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4 reasons to stop relying on your broker’s performance reports

by Angela Thompson | Apr 23rd 2018

When you login to your broker to check your portfolio performance, do you know what those numbers really mean, and more importantly, what’s missing?

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Sharesight20 March top 20 trades on ASX & NZX

by David Olsen | Mar 26th 2018

Welcome to the March 2018 edition of the Sharesight20 monthly trading snapshot, where we look at the top 20 trades on both the ASX and NZX markets.

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2018 Sharesight stock picking competition — March update

by David Olsen | Mar 13th 2018

We’re approaching the end of the first quarter in 2018 for our stock picking competition. So after three months, which stocks are in the lead?

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What’s better: Dollar-cost averaging or lump-sum investing?

by Emily Grunberg | Mar 5th 2018

I wanted to know if dollar cost averaging worked, so I turned to Sharesight to test this given its ASX historical prices go back 20 years. Here's what I found.

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Sharesight20 February top 20 trades on ASX & NZX

by David Olsen | Feb 26th 2018

Welcome to the February 2018 edition of the Sharesight20 trading snapshot, where we look at the top 20 trades on the ASX and NZX by the Sharesight userbase.

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Investors need to break these 5 bad habits in 2018

by Angela Thompson | Jan 30th 2018

Maximise your portfolio performance this year by ditching these small (but impactful) bad investing habits once and for all.

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Sharesight20 January top 20 trades on ASX & NZX

by David Olsen | Jan 29th 2018

In this Sharesight20 we look at the top 20 trades on both the ASX and NZX markets among the Sharesight userbase during January and look at the reasons why.

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What ASX moving to blockchain SHOULD mean for investors

by Doug Morris | Jan 22nd 2018

Everyone from fintech companies, to brokers, mobile apps, lenders and financial advice professionals would benefit from equal access to ASX's CHESS replacement.

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Xero shares listing solely on the ASX - a guide

by David Olsen | Jan 22nd 2018

Xero Limited (XRO) is delisting from the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NXX) to list solely on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) -- Here's the details.

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2017 Australian investor survey results

by David Olsen | Jan 12th 2018

In our 2017 stock picking competition survey we asked investors their predictions for 2017 -- Let’s find out how accurate those predictions proved to be.

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Sharesight20 December top 20 trades on ASX & NZX

by David Olsen | Dec 28th 2017

Today is the third installment of the Sharesight20 monthly trading snapshot, where we dig into the news behind the top 20 trades on the ASX and NZX.

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Last chance to download your Google Finance portfolio

by David Olsen | Nov 30th 2017

It’s NOT TOO LATE to download your Google Finance portfolio data so you can import it into other portfolio trackers (like Sharesight) - here’s how to do it.