Online Share Trading

Author: Nicola Field Buying a home may once have been the great New Zealand dream. And even though it’s still a goal plenty of us aspire to, declining affordability is seeing patterns of home ownership change. One …

Author: Marissa Hayden Reasons to sell stocks Rebalancing your portfolio Rebalancing your portfolio is the process of selling and buying assets to ensure you are matching your ideal asset allocation. Effectively, rebalancing locks in some of your profits …

What is an ETF? An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a type of pooled security that can be traded on a stock exchange. An ETF pulls together multiple securities into one easy-to-trade stock. For example, an NZX50 …

Author: Ted Richards What is an ETF? An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is simply a “wrapper” around a collection of assets. Often these assets are equities (or stocks), but ETFs can also wrap around other asset classes, such …

Author: Marissa Hayden What is Active Investing? A key difference between the two portfolio managing strategies is that, generally, an active investor tries to beat the market, whereas a passive investor tracks a market index. With this …

Author: Marissa Hayden What is a managed fund? A managed fund is when your investment, along with others, is pooled together and invested in a range of assets. This hand-grouped pool of investments is managed by a …

For years, everyday Kiwis were locked out of the stock market. If you wanted to gain bigger returns on your money than were on offer from a simple savings account, you needed a broker and …

1. Set your investment goals Quantify the amount you have to invest, and the time frame you are aiming to invest for. Ideally, you should buy shares for the long term. In theory this should help …