The ASX has communicated to all market participants of an industry-wide ASX settlement failure that occurred on Friday the 20th of December. This failure has meant that CHESS was not able to complete market settlement on Friday and has deferred settlement to Monday the 23rd of December. For those clients who had sell trades settling on Friday we have ensured those sale proceeds have been made available to you for trading on Monday. Stock delivery for clients who had buy trades settling will need to wait until Monday before the shares become available to sell. We apologise for any inconvenience this ASX outage has caused.
The psychology of investing – quality decision making for traders
Despite the numbers and the headlines, markets are simply comprised of individual buyers and sellers making decisions about where to place their money. The choice to buy or sell a stock can be as much an emotional one as a rational one, and the ability to manage our feelings can greatly improve our financial outcomes.
Bestselling author Louise Bedford of The Trading Game shares her thoughts on how your emotions can affect your finances, including:
- Why scared money never wins
- How to assess the credibility of an investment before you hand over your money
- What female traders do differently, that can make them more successful than men
- How long you need to invest for, and
- How to seek out quality education to improve your decision making and understanding of markets.
