ssssssssssABOUT THE PATSHM WEBSITE:

sssssssThe Patshm (Psychology and the Sharemarket) website is the public face of Patshm Publishing and Patshm Research, and deals with the sale of books and sharemarket research enquiries. The driving force behind Patshm Research Ltd is Warwick Gibson, A New Zealand writer who lives in Taranaki. Warwick has been buying and selling shares on the Australian and New Zealand sharemarkets since 1986. A maths teacher through the nineties, he is now in his fifties and specialises in designing sharemarket systems. He completed a Masters degree in Guidance in 2007, and recently published Starfire Scourge, Orouth, and In the Heart of Stars, together making up the Prometheus trilogy.
sssssssThe first chapter of Starfire Scourge was adapted to a short story form that went on to win the New Zealand Science-Fiction and Fantasy Convention award for best short story in 2011.

sssssssFor those wanting to read a few chapters of Starfire Scourge, or all of In the Heart of Stars, click on the links above. For those wanting to know more about sharemarket systems, two things underpin all sharemarket endeavours, and these are discussed below.
sssssssFirstly, it is not possible to make long-term average returns of even 20% from sharemarkets by holding shares longterm. However, if investors are going to trade more often, and (possibly, depending on country and circumstances) pay tax, then returns per annum need to be very good indeed if investors are to be left with a reasonable amount for themselves. Systems generating 50% and more (longterm averages) are possible, as discussed in Psychology and the Sharemarket and Zen and the Art of Sharemarket Investment (in some libraries).
sssssssSecondly, it is absolutely not conducive to mental health to be watching shareprices on a computer screen every day, whether for five minutes or five hours. Monthly systems are normally best, and can be very profitable; however these are not normal times. Investors have had to adapt to wild fluctuations on sharemarkets since the 2008/9 financial crisis, and new systems developed by Patshm Research (Negative Market Systems) are as capable of good returns as before the financial crisis, They take advantage of current market fluctuations that are running on a roughly 14 day cycle.
sssssss In many ways, Warwick's sharemarket books (first runs sold out and further prints not currently available) are an attempt to make available to people ideas and systems he did not have when he started out. The “investment industry” does not provide these ideas or systems, and if the long voyage to investment success (within a balanced lifestyle) can be shortened for some people, that would be a heartwarming outcome indeed.
sssssssFinally, Patshm Research supports the idea that investments are a lifetime endeavour, not a ‘get rich quick’ scheme. Investments are one part of a balanced life; a life that includes regular exercise, mental stimulation, patting cats, understanding why we do things, not showing off, smiling at others, developing social skills, people time, emotional growth, financial growth, holidays, early retirement, and brushing one’s teeth!
sssssssPatshm Publishing and Patshm Research may be contacted through
ssssssspatshm@actrix.co.nz