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Aussie investors are eating up ETFs (exchange-traded funds) with more than 2 million currently invested in ETFs for the first time according to fund manager Betashares. And it isn’t likely to stop there, with the fund manager finding that an additional 310,000 can be expected to enter into the market over the coming years.
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Investing in shares usually means getting a broker or brokerage platform that can make trades on your behalf. However, getting a platform that’s low on fees and commissions can make a big difference in the long run. That’s because most growth in shares or dividend reinvestment plans happens over the long term.
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If you’ve been involved in stocks for any amount of time, it’s likely that you’ve come across market caps. In fact, the market caps of some of the biggest companies on Wall Street are over 1 Trillion, with the largest market cap at over 2 Trillion (for contrast, Australia’s GDP is 1.553 trillion USD).
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Dividends can be a great way of supplementing your existing income, but how about using them to build your portfolio faster? Dividend growth investing is one of the strategies that a lot of investors opt for, allowing them to take advantage of a compounding effect—most often described as the dividend snowball.
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Are you an Australian investor looking to trade shares in the US shares? It’s not hard to see why you’d be interested—McDonald's, Apple, Coca-Cola, and a hundred other recognisable brands all trade on the American stock market. Not only that but getting access to the world's biggest stock markets can help you to diversify your portfolio.
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Fintech Openmarkets’ latest quarterly share trading data reveals that Gen Y and Z portfolios outperformed those of Gen X and the Baby Boomers, with median 12-month returns of 6.15%.
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The popularity of share trading in Australia is taking off, according to the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) latest report, the Australian Investor Study 2023.
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Getting started with investing can seem a bit overwhelming, especially when you don’t even know where to begin. Not only that, but it can sometimes feel like you need to have loads of money to even think about starting—but is that true?
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New data from Openmarkets’ XYZ of Australian equities report reveals that despite the pressures brought forth by inflation and the cost of living crisis, younger investors are bucking the trend towards selling their equities, unlike their older counterparts.
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While custodial model platforms – which typically hold shares on your behalf – can help to reduce the financial barrier to entry for share traders, some prefer the added security of CHESS-sponsored shares, held under their own HIN.
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