How to Invest In Japanese Stocks in Australia
Japanese stocks are a great option for Australian traders who are looking to diversify their portfolios beyond the ASX. In this article we explain everything you need to know about investing in Japanese stocks. Many newcomers to share market investing are tempted to restrict their initial investments to the “hot stocks” of the moment, but…
How to Invest In US Stocks in Australia
Diversifying in the US Stock Market The COVID 19 Pandemic accelerated a trend already in place – the arrival of a new class of investors, largely young. Those investors while educating themselves soon learned the value of building a portfolio of diversified holdings. Diversification reduces investment risk by spreading investments across various assets with differing…
How to Invest In UK Stocks in Australia
Diversifying Beyond the ASX The Australian Stock Exchange may be small in size compared to the world’s behemoths like the US S&P 500 and the UK’s FTSE 100, but our national stock market index has features attractive enough to lure stocks from around the world as a launching pad for an initial public offering (IPO)….
Who is Shemara Wikramanayake? Meet Australia’s Richest CEO
Meet Shemara Wikramanayake – Australia’s Highest Paid CEO It was 2008 before a woman broke through the male-dominated class of CEOs of companies that trade publicly on the ASX when Gail Kelly assumed the title at Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC). By 2025 Australia has made little progress in the broader market but the Australian…
Futures – A Beginner’s Guide
A Beginner’s Guide to Trading Futures Contracts Futures contracts are derivative financial instruments whose value is derived from an underlying asset. The history of futures contracts can trace their origins back to ancient Greece and Mesopotamia. Agriculture is a notoriously volatile business, subject to severe and unpredictable weather conditions that dramatically impact the price of…
Options – A Beginners Guide
A Blueprint for Options Trading for Market Newcomers Uncertainty has long plagued both product producers and the end-users of those products. Going back thousands of years, early players developed a system of contractual arrangements to promote certainty in product pricing. These early contracts were “derivatives,” meaning the value of the contract depended on or was…
Warrants – A Beginner’s Guide
The Basics of Warrants The history of derivative investments goes back thousands of years when financial contracts whose value relied on, or “derived from” an underlying asset came into being. In the early days, the underlying assets were most often agricultural commodities with a contract setting a future time and price for purchase. In today’s…
How to Set Up a Watch List
Newcomers to share market investing quickly learn the need for a plan to guide investing decisions. The critical question facing investors is how to make an investment decision. How does one determine which stocks, or bonds, or commodities to buy? In today’s market environment, many younger investors rely on social media investing groups for ideas…
The Importance of Portfolio Diversity
What is Portfolio Diversity? Portfolio diversity is a risk management strategy where investors spread their investments across different asset classes, industries, and geographic regions so the risk of a downturn in one investment can be offset by better performance in another asset class or geographic region. Investing history has seen repeated collapses in notable industries…
Want Growth and Value Shares? – Try the GARP Investing Strategy
Combining Strategies with Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP) Investing Newcomers to share market investing quickly learn there are two major categories of stocks around which they can build their trading strategy – Value stocks and Growth stocks. Investing in either category requires an assessment of the fundamentals of the company’s business. This fundamental analysis…
