Understanding Listed Investment Companies (LICs)
What is a Listed Investment Company (LIC)? LICs are companies listed on the stock exchange that are essentially managed funds in a company structure. That means they can pay out franked dividends (if declared) and are…
What is Diversification? Introducing the Healthy Investing Pyramid
There are a few key investment terms that are used frequently but rarely defined in any meaningful way. Diversification is one of them. So, what is diversification and why do you need to know about…
Understanding the Basics of Managed Funds
What is a Managed Fund? A managed fund is a pooled group of investments, that is managed by professionals who decide on where to invest the money. A managed fund usually has a clear set…
What is a Bond?
As we recently covered the basics of shares and ETFs on How To Money, we are now going to expand on the topic of investments by discussing the basics of bonds. So what exactly is a…
Exploring Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) with BetaShares
Continuing on from our last post on shares, in this post we’re going to dive straight into Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). ETFs have been all over the news in the recent years, and seem to…
Risk, Return and Diversification
Laura Higgins from ASIC’s MoneySmart Australia recently spoke to ABC Breakfast, and highlighted that ‘85% of women under 35 don’t understand the fundamental investment concepts like risk and return or diversification’. Risk, return and diversification…
What is a Share?
So what exactly is a share? (Shares are also called equity, and in America, in this case, they refer to them as a stock, hence the word stock market.) Essentially a share is the evidence…