Investing essentials

It may be time to refinance your home. But, should you?

Highlights If interest rates are rising, refinancing an adjustable-rate mortgage may make sense Refinancing comes with costs and lengthy and t...

How to save for a house? Hint – Pick the right stock

Highlights Down payment for a house is around 20 per cent of the total purchase price A house must be bought as early as possible, so money sh...

How to buy shares for your grandchildren?

Investing in stocks could be a great gift for your children or grandchildren as they cannot invest on their own. Many Australian investors like to sta...

Is Scalping Still an Effective Day Trading Strategy In 2021?

It takes a lot of time and effort to be successful in forex day trading. You also need to know how and why the market moves and have steel in your ner...

Want to retire rich? Three golden tips to plan your golden years

Most often, retirement planning features on people’s to-do lists only when they are quite close to calling time on their career, very few think...

What Squid Game teaches about finance: 4 key takeaways

Highlights One of the biggest ever Netflix hits, ‘Squid Game’ has captured the world’s imagination in a short span of time. Set...

3 popular must-gift investing books for Christmas

Highlights There are several keys to successful investments, but they also come with possible pitfalls that can destroy capitals. Many investors s...

Smashing the myths surrounding technical analysis

Technical analysis is an approach to find profitable investment opportunities in the market. A technical analyst primarily uses the price chart of the...

Two ASX-listed stocks that plunged over 50% in 2021

Highlights  Few of the ASX companies have lost over 50% of their value so far in 2021. The drop is due to challenges posed by the ongoing cor...

Smart financial planning tips for parents: Include RRSP & stocks

Highlights Parents can invest in different sub-categories like RRSPs and large-cap stocks RRSPs share some features with the 401 (k) retirement pl...

Planning to save? 2 fall investment resolutions to mind

Highlights  Fall may be the time you think about some unexplored investment options Investments done today can cushion you during unexpected...

Keen on knowing investing secrets of the rich? Here they are

Wealth creation, for the most part, is about investing in assets which could generate a decent return over a long period of time. Irrespective of the...

The Most Preferred Stocks ETFs on the Market You Shouldn’t Miss

Preferred stocks are the little-known answer to the common dividend question, “How does one juice meaningfully 6-7% yields by investing in blue-...

Beginner's Guide: What is hedging? How it works for investors

Hedging is a popular investment strategy which is employed to limit risks in financial assets. The risk management strategy also typically results in...

What makes penny stocks so risky?

Highlights Most of the penny stocks belong to companies with very low-quality business and therefore the supply of their shares outweighs demand, k...

Tempted to invest in penny stocks? Here are few timing tips

Penny stocks are often tagged as a high-risk investment. However, Warren Buffet rightly said, “risk comes with not knowing you are doing”....

Five under-the-radar investment strategies to reap stock market gain...

If you are a stock market enthusiast, you very well know why it is imperative for investors to have strategies up their sleeve in order to eke out max...

Ready to dip your toes into investing? Here are three basic mantras

Highlights  Investing is not as easy as it seems and investors, especially beginners, need to have some basic financial and business acumen be...

10 basic terms you must learn before crypto trading

Cryptocurrency is the newest investment rage across the world, which is very popular with the younger people. Skyrocketing prices of cryptocurrencies...

Market capitalisation and market value: what’s the difference?

Two terminologies that newbie investors often mistake for each other are market capitalisation and market value. However, as one spends time investing...