There are 21 articles in this How to manage your portfolio Series
  • Beginner
    9 m

    Rebalancing your portfolio

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Buy and sell investments each year to return your portfolio to its original asset allocation, ensuring targets still match retirement goals.

  • Beginner
    5 m

    Learning to branch out

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    What you don’t know can hurt you. Branch out and see what investment possibilities exist for you.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    6 m

    Just stop fiddling

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Fear of missing out plagues most investors, but constant short term trading is high risk and likely to limit returns of most portfolios.

  • Beginner
    4 m

    How to think like an investor

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Viewing the world as an investor helps you find and capitalise on hidden opportunities. See what works for you and why it pays to research.

  • Advanced
    5 m

    Knowing investor pitfalls

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Faced with a world full of information we use mental shortcuts to save time and energy - but some of these lead to common investor mistakes.

  • Beginner
    4 m

    Five reasons to buy managed funds

    Managed investments

    If you don’t want the hassle of regularly tracking your investments, or don’t feel confident with the decisions, try a managed fund.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    4 m

    4 behavioural traps investors need to avoid

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Being aware of behavioural traps when it comes to investing can help you avoid setting yourself up to fail.

  • Beginner
    4 m

    Building a portfolio

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Investing your super money means tackling the type of investments you want one at a time. Anyone can manage their own! We show you how.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    5 m

    3 steps to making investment decisions

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Having a defined process to follow when either buying or selling investments will help manage the stress decision making can cause.

  • Beginner
    7 m

    Inspiration to take control of your super

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Taking control of your savings doesn't mean you have to reinvent the wheel. See what the choices available are so you can have a say in your retirement.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    4 m

    Act your age when investing

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    The world, our attitude and even our facial hair changes as we get older. When it comes to super, acting your age determines the investments you have. Are you acting your age?

  • Beginner / Advanced
    9 m

    How much should you invest in each sharemarket?

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    What's the difference between small and large cap local shares and developed and emerging international markets? How much of each should you buy?

  • Beginner / Advanced
    5 m

    Greece and China: Market dramas

    Shares and investment markets

    While news headlines have been about Greece, China has its own problems brewing. Find out what the latest drama means for your super.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    6 m

    How to manage your super

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    The secret to managing your super is knowing what you are invested in and when to make changes to your investments.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    02 m

    Are you driven by fear?

    Shares and investment markets

    The latest sharemarket rout has spiked investor nerves, but should you be cashing up or switching investment options?

  • Beginner / Advanced
    05 m

    Why you can't accept income volatility

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Uncertainty is inherent with investing, but retirees need to be confident about how much income they can expect from their portfolio.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    06 m

    3 reasons SMSFs beat the big guys

    SMSFs

    We explain why the smaller size of SMSFs affords them some luxuries not available to ordinary super funds.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    4 m

    Should you stick to your guns?

    Start managing my super

    If something causes you to question an investment you need to ask yourself why you are holding it in the first place and whether it is delivering.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    06 m

    What to do with your dividend payments

    Super

    Australian super funds are set to receive close to $10 billion of dividends, but what should you do with the cash you get?

  • Beginner / Advanced
    02 m

    Part 1: What to invest in

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    The first step of investing your super is working out whether you need to grow or protect your retirement savings.

  • Beginner / Advanced
    04 m

    The 5 deadly sins of super saving

    Managing my portfolio and super strategies

    Avoiding some of the traps that catch many super savers out will make it easier for your retirement savings stay on the right path.