Tim Smith

Investing your money ethically doesn’t mean that you have to accept low returns. Here are ten strong performing ethical investment managed funds and exchange traded funds, based on their 1-year performance as of June 30, 2019.

Despite stock market crashes, natural disasters, a succession of governments and the GFC, Australian shares have, for the most part, performed well.

Managing your own superannuation in a self-managed super fund (SMSF) typically provides you with more control over your retirement saving, but it also requires more diligence and attention to make sure it's operating properly. Here's a checklist you can use to help make sure your fund in on track.

Originally published by: TJ Ryan Buying and selling shares online remains popular, with the ASX’s Australian Share Ownership Study finding that in 2017, 37% of Australian adults owned shares through listed investments such as managed funds, while 31%,...

The “Big Mac Index” was invented by The Economist back in 1986, as a way to simplify exchange rates theory for the general public. Also known as Burgernomics, the Big Mac Index judges the value of a country's currency against how much a Big Mac costs to buy in that country compared to other countries - i.e. the exchange rate.

Let's face it, being young today is hard. Rent is expensive, food is expensive, uni is expensive and the less said about housing the better. But even if it will take hundreds of years of forgoing our $20 a week smashed avocado obsession to save up a house deposit, that doesn't mean you can't start investing now.

If you're thinking about investing in an exchange traded fund (ETF), it's worthwhile to know both the benefits and risks of doing so. Like any financial product, its your hard-earned money on the line, so it pays to know what you're buying. You wouldn't buy a car or a house without checking it out first, would you?

Despite the easier access to international markets these days, Australians are still hesitant to invest overseas.

Ethical funds have become more and more popular in recent years as investors look for ways to grow their wealth responsibly. Investing your money in renewable energy, sustainable businesses or community infrastructure may make a positive impact in the world, but what about the impact on your wallet? What sort of returns can you expect from an ethical investment and how do they compare to other types of investments?

Simply put, divestment, sometimes called divestiture, is the opposite of investment. Any time that you sell an asset, whether it be a stock, a property or a business, you are divesting yourself of that holding. Why...