
Richard Bowman Richard Bowman
Richard Bowman is a writer, analyst and investor based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has over 18 years’ experience in asset management, stockbroking, financial media and systematic trading. Richard combines fundamental, quantitative and technical analysis with a dash of common sense.
Latest Articles
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Digital Assets 101 November 2, 2020How to Get Started Trading Futures
If you are serious about trading, you will want to consider the futures market. Futures are amongst the most liquid and cheapest markets to trade. Most...
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Digital Assets 101 October 20, 2020Day Trading – Everything You Need to Know
If you are good at it, day trading can be very lucrative. You can generate an income or grow capital with a relatively small account. It...
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Investing in Stocks October 19, 2020What is Options Trading – Everything You Need to Know
Options are one of the most dynamic types of trading instruments available. They can be used to speculate on the direction and volatility of stock prices...
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Digital Assets 101 October 14, 2020What is a Financial Advisor?
Financial advisors have a large number of roles and responsibilities, and these roles go far beyond deciding where a client should invest their money. The best...
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Digital Assets 101 October 9, 2020How to Choose a Financial Advisor
Unless you are both knowledgeable and disciplined when it comes to money, you will probably have more chance of reaching your financial goals if you hire...
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Investing in Stocks September 24, 2020How to Buy Stocks – A Step by Step Guide to Investing in the Stock Market
Investing in stocks is the most accessible way for the average person to participate in the growth of the economy. For more than 100 hundred years,...
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Investing in Stocks September 21, 2020How to Make Money in Stocks
While there isn’t a magic formula for making money in the stock market, there are few ways to put the odds in your favor. The key...
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ETFs September 9, 2020Investing in ETFs (How To Pick The Best ETF)
With thousands of ETFs available to investors, choosing the right fund can be a daunting task. But it doesn’t have to be – if you take...
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ETFs September 7, 2020What are Leveraged ETFs?
Leveraged ETFs are exchange-traded funds that are structured to amplify the daily returns of an underlying index. They combine the convenience of ETFs with the leverage...
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ETFs September 4, 2020What are Inverse ETFs?
What are Inverse ETFs?Inverse ETFs are exchange traded funds designed to return the inverse of the daily return for an index. In other words, when the...
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ETFs September 1, 2020Bond ETFs (Fixed-Income ETFs) – An Investor’s Guide
Bond ETFs, also known as fixed-income ETFs, are exchange-traded funds that invest in bonds. These funds give investors exposure to the performance of fixed income indexes,...
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ETFs August 31, 2020Commodity ETFs – Everything You Need to Know
Commodity ETFs offer investors a practical entry point into the commodity markets, either through exposure to individual commodities or diversified commodity indexes. This is particularly appealing...
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ETFs August 26, 2020Index Funds vs. ETFs – Everything Investors Should Know
Index Funds vs ETFsIndex funds are mutual funds that are passively managed and track an index. This can create some confusion as mutual funds are usually...
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ETFs August 24, 2020Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
Mutual funds and exchange traded funds are two types of investment funds available to investors. Both types of funds pool capital from lots of investors, and...
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ETFs August 20, 2020What is an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund)?
ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, are one of the most important product innovations in the history of the investment industry. ETFs give investors a cheap and efficient...