Exploring Your Attitude Towards Risk
One important aspect to consider when building out your financial plan is your attitude towards risk. Understanding your own behaviour and emotions is a crucial part of investing, and even the best-laid plans can come…
Investing By The Stars (and Data)
Astrology and the financial markets have had a long and tenuous relationship. and for some, the answers have been written in the stars. If you’re even a little bit curious, read on to see where your sign sits in the investment galaxy.
The Amazing Impact of Regular Investing
If you’re just getting started with investing, automating your savings and adding regular contributions to your account is a great way to consistently grow your investment over time and weather the volatility of the market….
Building and Running a Share Portfolio
Investing directly in shares can seem overwhelming for newbies or when market conditions turn hostile. Here is my 12-point plan that can be used and re-used as a reminder of what’s important, as well as…
10 Questions to Ask Before Buying Your First ETF
One of the common questions I get from new investors is how to buy an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is actually quite a straightforward process (and I’ve explored in further detail in previous articles). The…
A Guide to Buying Shares in Australia
If you want to buy and sell shares in Australia you’re going to need to sign up for a brokerage account (aka share trading account), and like most things, there are many different options to choose from.
Investing in The World Around You
Maybe you catch an Uber to work while listening to Spotify and checking Instagram on your iPhone. Arriving at work, you open up Google and start researching your next holiday (at least the stats say…
3 Reasons to Start Thinking About Retirement in Your 20s
You’ve just graduated from university and started your first job. The last thing you’re probably thinking about is retirement. Why would you when you’ve arguably got the best years of your life ahead of you,…
Investment Lessons From 2019
It’s always interesting to look back over a year to see how investments have performed. In 2019, if you had money invested into Australian and international shares, listed property and bonds, you should have done…
How to Invest in Commercial Property?
Purchasing a property asset directly is a method commonly used for residential property investments. However, with commercial property, this is usually an unfeasible approach for the everyday investor.