Are you an investor or a speculator? Here’s the difference between the two

• July 28, 2021 12:19 PM AEST
• Ashish

Summary Bottom-up investing focuses on the microeconomic factors such as analysis of individual stocks. Bottom-up investors assume that individual companies can excel even if the industry underperforms. This investing approach also requires si...

• July 27, 2021 08:25 PM AEST
• Team Kalkine Media

Summary Economic indicators can be used to better understand the economy and map out its future pace of growth. Using indicators such as GDP and relevant data on output can help investors view the market beyond just a set of graphs. GDP growth...

• July 27, 2021 04:27 PM AEST
• Suhita Poddar

Summary  Launched by MoneyHelper, Couch to Financial Fitness is an online programme to help people deal with the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The new programme is based on a similar platform called Couch to 5K, which aims at ...

• July 27, 2021 03:39 PM AEST
• Kamalika Ghosh

A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account to which you can contribute after-tax dollars and that can provide you with tax-free income and growth in retirement, while there are no current-year tax benefits. You can also withdraw the amount tax-...

• July 27, 2021 12:06 PM AEST
• Ashish

Summary Risk is one of the fundamental attributes of any investment. However, not all investors can figure out the risk associated with an investment. They must also understand the difference between a low-risk and a high-risk investment. ...

• July 27, 2021 07:51 AM AEST
• Ashish

Market conditions play a critical role in deciding the kind of returns received on investments. While the bull market is identified with positive returns, the bear market is when stock prices come under pressure. A bear market is referred to an ext...

• July 26, 2021 03:56 PM AEST
• Kamalika Ghosh

Summary  Investing in dividend stocks is a great way to generate a stream of stable income. Although higher dividend yield is considered favourable, dividend yield traps must be avoided. Dividend income may also get taxed. Dividend s...

• July 26, 2021 11:20 AM AEST
• Ashish

Summary While active investing is about making investments based on the stock market movements, passive investing relies more on long-term investment outlook. Both investment strategies have merits and demerits. Thus, it is for an investor to ...

• July 26, 2021 07:00 AM AEST
• Team Kalkine Media

Summary  Excess supply of goods or the lack of adequate demand in the economy can lead to falling prices, also known as deflation. Low levels of inflation are considered by economists to be the default setup of prices in the economy. Coun...

• July 25, 2021 12:58 AM AEST
• Team Kalkine Media

‘It’s not that we use technology, we live technology.’ - Godfrey Reggio As the saying goes, human lives are greatly influenced by every evolution that takes place in the tech world. Technology gives us a new pace to race against ...