Featured Blogs by Russell Markham
FULLY FRANKED DIVIDEND PAYERS
Australia has the highest Dividend Yields in the world! That is according to Morningstar. Add in Franking Credits for Australia tax residents and you see why dividend paying ASX listed stocks have the highest dividend yields in the world. What are Franking Credits? Companies pay out dividends from post-tax profits. To avoid double taxation, investors who receive dividends where company tax [...]
High Performing Gold Stocks Surging!
High Performing Gold Stocks Surging! The spot gold price is up over 30% over the last 12 months. The spot gold price has surged from $2,300 USD per ounce back in April 2024, to over $3,000 USD in April 2025. The continuing narrative on wars, inflation and interest rates has driven a risk-off environment at present, where gold thrives. Furthermore, [...]
KEY GOLD STOCKS CONTINUE TO RISE
Key gold stocks rise under economic uncertainty. Concerns over inflation and economic growth in recent months has continued to see the price of spot gold rise. What ASX stocks have benefited and will most likely keep benefiting should spot prices continue to rise? We have worked through the ASX listed gold stocks and identified 3 stocks that currently stand out. [...]
VectorVest Smart Investing Blogs
TradingView Alternative
More than 100 million investors use TradingView, a platform designed to support stock analysis and help you make the most of every dollar you invest. But that number is starting to dwindle, as we see more and more users jumping ship to a TradingView alternative. Maybe it’s the rising cost and depleting features that has you frustrated. Or, perhaps you [...]
Trade Ideas vs VectorVest
Whether you’re day trading or swing trading, your profits are entirely dependent on your initial analysis. You need a convenient, consistent means of uncovering, vetting, and executing trades on a daily basis. Manual analysis doesn’t cut it anymore with so many great investment apps for beginners and experts alike at your fingertips. You can save time and stress while winning [...]
Best Stochastic Settings for Swing Trading
The stochastic oscillator is one of the best stock indicators for guiding traders through the market’s ebbs and flows. Mastering the best stochastic settings for swing trading, from the standard 14, 3, 3 to more aggressive and conservative configurations, helps you be more precise. But navigating these settings doesn’t have to be complex. In fact, there’s an easier way to [...]
WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK YOUR INVESTING?
VectorVest gives you all the tools to make money in the stock market and the key portfolios in the VectorVest Trading System Viewer are running hot. The Trading System Viewer can be located per the Viewers tab on the main toolbar. Once having loaded up the Trading System Viewer, sort the Trading Systems by the 1 Year % in descending [...]