Is Indexing Still A Good Investment Strategy?

When investing in stocks today, the common advice is to stick your money in the S&P 500 Index and forget about it. The benefits of this are: Near-zero

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Why You Need To Hold Your Stocks Long Term!

One of the concepts that took me a long term to wrap my head around was the buying and holding of stocks. I was a teenager when I

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Buying Stocks Is Like Buying Businesses

I was with a friend the other day I haven’t seen in a while. I was talking to her husband about stocks, and she chimed in and said,

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Options Trading In New Zealand

KEY POINTSOptions trading is not popular in New Zealand or on the NZX, but is very common in the US markets."Options" are contracts that allow you to buy

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Should You Really Invest Everything In The S&P 500?

Just buy the S&P 500! You can't lose money! It's the safest investment you can make!!This is popular advice given in countless personal finance books, blogs, podcasts, and

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Sharesies Review: An Honest Look At New Zealand’s Popular New Share Broker

the important stuffStocks available: US, Aus, NZBrokerage fees: 1.9%Foreign exchange fees: 0.5%Minimum order: $1Sharesies is a NZ share broking service. They offer shares in the US, Australia and

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What Is A Dividend Reinvestment Plan?

Whenever you receive a dividend, you may get asked if you want to participate in the "Dividend Reinvestment Plan".In this article, I'll explain exactly what this means, what

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How To Short Stocks In New Zealand

What Is Short Selling?Normally when you sell something, you buy the product first, then sell it later.Short selling is when you do the opposite - you sell the

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