Topic: Investing Basics

Investing jargon. We hate it. Nothing makes it harder for new investors to get started than overcoming the wave of acronyms and terminology that comes with investing.

It is a decision every investor faces before they make their first trade, and for a lot of people it can be overwhelming. With so many options and so little experience, it is difficult to make the correct choice.

Australia loves investors. You need to understand the tax advantages of a lot of your investments to make the most of it. But trying to understand it all can be confusing, especially if it's your first time doing a tax return

How to build a great investment portfolio? - it's easier than you think! There is no real hidden secret that only the professionals know about when it comes to building a successful investment portfolio.

Stock buybacks are all the rage these days. Fuelled by tax cuts, low cost of capital and not a lot of growth opportunities on the horizon, companies have been buying back their shares by the bucketload

Ultimate Guide To ETFs Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have been one of the buzz words in the investing world for a number of years. They're changing the way that people invest their money, and in some ways, making it a lot easier for beginner investors to enter the market.

In this episode we wrap up our 3-part series 'Thinking like Warren Buffett'. We've pulled out a 9-question checklist from Buffettology, a book by Warren's daughter-in-law Mary Buffett.

We continue on our quest to try and think like the worlds greatest investor, Warren Buffett. If you missed the previous episode, it is a must listen before you continue with this one, as we begin answering 9 questions the master investor himself tries to answer when he's looking to buy a company.

Warren Buffett is one of the worlds most successful investors, amassing a fortune of over $84 billion dollars! Wouldn't it be nice to be able to think like Warren Buffett? Well now you can! Warren's daughter-in-law, Mary Buffett wrote a book called 'Buffettology'

An investor walked onto the trading floor and asked "What's the difference between $300k and $4.3 million?"... "Fees!" yelled a savvy investor. "Haha what a joke, the answer is my boat!" yelled a fund manager.

Shorting' is an investing technique to make money if the price of a stock/asset/commodity goes down. For those familiar with the movie The Big Short - that is how investors made money betting on the collapse of the US Housing Market.

In this episode you will learn: What an Initial Public Offering is. How you can become involved in an IPO. The risks of IPOs for investors and companies. Some of the biggest IPOs in the last 20 years Stocks and resources discussed:

There's a lot happening in the news at the moment so we're using this episode to break down two of the biggest stories. Firstly, we look at Wesfarmers' recently announced Coles demerger, and break down what it means for Australia's second biggest supermarket.

Bulls and bears, they're everywhere! No, we are not talking about a circus, we're talking about the markets! You may often hear the terms 'bull market' or bear market', or 'investors are feeling quite bullish at the moment'.

Don't panic, it's just a correction!.. is what the wise man once said to his son who almost sold everything he owned because he panicked when the market dropped a little

There are two main ways to make money with stocks. The first is from the capital growth, that is selling it higher than you bought it for and making a profit.

In the book Shopping for Shares, Tracey Edwards presents the 6 steps she uses to find companies to invest in. In this episode, we break down this 6 step checklist, define the key terms and explain what she's looking for.

There is a lot of jargon and terminology in investing that can get confusing and sometimes off-putting. EPS, ROE, D/E - what do they all mean?