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Stage One – The Euphoric Build Up This is the point of maximum financial risk as the market builds towards a peak- where Wealth Managers feel invincible. 1986 and 1987 were banner years for the stock market. These years were an extension of an extremely powerful bull market that had started in the summer of 1982. In 1987 it was five year bull run up while the 2008 crash had earlier seen run up of again just over 5 years ever since the end of the “dot com crash” which started on October 9th 2002. As can be seen below, the bull market can take various numbers of days but most have taken just over 2000 days. Stage Two – The Final Top The second stage is a crescendo in the market – this is often the peak before the market crashes and is characterized by complacency and the sentiment of the investor is a general feeling of “I can buy any stock and it will go up”. As you can see from the Chart 6.3: (Oct 2006-September 2007 Dow Jones Industrials) below it can be quite euphoric at...

Volatility in the share prices of mining companies at the exploration stages is common in Australia, where 40% of the listed stocks are mining companies that are still junior explorers. According to experienced mining executive Barry Eldridge, this has been the case in many Australian- listed mining companies which was similar to the recent selldown in the share prices of three Singapore-listed companies. “It is a sort of gamble on the prospects of huge reserves and feasible production. “Chances are probably less than one in 10, but investors still buy in as the rewards are huge if the selected mining company is successful. The risk is certainly there,” he told StarBiz recently. However, he said things would typically settle down after the euphoria was over with these mining companies as they moves along their development stage into production, whereby the companies could be valued based on their proven resources and reserves. Eldridge is the chairman of the Digger...

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