Tips to avoid investing badly

Tips to avoid investing badly   While it’s difficult to be the best investor in the world, we can all actively avoid being a ‘bad investor’ by learning from history and staying the course.  Extended periods of market volatility regularly spark discussions around great investors and the traits that qualify folks to be included in…

What to do when interest rates change

Recent RBA announcements are a reminder for investors to take stock of the risks they are taking, and to stay focused on their long-term goals. The recently announced 0.5 percentage point rate rises might have come as a surprise to many, after years of ultra-low interest rates. But the RBA announcements – a step to…

The cost of not investing

While there will always be a cost of investing, there is also a cost of not investing. Here’s why.   For many people, the phrase “investing in the share market” is framed by either gains and losses. For the “gains” group, the thought of increasing their wealth and having the potential to generate returns is what propels…