Section: 'Investing' - Saving Money - How to Save Money

The Guide to First Home Saver Accounts

SavingsGuide.com.au would like to take the opportunity to let everyone know that the Government has released some exceptionally good incentives for First Home Savers. As a result there has been a lot of talk about different First Home Saver accounts to the point that it has become very hard to find all the information you [...]

What is a Margin Call? Margin Lending 101

Margin Lending - ‘Oh Yeah! I have heard of that, isn’t that where you borrow money to invest in shares and then make money on the shares and pay the loan back after making a profit??’ Not quite!
Margin loans are quite useful for people who can borrow what they can afford to pay back safely.
What [...]

Investment Property Bank Account

One of my readers recently sent me an email asking questions about having a seperate bank account for his investment property and the pro’s and con’s of seperating your investment property money from that of your everyday money.
This is a great question and I believe will help craft together some top information for people looking [...]

Term Deposits are back in fashion!

I have been considering a term deposit for quite a while now, ever since there was great market volatility in Australia from 6 months ago until now. What are my reasons for considering a term deposit? That is what I would like to look at as term deposits are very much back in fashion this [...]

What are Franking Credits?

So often I hear people ask, ‘What are franking credits?‘ - there is a lot of mumbo jumbo and jargon used in share market investing that this is quite a normal question. WELL! Todays article is meant to give insight into what Franking Credits are and why they are useful.
This article will now go on [...]

Managed Funds or DIY Shares

What is the difference between a Managed Fund and personal investment in Shares? Where do I start with my Investments? Managed Funds VS Share Market.
These are the kinds of questions that most Australian’s face when looking at ways of investing their money. This article is intended to give you a breakdown of what Managed Funds [...]

Buying Debt for an Investment?

Some very interesting discussion has gone on recently in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) regarding possible solutions to banks having large debts that can be out of control in times of economic uncertainty.
It has been stated that Australia should have a scheme where by investors could purchase mortgage debt from banks and lenders in the [...]

Forex Trading to Make Money

What is Forex? The FOREX (Foreign Exchange Market), is the international market, started in the 70’s where currencies are bought and sold.
What currency is traded in the Forex market? Learn more about this interesting way of making money.

Avoid Investing Mistakes

When you first start out in investing, it is very likely that you will make mistakes. Your goal should be to have those mistakes only cost you a little, rather then a lot. I hope you will enjoy my article on how to avoid huge investing mistakes.

Investing in Shares Tips

If you have been wondering about ways to make some money for your family and the future you may have considered investing at one time or another. Investing money into areas like real estate, online, stocks and shares are just a few of the many places where this is carried out on a daily basis. [...]