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There are 11 series and 45 articles about Shares and investment markets for Everyone

11 series

45

Investment principles

Investing is about time - how much time you have to spend researching potential investments and how long you plan on being invested for.
28

Investment options

Whether you want to spend a little bit of time, or a lot on selecting the investments for your portfolio there is an investment option for you.
44

Retiring and retired

Approaching the day where you can put the tools down for the final time brings about some important investment considerations.
37

Grow your super

Growing your super in your 30s and 40s involves different strategies to protecting it once you are retired.
21

How to manage your portfolio

Managing your investments means being aware of key investment principles and how to apply them.
19

Investment ideas on video

Choose from a range of short videos that aim to give you investment ideas about how you manage your portfolio.
17

Fund manager interviews

Read or watch all of our fund manager interviews for insights into the best of the best - what they look for in a business, how they pick investments, their outlook and much more.
11

International investing

Investing offshore opens up an infinite amount of possibilities not available when investing domestically.
6

Australian sharemarket sector review

The local sharemarket is made up of more than just banks and miners. We take you through the different sectors and explain the common characteristics of each.
9

What you need to know about managing your super

Everything you need to know to get started managing your super.
9

How to decide on a low touch invesment

Deciding which investments to buy and how you will go about this is broken down to the basics in this series.

45 articles

Beginner

10 m

What is a share?

Owning shares gives you partial ownership of a company, meaning your fortunes are tied to how well a company does financially.

Advanced

08 m

3 lessons from the start of this year

The recent turmoil of financial markets can be used to educate yourself and make sure your portfolio is sound.

Beginner / Advanced

30 m

From the vault: Australian managers

Australia's 200 largest companies only return 3 per cent last year, but there are two funds that returned close to 30 per cent in 2015.

Beginner / Advanced

04 m

Investing: the one thing to know

News headlines can invoke many types of emotion, but when it comes to your super you need to be savvy about the sharemarket.

Beginner / Advanced

06 m

A lesson in diversification

The latest sharemarket rout reminds us why it’s important to spread your money out across different sectors.

Beginner / Advanced

05 m

Setting your expectations

Most of us own Australian and international shares with our super fund. Catch up on what happened this year and what can be expected for the year ahead.

Beginner / Advanced

04 m

3 investment ideas

Does your super fund only own shares and cash? We have three investment ideas you could consider for your retirement savings.

Advanced

5 m

Small caps and your portfolio

The potential growth for small cap companies is massive, but this comes with the possibility of unreliable earnings and shareprice volatility.

Beginner / Advanced

04 m

The 5 deadly sins of super saving

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

Beginner / Advanced

06 m

Retirees and negative returns

Find out why retirees - especially those who have only quit the 9 - 5 recently - are sensitive to negative returns.

Beginner / Advanced

4 m

Buying shares

Placing a market or a limit order can be as simple as thinking about the reason you are buying or selling shares - and there's trade-offs with both.

Beginner / Advanced

4 m

Managed funds and liquidity risk

Depending on the type of assets a managed fund owns, you might not be able to get your money back when you want it.