Topic: Investing Tips

We break down who New Zealand’s capital gains tax applies to, and how to calculate losses/gains on share trading activity using Sharesight for tax purposes.

Companies distribute profits to shareholders via dividends after paying tax, in Australia this dividend may include ‘franking credits’ to avoid double taxation.

Australian investment bonds can be a tax-effective way to invest over the long term, with favourable treatment of capital gains when held for 10 years or more.

Which stocks were in the top 20 trades on both the ASX and NZX by the Sharesight userbase during February 2019? Find out here.

Learn how to future-proof your portfolio at the Australian Investors Association’s 2019 Annual Investment Summit, to be held 15 March in Sydney.

Now that 2018 is over it’s time to find out which stocks performed best, which performed worst, and most importantly, which was the winning stock pick!

Let’s take a look at the 20 most traded shares in Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) portfolios tracked in Sharesight, and how they performed in 2018.

We look at the top 20 trades on both the ASX and NZX markets among the Sharesight userbase during January 2019 and dig into the news behind these trades.

We gauge the reaction to the Banking Royal Commission report by retail investors by looking at the trades made in ASX finance stocks tracked by Sharesight.

We examine the returns of stocks in New Zealand’s NZX-50 index and the corresponding returns for each sector over the last 5 years (2013-2018).

Dividend tracking might seem ‘unsexy’ compared to tracking capital growth, but dividends have a material impact on your investment portfolio returns.

Despite some reports about the death of IPOs, analysis reveals opportunities for investors to reap significant returns from a simple and systemic approach.

We examine the returns of stocks in Australia’s ASX-300 index and the corresponding returns for each sector over the last 5 years (2013-2018).

Sharesight user and FIRE investing advocate Aussie Firebug speaks with Sharesight CEO Doug Morris on the Aussie Firebug podcast about performance, tax and FIRE.

If getting your portfolio in order is a resolution for you this year, here are 8 very specific things you can do to help you get there.

In this post, we’re examining the returns of stocks in Canada’s TSX-60 index and the corresponding returns for each sector and key stocks in the index.