenting Opportunities in a 3D world. It was an absolutely great big picture overview of the current global economic situation, with some of their preferred stocks picks towards the end of the presentation.
 
The week ahead has another two webinars for traders (next week is about investing). Tuesday at 20h00 is Reversal Patterns for Traders. Trying to trade reversal patterns requires huge amounts of patience or else the results will be disastrous. But there are some very powerful and yet simple patterns we can watch out for and this webinar will cover three of them.
 
Then on Thursday at 17h30 we have another JSE Power Hour, where I will be presenting on Trading Psychology, dealing predominately with the two emotions that most cripple traders - fear and greed. The webinar will also deal with trusting ones system, which is a hugely important part of the process. If you are in Johannesburg and want to attend the event at the JSE, you can book here, otherwise book for the webinar here.

The week ahead

Tuesday at 8pm - Reversal Patterns for Traders

Thursday at 5.30pm - Trading Psychology

The week that was

Trend Lines for FX Traders

Opportunities in a 3D world

Money tip of the week

Rather than lots of presents for a child’s birthday, ask people to buy something very small (or nothing at all) and then contribute something towards buying the child some ETFs. If you start this with the first birthday and do it every time presents are being given, it will build a great education fund for when they leave school.

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During the month of July we published a list of our top webinars overall (the list can also be generated from the home page by selecting "Sort by: Popularity"). This led to a couple of people asking about the most popular webinars by views in each of the three categories (invest, trade and how to), and seeing as the two webinars planned for this week are investing orientated, we figured we'd publish a list of the top five invest webinars:

• Constructing a high dividend yield portfolio
• The four Pillars of fundamental investing
• Using PE ranges
• Momentum investing
• Dividends: the best part of investing

The week ahead is all about investing. At 20h00 on Tuesday Keith Mclachlan will talk us through the last of his four pillars of fundamentals, this one is - Investing Fundamentals: Management. Management is perhaps the most important part of any business but also the hardest to measure and monitor, so this is absolutely a not-to-be-missed webinar - booking is here.

On Thursday at 12H30 we have the second update on the Momentum portfolio that we've been running since the beginning of the year. Momentum is a simple concept, buy the winners and sell the losers. At the last update it was out performing the overall market to the end of Q1 2011; this week we'll update it for Q2 2011 - booking is here.

We had another JSE Power Hour event webinar last week, which I presented and the topic was Trading Psychology. Trading is 90% in the mind, as emotions play a huge part in our success and the biggest emotion traders experience is fear, so this webinar is almost exclusively about how to manage the fear associated with trading - regardless of what or how you trade.

The other webinar last week was on Reversal patterns for traders and looked at three candle patterns that can be used to identify a potential reversal from the trend. I use the engulfing candle in my intra-day ALSI futures trading, while the other two covered are less frequent but they are probably even more powerful.

Lastly, JustOneLap passed 10 000 video views/ downloads last week so another huge thanks to all of you who continue to make JustOneLap a roaring success.

The week ahead

Tuesday at 8pm - Investing Fundamentals: Management

Thursday at 12.30pm - Momentum portfolio - update Q2 2011

The week that was

Reversal patterns for traders

JSE Power Hour: Trading psychology

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So late on Friday the USA got downgraded for the first time in the history of rating agencies. This is a historic event as it confirms the shift of economic power from the West (US & EU) to the East (China and other emerging markets). It is something we'll tell our grandchildren about one day; in fact we'll tell them so often they are going to be way bored of the story and beg us to stop!

If you want my more detailed view on the event, I wrote a short piece on what it all means (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine) which you'll find here.

With the continued shift of economic power to emerging markets we have a perfectly timed webinar on Wednesday at 12h30: Investing in emerging markets. There are a number of JSE listed products that are making this a relatively easy thing to do and we'll cover them all, pointing out what products we prefer and what market we choose to invest in. As this is a public holiday week, we've only got the one webinar - but we'll be back at full tilt next week.

During the past week we updated our Momentum portfolio for Q2 2011 and it is doing really well, beating the index by over 10%! We're chuffed, it is a seriously simple concept and so far it is working a treat.

Keith Mclachlan completed his Four Pillars of fundamentals last week, focusing on Management, a critical but often hard to measure part of investing. Completing the four pillars doesn't mean his stint at JustOneLap is over, he'll be back in September. To recap, his first five webinars are:

• The Four Pillars of fundamental investing
• Profitability: the aim of business
• Liquidity: a critical aspect of business
• Solvency: understanding debt and failure
• Investing Fundamentals: Management

The week ahead

Wednesday at 12.30pm - Investing in emerging markets

The week that was

Momentum portfolio - update Q2 2011

Investing Fundamentals: Management

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So the world didn't end after the US debt downgrade and while markets were massively volatile they didn't even crash, with many world markets actually closing the week in the green! This reaffirms the mantra that investing is about the long-term and in the short-term all the panic and fear is as a rule best ignored.
 
The big question of course is if the global economy is out of the woods, and the answer is a simple no. The two big issues remain: anaemic global growth in the supposed developed markets and massive sovereign debt problems. Taken together, this is going to result in many more years of panicked headlines and shaky recovery. As investors we must just keep on doing what we do, be that monthly debit into an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), buying quality when the price is right or whatever strategy you are employing for the longer term investments.
 
Of course for traders this volatility is wonderful and in the week ahead we have another webinar with Alwyn Burger, who is continuing his FX trading journey on Tuesday at 20h00 with Fibonacci for FX traders. As we've said before, while Alwyn is an FX trader, his webinars are valuable for all traders regardless of what you are trading and Fibonacci is one of those powerful tools that every trader should have in their arsenal.
 
On Thursday at 17h30 we have another webinar in the JSE Power Hour series, with Keith Mclachlan as the speaker this time and his topic is Making sense of SENS. SENS is how a listed company communicates with investors and so it is critical to keep an eye on and understand. Keith will take us through the different announcements and how to understand them. You can book for the webinar here or if you are in Johannesburg you can attend the actual event here.
 
Last week we had a look at Investing in Emerging Markets via four JSE listed Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs). They offer African, Chinese or broad emerging market exposure and in many ways, the US debt downgrade by Standard and Poor confirmed the emergence of these regions as the new economic super powers going forward. You'll find the video here to view online or download.

The week ahead

Tuesday at 8pm - Fibonacci for FX traders

Thursday at 5.30pm - Making sense of SENS

The week that was

Investing in Emerging Markets

All the best

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We often get asked if it is alright for somebody to share one of our videos with a colleague or friend or even their granny. In short, the question is around the license conditions attached to the videos on JustOneLap. Well the answer is simple - yes you can share our content. All content on JustOneLap is published under a creative commons license, which means it is in the public domain with three conditions attached to the sharing of the work: you have to credit us, can't profit from the videos and can't change them. The full license is here and the details are as follows:

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The past week saw another great webinar from Alwyn Burger: Fibonacci for FX traders. Fibonacci is one of those number sequences that appears all over nature and has been used for years by traders of all types to help determine entries, exits, support, resistance and potential targets. Alwyn helps us understand how to use this tool with real world examples from his own trading.
 
On Tuesday at 20h00 we have a webinar on Identifying blue chip stocks. It is a phrase that is often used in the investment world to suggest the best quality companies; but what are they and how do we find them? This webinar will get behind the phrase and use real examples to help identify blue chip stocks.
 
Then on Thursday at 12h30 we have a webinar for traders - Keeping a traders journal. I often comment that trading must be treated like a business and that includes admin and record keeping. Keeping a journal or record of trades is critically important in order to ensure success. It helps when trading goes all wobbly, helps tracks success (or failure) of a particular system and in this day of spreadsheets it is easy to do. That said, far too many traders are not keeping a journal and in truth they are then not in control of their trading.

The week ahead

Tuesday at 8pm - Identifying blue chip stocks

Thursday at 12.30pm - Keeping a traders journal

The week that was

Fibonacci for FX traders

Money tip

Without doubt the contents of your house are insured. But are they correctly insured? Chances are that when you signed up for your current household insurance policy you took a random figure that sounded about right and then the insurance company increases that amount every year on the policy anniversary. But is the value correct? If it is too high then you are over paying and if it is too small then you won't be fully paid out in the event of a claim.
 
Go through the contents of your house room by room, determining the value of the contents in every room and make sure that the actual value of your household contents is what you are insured for.

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We're always talking about using a stop loss as a trader. But what of investors? The simple matter is that investors also need a point at which they admit defeat and exit. But what metrics should be used, because it isn't so much about price when investing, rather the focus is momentum or value (or whichever methodology is used for entry). We'll cover the options in our webinar on Wednesday at 12h30 - Stop loss for investors.

Then on Thursday we have another event webinar with the JSE Power Hour. Reitte Kotze will be taking us through candle charting. What is it? Why is it so powerful? She'll also look at some typical and critical candle patterns that can be used in trading (we covered a few in the reversal patterns webinar). JSE Power Hour: Charting with candles on Thursday at 17h30 and you book here or to attend the live event in Johannesburg book here.

This past week we did a webinar on Keeping a traders journal. This is critical, trading is much like a business and as such a large part of trading needs to be the admin side of things. This webinar delves into the what, why and how of keeping a trader’s journal.

We also did a webinar for investors on Identifying blue chip stocks. The term 'blue chip' is often bandied around but what does it mean and how do we spot blue chip stocks on the JSE? This video explains what they are and points out some examples on the JSE.

The week ahead

Wednesday at 12.30pm - Stop loss for investors

Thursday at 5.30pm - JSE Power Hour: Charting with candles

The week that was

Keeping a traders journal

Identifying blue chip stocks

All the best

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Acronyms, don't you hate them? All these three and four letter words that people sprout leaving one clueless as to what they actually mean? Well tonight we have Keith Mclachlan doing a webinar on WACC. "On what?" you may ask. The answer: Weighted Average Cost of Capital. Aha! So why not just say that?" Well because after the webinar not only will we be able to drop WACC into polite conversation but we will actually know what it means. So tonight (Monday) at 8pm - Cost of Equity and WACC with Keith Mclachlan, not only will it help your investing it will also impress your friends (OK  I can't promise your friends will be overly impressed, but it will help you invest better).

Then on Wednesday at 8pm we've got a webinar for traders - Gap trading the ALSI index futures. I have been trading gaps on the ALSI for years and while they may not happen every day, when they do AND they close they are a thing of beauty as they pour money into your trading account.

This past week saw a great webinar by Riette Kotze at the JSE Power Hour event in Sandton - Charting with Candles. Pretty much every trader I know at the very least uses candles on their charting but very few of us truly understand the different candle patterns, what they mean or how reliable they are. Riette covered the basics, introducing us to a number of candle formations including the engulfing candle that I also use for trading ALSI futures (and yes I will be doing a webinar on that system soon).

100 Second Tip

Need versus Want. The difference may often be subtle, but it is critically important that we understand the difference and the impact that wants can have on our finances.

The week ahead

Monday at 8pm - Cost of Equity and WACC with Keith Mclachlan

Wednesday at 8pm - Gap trading the ALSI index futures

The week that was

Charting with Candles

100 Second Tip - Need versus Want

Money tip

We need to save, everybody agrees with that. But often the ultimate goal (be it retirement, a nest egg or an exotic holiday) is so far away that the whole saving process seems pointless. The solution is the same as with any large goal - break it down into bite size chunks. Asertain much do you need to save every year, month, week, day to achieve your goal? Work out the amount per day and start a daily savings regime.

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