Forum: The Newbies Corner. The place for the Newbies to ShareTrader

I am going to be out of the stock market for probably at least six months, and am thinking about learning about the basics of FA during this time....

We were still adjusting to the shock of hearing that the money we had invested in Credit Sails was almost certainly gone forever, when a cheque for a...

I started buying shares based on broker recommendations around the market peak (Was it November 2008). After the crash and with share purchase plans...

Hi have been reading posts for about a year now. Like reading the threads have taken some good advice and probably some not so good advice and also...

Hi guys. First post. I'm trying to find a broker that will give me access to Chinese, Indian, European and US Stocks, Bonds, (Sovereign and...

I’m a relatively safe investor. Pretty much only touch companies I know about and defiantly a fundamentalist. I very rarely take profits out and...

This is currently a hot topic with accountants preparing end of year returns , and as I understand it, losses on bonds like Babcock and Brown are ...

Hi, I have downloaded Incredible Charts and I have noticed the closing prices are a day behind for NZ stocks. Will this change if I pay for the...

Hi There, Vince has kindly opened up this new area for newbie intro's and questions. I'm Stuart from Auckland. I have considered property...

Hello All, I have recently joined and consider myself a real green horn hoping to learn. No computer wizz either and hope I have the right place...

Hi I'm new to investing and looking to invest over long term. I was wondering who are the cheapest brokers in NZ? National Bank and Directbroking...

Are there many people on ST who trade either shares, foreign exchange or commodities as a full time occupation. What is required to trade fulltime....

Hi, would anyone know what records need to be kept if I trade in shares as an individual, for tax purposes? And would record keeping be different if...

I tried buying some stock today at a low price (what I reckoned the company was worth) but my bid was rejected because it was too far from the...

I've been doing some researching into TA and am interested in basing my investing/trading off of trends. My goal is not to trade too often,...

Once people research shares, companies, investments, managers, do people store their research anywhere? do the just use it and research (and...

Hi This isn't my first post but I'm most definitely a newbie. Rather than bore you with a spiel about my newbieness I was wondering where NZ...

Hi all. I'm looking at getting some new trading/investing books and would like to offload some of my older ones to fund this. I've included a brief...

Is it wise to get a loan to invest in shares? With interest rates sitting @ 9% ++ , how does one keep up with the repayments through purely share...

I normally buy shares based on the recommendation provided by ASB Securities and IRG. If you were valuing a company what are the most important...

Hey guys! I'm quite possibly the biggest noob on this forum so please, bear with me. I'm only a second year accounting student (19yo) and my...