How to manage your portfolio

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.

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