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How sharesight calculates your investment performance

How Sharesight calculates your investment performance

by David Olsen | Feb 17th 2020

To calculate your investment performance Sharesight factors in the impact of dividends, currency fluctuations & timing of inflows/outflows on your portfolio.

How to track investment property Sharesight

How to track an investment property in Sharesight

by Prashant Mohan | Feb 11th 2020

Sharesight isn't only for tracking stocks, ETFs or mutual funds. Get the full picture of your wealth by tracking your investment property in Sharesight today.

Every new feature + improvement Sharesight released in 2019

Every new feature + improvement Sharesight released in 2019

by David Olsen | Jan 8th 2020

Last year was a big one at Sharesight, month after month we released new features and improvements to make Sharesight better than ever. Here's the full list!

The motley fool UK Sharesight

Get The Motley Fool UK insights in Sharesight

by David Olsen | Dec 10th 2019

Investors can now access insights from The Motley Fool UK directly within Sharesight for stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

10 Blog articles Sharesight

Top 10 Sharesight blog articles of 2019

by David Olsen | Dec 9th 2019

As we rapidly approach the end of another year, it’s a great time to look back and catch up on some of our top blog articles you may have missed in 2019.

capital call transaction

What is a capital call transaction?

by Prashant Mohan | Nov 27th 2019

Here we cover how to track what is known as a *capital call* transaction -- a type of transaction that is commonly encountered in private equity investments.

Track your Smartshares in Sharesight - featured

Track your Smartshares in Sharesight

by Angela Thompson | Nov 26th 2019

NZ Smartshares can now be easily synced to Sharesight portfolios and tracked alongside your other holdings for award-winning performance & tax reporting.

3 easy ways to automate your portfolio admin

3 easy ways to automate your portfolio admin

by Angela Thompson | Oct 15th 2019

To stay on top of your investment portfolio, you’ll want to automate as many of the day-to-day admin tasks as possible. Here are 3 easy ways to do that:

featured - How to track dividend history using the Share Checker

How to track dividend history using the Share Checker

by Angela Thompson | Sep 27th 2019

Did you know you can use the Sharesight Share Checker to view all the dividends that were paid out during a selected time period, going back up to 20 years?

Updated Australian ETF distributions now available for FY19

Updated Australian ETF distributions now available for FY19

by David Olsen | Sep 26th 2019

We have ETF distributions for the FY19 Australian tax year for iShares (BlackRock), Russell Investments, ETF Securities, Vanguard and (some) BetaShares ETFs.

Why invest in commodities like gold

Why invest in commodities like gold?

by Vikas Soni | Sep 12th 2019

We look at some of the reasons investors choose to diversify into commodities like gold, and how to track both performance and asset allocation with Sharesight.

Investing solutions for the global investor event (1)

Investing solutions for the global investor: Event wrap-up

by David Olsen | Sep 11th 2019

How should investors go about increasing their exposure to international markets? At this Sharesight and Saxo Markets event, investors learned this and more.