About Russell Markham

Russell Markham has been with VectorVest for 13 years. Russell is a passionate investor applying the power of VectorVest for his personal investing along with his teaching of VectorVest to countless VectorVest members over the years. Russell holds a Bachelor of Management Studies (Economics and Accounting) along with a Masters of Financial Planning.
29 05, 2025

WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK YOUR INVESTING?

By |2025-05-29T06:36:16+00:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: Featured: News, Featured: Retirement Education Services, Stock Advisory, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

29 05, 2025

FULLY FRANKED DIVIDEND PAYERS

By |2025-05-29T06:26:49+00:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: ASX Dividend Payers, Australian Prudent Stocks, Australian Uranium Stocks, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Full Franked Dividend Payers, Prudent Stocks, Stock Advisory, Stock Market|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

1 05, 2025

High Performing Gold Stocks Surging!

By |2025-05-01T01:08:43+00:00May 1st, 2025|Categories: ASX Gold Stocks, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Gold Stocks Surging in Price!, Stock Market|Tags: , , , , , |

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 [...]

11 03, 2025

THE SMOOTHEST TRENDING STOCK IN AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW!

By |2025-03-11T06:34:59+00:00March 11th, 2025|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News|Tags: , , |

Finding rising stocks that continue to hit higher highs is what we love investing into. The Comfort Index (CI) is powerful indicator offered in VectorVest and is key in identifying those steadily rising stocks on the ASX. CI is an indicator which reflects a stock’s ability to resist severe and/or lengthy price declines. CI is based [...]

11 03, 2025

THE AUSTRALIAN BLUE-CHIP DIVIDEND PAYERS!

By |2025-03-11T06:36:19+00:00March 11th, 2025|Categories: ASX Dividend Payers, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Income Stocks, Retirement, Stock Market News, Top Dividend Payers|Tags: , , , |

The Australian Blue-Chip Dividend Payers Trading System in VectorVest Australia was designed to keep you aware of the key Blue-Chip stocks on the ASX! These are stocks that are paying a 3% or higher dividend at time of purchase. The Trading System can be found per the Viewers tab. Click on the Trading System Viewer [...]

11 03, 2025

KEY GOLD STOCKS CONTINUE TO RISE

By |2025-03-11T06:03:58+00:00March 11th, 2025|Categories: ASX Gold Stocks, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News|Tags: , , , , |

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 [...]

22 11, 2024

MIDAS TOUCH STOCKS – STOCKS BREAKING OUT IN PRICE!

By |2024-11-29T19:46:44+00:00November 22nd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Midas Touch Stocks, share trading, Stock Advisory, Swing Trading|Tags: , , , , |

There is a very special WatchList in VectorVest called: Midas Touch Stocks. This WatchList can be found in the Cherry Picking folder per the WatchList Viewer. The WatchList Viewer is found per the Viewers tab. What are Midas Touch Stocks? Midas Touch stocks are stocks with upward momentum. The Midas Touch Layout can be added [...]

22 11, 2024

THE MARKET IS ON TRACK!

By |2024-11-29T19:48:50+00:00November 22nd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Macro Economic Analysis, Market in Review, Stock Market|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

THE MARKET IS ON TRACK! By the time you read this weekly Essay, the US election will be over. Over the last week, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion regarding who will win the US Presidential election and what the impact will be on the markets globally. Markets are forward looking and, chances [...]

22 11, 2024

AUSTRALIA’S BEST GROWTH & INCOME STOCKS

By |2024-11-29T19:52:12+00:00November 22nd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Growth Stocks, Income Stocks, Prudent Stocks, Stock Market News, Top Dividend Payers|Tags: , , , , , , |

A new UniSearch has been added to VectorVest Australia entitled: AU’s Best Growth & Income Stocks. This search empowers you to find stocks with the best combination of Growth & Income. To locate this new search, click on the UniSearch tab and then open the group entitled: Searches – Prudent. The search is listed at [...]

21 11, 2024

ZIP BREAKING OUT!

By |2024-11-22T05:26:09+00:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Growth Stocks, Stock Advisory, Stock Market, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

You may recall the weekly Essay entitled “Buy Now Pay Later” on 17 July 2020 or the Essay on 16 July 2021 entitled “Afterpay and Its Looming Competition.” Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) stocks were running hot back in 2020 through 2021. Since 2021, Afterpay (APT.AX when it was listed) was acquired by Block Inc [...]

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