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  • How To Buy Dogecoin (DOGE)

    There are few cryptocurrencies that attract as much intrigue as Dogecoin, thanks, in large part to its enthusiastic booster and Twitter CEO, Elon Musk. On Tuesday, Musk replaced the instantly recognisable blue bird icon of Twitter with an image of...
  • Stocks & Shares: Should You Buy The Dip?

    High inflation, interest rate rises and fears of a European recession are continuing to impact sharemarkets, with the local ASX experiencing its worst week since mid-June on Friday, September 2, with total losses for the week down 3.9%. It was a...
  • How To Buy Disney (DIS) Shares In Australia

    The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is a worldwide entertainment firm whose subsidiaries and affiliates include the instantly recognisable Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (including Disneyland resorts); Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (including Disney+ and ESPN+); and four content groups. In...
  • How To Buy Tesla (TSLA) Stocks In Australia

    Heading up by controversial billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) is the world’s most highly valued car manufacturer and one of the more popular stocks on the US Nasdaq. Tesla accounted for three quarters of the electric cars...
  • How To Buy Google/Alphabet (GOOGL) Stocks & Shares In Australia

    It has been a tougher 12 months than usual for tech giants, and Google parent company, Alphabet, is feeling the heat more than most. To put it into stark terms: the stock lost 40% of its value in 2022. It...
  • How To Buy Microsoft (MSFT) Stocks & Shares In Australia

    It’s been an action-packed start to 2023 for Microsoft, which has posted better-than-expected quarterly results, and appears to be challenging Alphabet behemoth, Google, for search supremacy, with the incorporation of ChatGPT into Bing. “The race starts today,” Microsoft boss Satya...
  • Which Countries Have The Highest Interest And Inflation Rates?

    From London to Los Angeles and Berlin to Buenos Aires, people worldwide are labouring under the burden of price increases on everyday items. While inflation has begun to subside in some cases, the effects of it are still lingering, and...
  • Equity Investments Explained

    In the world of investing, the term 'equities' refers to units of ownership within a company. This term is often used interchangeably with 'stocks' and 'shares'. So, if you hear someone talking about having an 'equity stake' in a business,...
  • How To Buy Stocks And Shares In Australia

    Stock markets can be scary places for anyone new to investing: a mass of numbers, flashing screens and impenetrable jargon. A far cry from dropping coins into a piggy bank, or paying cash into a savings account. It’s an especially...
  • How To Buy Netflix (NFLX) Stocks & Shares In Australia

    Netflix, the world’s largest streaming service, has begun bouncing back in its share price from its sharp fall last year—even as the news emerges that shared accounts will soon be thing of the past due to soon-to-be deployed password sharing...
  • Cryptocurrency Statistics 2024

    Top Cryptocurrency Statistics By the end of 2021, it is estimated that nearly 300 million people worldwide owned some kind of cryptocurrency (crypto.com).Crypto’s worldwide market capitalisation was estimated at $US1.09 trillion as of August 2023 (CoinMarketCap).As of February 2, 2024,...
  • Twitter Partners With eToro To Offer Research And Investment Trading Facility

    Twitter is partnering with online trading platform eToro to provide users of the microblogging site with real-time information about stocks and shares, cryptocurrencies, commodities, and other investments such as exchange-traded funds.  They will also be able to click through to...
  • What Is Ethereum (ETH) And How Does It Work?

    Ethereum, also commonly known as Ether, is the world’s second largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, and like any digital currency, it has experienced its fair share of ups and downs over its relatively short lifetime. The price of Ethereum rose to...
  • How To Invest In The Nasdaq From Australia

    The US-based Nasdaq—National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations—stock exchange was launched in 1971. In 2023, with a market capitalisation of more than $US16 trillion dollars, it is the world’s second-largest stock market behind the $US22 trillion New York Stock...
  • Best ‘Safe Haven’ Investments for Australians

    Turbulent investment markets can shake your faith in riskier investments such as stocks and shares. When markets turn choppy as they have done this year—the ASX has been spooked by recession talk and US rate rises—investors are prompted to move their...
  • What is Dogecoin (DOGE)?

    In the unconventional world of cryptocurrency investments, where prices fluctuate wildly and regulation is largely non-existent, one coin still manages to stand out as an underdog of sorts. Dogecoin, aka DOGE, is based on a viral internet meme of a...
  • What Is Forex Trading?

    Foreign exchange trading, often shortened to ‘forex’, or ‘FX’ trading, essentially involves buying and selling currencies to make a profit from international currency movements. At a simple level, Australians who exchange their dollars for a foreign currency at a money...
  • What Is Cryptocurrency?

    With a track record going back over a decade, cryptocurrencies are clearly more than just a fad, but they remain widely misunderstood by many people, with doubts persisting about their genuine value, practical use and long-term application. There is also...