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Help! I’m freaking out, how do I sell?

Help! I’m freaking out, how do I sell?

Ruth
Shares, Sharesies, Sharesight, SmartShares, Hatch, Investment

From time to time I get emails along the lines of: Oh crikey, I think I should sell! Due to the ease with which we can now invest there are many people who are investing for the first time in their lives. They are learning how to buy, what to buy, what they like, what they don’t like. It used to be hard to invest, but that’s all changed now with the likes of SHARESIES and HATCH, the signup process is so rapid that you are signed up and have started investing before you can really comprehend what you are doing.

Money Routines, Methods, Habits, Rules and Obsessions to Live By

Money Routines, Methods, Habits, Rules and Obsessions to Live By

Ruth
Personal Finance, PocketSmith, Sharesies, SmartShares

A lot of people get in touch with me asking how to get started and how to stay consistent with money. Because that’s the thing, you can start with a hiss and a roar but lose momentum and stop and that is a bit of a disaster for your money. So you want to create good, long-lasting routines and habits that set you up financially, which become so ingrained they are automatic.

Sharesies: Detour Ahead

Sharesies: Detour Ahead

Ruth
Personal Finance, Shares, Sharesies, Sharesight, SmartShares

Sharesies has lowered the barriers to entry for those wanting to enter the share market and they set about serving a previously underserved demographic. Sharesies has helped people see that becoming a share investor is another viable way to grow your wealth in New Zealand. They are now giving you the chance to buy shares in individual companies and spend as little or as much as you like.

How I Help My Daughter Invest

How I Help My Daughter Invest

Ruth
Index Funds, Investment, Kids and Money, KiwiSaver, Money Education, Sharesies, SmartShares, Simplicity

Every week I receive one or two emails specifically asking about how to help children invest and there are often comments on various social media about whether you even should help your kids and if you do, whether you should tell them about it. Over the years we’ve evolved an investment methodology for our daughter that appears to be working so I thought I would share with you what we do in our own whare and that might give you some tips for what you can do in your own household.

Time in the market is your money’s best friend.

Time in the market is your money’s best friend.

Ruth
Money Education, Personal Finance, Shares, Sharesies, SmartShares, SuperLife, Index Funds, ETF

I interviewed a bloke for an upcoming episode of my podcast and he had a lot to say about investing in individual shares and why he used to buy them, but now no longer does. He took the advice of a good friend when she told him, back in the 1980s, just buy into today’s equivalent of an index fund and let time in the market be your money’s best friend. Low and behold, she was correct.

Sharesies have made a few tweaks...

Sharesies have made a few tweaks...

Ruth
Sharesies, Personal Finance, Shares

Sharesies have been making a few tweaks to their system. If you already use them they will have emailed you (but if you are like me, you may not have read it) and I felt the changes are worth mentioning for those investing with them already or for those thinking about doing so. Sharesies is now “tidier” to use and I think probably less confusing for newbie investors too.

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