4. What can we invest in?
12 Steps to Get Started Investing
Intro
This chapter focuses on the significance of understanding various financial assets beyond stocks. It introduces the three major asset classes—money, stocks, and bonds—while hinting at other investment opportunities like commodities, property, and cryptocurrencies for novice investors.
This 12 part series is originally found within Get Started Investing Podcast, which helps beginner investors break down barriers. We cover all the basics you need to start your investing journey. If you like more of this content, listen to Get Started Investing in your preferred podcast app.
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The beauty of investing is the world of choice that is available to you. Technology has broken down barriers and it has never been easier to access all of the opportunity that is out there. From Australian property to Asian stocks, European bonds to American currency, we can now buy all of these online. With so much opportunity at our fingertips the hardest part is knowing where to start.
So in this episode we break down some of the key assets that you can invest in (and one that you shouldn't!).
In this episode you will learn:
- The definition of an asset and the two functions it plays
- The three most common assets - money, stocks and bonds
- What role money (or cash) plays in your investing portfolio
- The definition of inflation and the risk it plays into your portfolio
- Why stashing cash under your mattress isn't a good investment
- An introduction to the difference between stocks and bonds
- The meaning, and importance of, diversification
- How you can buy other types of assets on the share market
- How you actually make money from these assets
- What a dividend is and how you get it as an investor
- Why stocks are the preferred asset class at Equity Mates
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Want more Equity Mates? Come to our website and explore! You’ll find information on our full network of shows, including our Equity Mates Investing Podcast, book recommendations, blogs, news, and more.
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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.
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All information in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Equity Mates gives listeners access to information and educational content provided by a range of financial services professionals. It is not intended as a substitute for professional finance, legal or tax advice.
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