Does this sound too extreme to you? A nine year old with an investment portfolio so she can plan for something that may happen in her 20’s.
Now to the markets…
Now, if you are going to become an investor you kind of need to know what on earth they are talking about, at least a little bit.
Don’t Panic In A CRISIS!
Having purposefully just returned from America on Monday two days BEFORE the American election I had an inkling that things might get a little crazy.
Shiny Object Syndrome
This syndrome is hard to identify if you don’t know what you are looking for and I’ve been caught out far too many times.
Mr Happy Saver’s Index Fund (SmartShares) Update
Hang on a moment, just doing the math here: 112 shares x $4.19058 = $469.35. Where did the other $30.65 of his $500 investment go?
The Riskiest Investment: AND most of us will do it...
If I told you about an investment you could opt into which could result in you potentially losing 50% of EVERYTHING you had, would you do it? I’ve already done it and I can tell you that it is the one investment I pay the most attention to.
Dive into Diversification
It has taken me quite some time to learn about diversification and the impact it can have on my investing. But it turns out that I was actually diversifying even when I still had debt.
So, if I died tomorrow…
What would happen if I had been taken out by Mr Whippy the ice cream truck just then?
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda Been a Property Investor...
When we moved away from Wellington fifteen years or so ago our landlord at the time said “BUY property, BUY anything you can get your hands on, houses have never been so cheap and they are about to go UP in price”.