​During June we have had two Zoom Investment meetings with eight members attending each meeting.  We have been able to use the Screen Share facility of Zoom and show our members CommSec as part of the meeting. This makes the Zoom meeting much more like our previous face to face meetings and seemed to be appreciated by everyone.

In the second session we looked at the use of conditional trading, and discussed the benefits and downside of using it as a tool in share trading. We also mentioned that the end of the financial year was approaching, and that this was a suitable time to assess any capital gains. 

We mentioned the volatility index which this year showed a large spike in March and a smaller more recent spike in June. These spikes are as a result of the economic disruption caused by the COVID pandemic. It will be interesting to see if the volatility index settles back to a more normal pattern later this year.

The next Zoom Investment meeting will be on Friday 3rd July 2020 at 2pm. An invitation to the meeting will be sent out the previous day. 
 
Margaret Jenkins

During the month of May we have had two Zoom Investment meetings with eight members attending both sessions. We also shared our monthly investment grids with two other members by Email.  If any other Investment member would like to join the Zoom meeting or receive the grid each month, please send me an Email.

During the first Zoom Investment meeting Brian Greed gave us an interesting talk on Property Investment. We followed this with some discussion on the conditions that had been implemented by the Government during the present financial situation to alleviate hardship.

Before the second Zoom meeting I circulated a Power Point presentation which Les Rodgers had prepared on Bonds. During the meeting Les explained the various slides as Bonds can be a tricky subject to those not familiar with it.

My thanks to both Brian and Les for their presentations which we all enjoyed and both of which contained a great deal of useful information.  Zoom meetings are almost like a real meeting in as much as you see all the participants (unless they want to be incognito) and can judge their reactions throughout the meeting.

Investment is going to have their next Zoom meeting on Friday 5th June at 2pm. An invitation to the meeting with a link to connect to it will be sent out on Thursday 4th June 2020. See you there!
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Margaret Jenkins