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Founder of Learn to Trade, Greg Secker’s investment journey began with him working in IT on a trading floor supporting the largest currency trader in London. With no real knowledge of finance and a $5000 gift from his mother, Greg entered the trading game and joins the Nestegg podcast to discuss his journey to success.

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Having previously joined the show to share how he is making a full-time income in only a few hours a week, Greg Morgan also joins host David Stratford to share how Learn to Trade set him on the path toward financial success, and why mindset and positivity is key to success as a trader.

The pair will explain why the current climate is the perfect time to be trading, explain the 5-2-1 rule and why it is so important, and reveal what the best investors are doing to cement their success.

You can keep up to date with what Learn to Trade are up to HERE

Have an investment story to share? Get in touch at [email protected] and you might get featured on the next episode.

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Today’s investors have faced “the recession we had to have”, the dotcom boom and the subprime mortgage default in 2008. Are we now on the cusp of the next bubble?

According to MFS’ portfolio manager and global investment strategist, Robert Almeida jnr, the world is currently facing a bubble caused by investors after short-term profits as opposed to long-term goals.

Why the shift?

With central banks attempting to push risk spectrums through quantitative easing (QE) or encouraging new money to buy assets, markets have not reacted as these central banks expected them to.

“The hope was that capital would make its way into the hands of producers who’d then invest in labour, production and economically accretive activities,” Mr Almeida said.

Instead, due to management compensation structures aligning with stock performances, managers of companies have been putting short-term performance ahead of long-term objectives.

“As a result, balance sheets were levered, dividends increased, M&A (mergers and acquisitions) and buyback of shares skyrocketed,” the manager said.

Long-term implications

In the wake of the technology bubble, earnings per share fell in excess of 30 per cent while during the GFC earnings fell by 55 per cent.

Financial markets are not a science, Mr Almeida was quick to point out, and he queried how companies which have underinvested in their core business function will fare when the “artificial margin tailwinds of financial wizardry caused by QE subside”.

What should investors do?

Long-term companies with outsized leveraged and easily substituted products are at risk when markets eventually draw back, Mr Almeida said.

During a downturn, he advised investors to look to “companies whose products or services are unique and who focus on the long term”, as he believes they should “do just fine – thanks to sustainable cash flows”.

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Cameron is a journalist for Momentum Media's nestegg. He enjoys giving Aussies practical financial tips and tricks to help grow their wealth and achieve financial independence. As a self-confessed finance nerd, Cameron enjoys chatting with industry experts and commentators to leveraging their insights to grow your portfolio.