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Database
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West Australian Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowThe West Australia Archive Digital Editions provides full text searching of past issues of the West Australian. Each issue is searchable the day after publication.
Introduction
This guide has been created to introduce students to the world of Investment, mining and ethics in business.
Investment Style and Strategy
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Do you know what your investment style is? If you're like most investors, you probably haven't given it much thought.
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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
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Find information for the Australian Securities Exchange including stock quotes, market data, share prices, tools and resources as well as investment information.
Stock Market
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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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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.