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Posted on 26/11/201820/11/2018

The ABCs (mostly) of investing

Finance is full of jargon. If you do a quick online search for “investing terms” you’ll find everything from “quadruple witching” to “xenocurrency”.

We’ve decided to go back to school and give you the ABCs on the investing terms we believe are the most important for you to understand. It’s not exhaustive, and rather than put filler we’re skipping some of the letters. But after reading this post, you’ll have a better understanding of the terms we float around. Continue reading “The ABCs (mostly) of investing”

Posted on 20/11/201807/08/2019

Why financial news is making you anxious, impatient & poor

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You’d have to have been living under a rock, meditating in a Buddhist monastery high in the Himalayas or lost at sea to not know that global sharemarkets have been taking something of a beating over the past couple of months.

With headlines like “Local sharemarket sheds $50 billion in worse one-day fall since February” screaming at you from your morning newsfeed it can be difficult to keep a sense of perspective when the occasional, invariable, bout of market jitters occurs. There is more than a grain of truth to the old news adage, “If it bleeds, it leads”.

Some researchers suggest that humans may have a “negativity bias” hardwired in our subconscious, and that our brains are more sensitive to signs of threat than to those of opportunity.

In prehistoric times such a bias could well have been an advantage, keeping early humans safe from harm.  But in today’s world of global, instantaneous, round-the-clock news, that bias to action in the face of danger could end up costing you a fortune.

Here’s why.
Continue reading “Why financial news is making you anxious, impatient & poor”

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