Investing


Daily Proposition: Invest in a good investment book

With apologies to Molly Meldrum, if you own shares or plan to one day own shares on ASX-listed companies, do yourself a favour and buy Roger Montgomery’s new book Value.able. Adam Schwab learns the tricks of the trade.

Is gold as shiny as claimed?

For investors this year, gold has been as good as, um, gold. But it hasn’t ever reached the peak it did in 1980. Is gold really a strong long term investment or just a nice little safety net?

15 podcasts that will make you richer

Business Pundit has compiled a list of 15 top podcasts on finance, investing, marketing and more, to help get to know money better and, hopefully, learn how to make a whole lot more of it.

Why green is the next big bubble

The green tech market is about to boom, says Tom Johansmeyer. Even if you don’t give a rat’s about climate change, investing in the green market is investing in the next big thing.

Investing in real-time

John Borthwick reckons the “real-time web” — embodied by microblogging and social networking tool Twitter — is the Next Big Thing on the internet, and he’s willing to put his money where his mouth is: building and investing in 21 other “real-time” companies. Will the gamble pay off?

Best time to sell? When China starts buying

While the Chinese certainly aren’t alone in losing money of late, they’re certainly excelling at it, writes Adam Schwab.