More people than I can count ask me whether I would buy a rental property, by which they mean a single house which I would rent out. Buying a slice of the commercial building rental market is a much more interesting proposition.
All tagged NZX
Explain that graph!
This week I had another email from a subscriber. When she is checking up on her investment what the heck do the charts and graphs mean?
Analysis Paralysis - SuperLife or SmartShares
Investing is like shopping for toothpaste. There is a range of companies offering a very similar product. There are differences, most of which are minor and you just have to cut through all the jargon and choose an option. If you get too bogged down in the detail it just all becomes too difficult and you will end up doing nothing.
Are my SmartShares working?
I have been chipping away at buying into the SmartShare fund NZ Top 50 (FNZ) for 14 months now. Statistics out recently tell me that this is the most popular of their funds so I’m moving with the crowd and many small time investors like myself are getting involved it seems. Today I am trying to find the answer. Is it worth it?
Sell, Sell, Sell - How To Sell Your Shares
Back in July 2016 I helped Mr Happy Saver hook up with some SmartShares. He only bought a very small amount because it was always my intention to use it as an experiment to blog about. Today is sale day!
Bonds
A Bond is a loan you make to a government, state owned enterprise, council or company. Perhaps they have a specific project they are working on and they need to raise some cash to do it.
Now to the markets…
Now, if you are going to become an investor you kind of need to know what on earth they are talking about, at least a little bit.