Resource Key

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LEVEL 1

brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)

LEVEL 2

provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.

LEVEL 3

lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)

Database

West Australian Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
The West Australia Archive Digital Editions provides full text searching of past issues of the West Australian. Each issue is searchable the day after publication.
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus This link opens in a new window
This resource provides the largest collection of full text from leading regional and international newspapers and periodicals, full-text reference books, tens of thousands of full-text biographies, and a collection of images containing more than one million photos, maps, and flags.

Introduction

This guide has been created to introduce students to the world of Investment, mining and ethics in business.

Investment Style and Strategy

Investing. (2015, March 31). Retrieved June 14, 2015, from ASIC's Moneysmart: https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/investing
Whether you are an experienced investor or a beginner, there are plenty of steps you can take to grow your money and keep it safe. This section of the website guides you through the basic principles of investing and how to find a good financial adviser. We also identify some investing danger signs.
Australian Investors Association. (2012). Risks. Retrieved June 14, 2015, from Australian Investors Association: http://www.investors.asn.au/education/investment-basics/risks/#YourRiskProfile
Risk is a word that is used continually in financial circles and most people see risk as meaning that they might lose all their money! The fact is that every investment has some risk and the key is to understand the risks so that you can weigh up the pro’s and con’s of each investment type and then put into place a strategy suitable for your situation.
Strategy to Boost Wealth. (2015, April 1). Money (Australia Edition), (177), 61. Retrieved from Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.
The article discusses how an installment gearing strategy, or a savings plan that involve investing equal amounts of money at predetermined intervals, can help investors build up their wealth.
Fontinelle, E. (2010, April 22). 6 Investment Styles: Which Fits You? Retrieved June 14, 2015, from Investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0410/6-investment-styles-which-fits-you.aspx
Do you know what your investment style is? If you're like most investors, you probably haven't given it much thought.
Weil, D. (2014, October 1). 6 Common Investment Strategies of Fund Managers. Retrieved June 14, 2015, from Bankrate: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/investing/common-investment-strategies-of-fund-managers-1.aspx
The criteria that mutual fund managers use to select their assets vary widely according to the individual manager. So when choosing a fund, you should look closely at the manager's investment style to make sure it fits your risk-reward profile.

ASX

Home - Australian Securities Exchange. (2015). Retrieved June 14, 2015, from Australian Securities Exchange: http://www.asx.com.au/
Find information for the Australian Securities Exchange including stock quotes, market data, share prices, tools and resources as well as investment information.

Stock Market

McDonald, D. (2012). Tech: What's Bubbly, What's Not. Money, 41(5), 47-50. Retrieved from Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.
The article proposes that the 2012 stock market sector of technology securities is facing a pattern similar to the stock market bubble of technology investments that crashed in 2000. It offers advice on how to invest in the technology sector while minimizing exposure to financial risk.
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Topics include selecting investments that have performed reliably throughout the global economic recession begun in 2008, advice on investing in companies such as Apple Inc. with established reputations, growth, and reasonable values, and a suggestion to avoid initial public offerings (IPOs) of stocks like Facebook because of potential risk.
Rose, S. (2015, April 14). Young Traders a Risk to Market, S&P Says. Canberra Times. p. 11. Retrieved from Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.
The complacency of a generation of stockbrokers and traders who are too young to have experienced an economic recession poses as big a threat to the Australian sharemarket as rising interest rates, warns Standard & Poor's economics guru David Blitzer.