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Insights for Australian investors — portfolio tracking, tax strategies, and market commentary.
Direct vs. Portfolio Investment: We Weigh Up The Pros & Cons
You have two main options for exposing your capital to the stock market: Direct and portfolio investment. Which suits investors best depends on a variety of factors. Let’s take a look at the case...
Navarre Trousselot
8 April 2021
CommSec Review 2022: Is CommSec’s Trading Platform Still Worth It?
CommSec is one of the most popular trading platforms in Australia. I’ve been a customer for nearly a decade. In this in-depth CommSec review, I share my experiences and give my honest opinion on th...
Navarre Trousselot
29 March 2021
Adding Your NAB Trade Portfolio to Navexa
It’s now easier than ever to export your historical trades from your NAB Trade account — and automatically add future buy and sell trades — to your Navexa portfolio tracker account.Navexa’s portfol...
Navarre Trousselot
9 March 2021
Integrating Your CommSec Trading Account With Navexa
We’ve created an easy way for you to use data from your CommSec broker account in your Navexa portfolio tracking account. Read on to see how to add historical trades and automatically update new tr...
Navarre Trousselot
2 March 2021
Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Some of the Key Pros & Cons
Dividends don’t always arrive in the form of cash. Some stocks allow investors to automatically reinvest their dividend payments into additional shares. Here, we take a look at some of the positive...
Navarre Trousselot
22 February 2021
Ex-Dividend Dates Explained: What, When & Why
What does it mean when a stock goes ‘ex-dividend’? As you’ll see in this brief guide, the ex-dividend date is an important part of the income investing — and, potentially the value investing — proc...
Navarre Trousselot
11 February 2021
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The Big Short (Squeeze): Unpacking The GameStop Saga
A subreddit community takes on the Wall Street elite. The battleground? A struggling brick-and-mortar games retailer. What does the GameStop short squeeze saga reveal about the changing investment...
Navarre Trousselot
4 February 2021
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The Top 10 Performing Cryptocurrencies Of 2020 (Bitcoin Wasn’t Even Close)
Last year was packed from beginning to end with extreme and unexpected events. The cryptocurrency markets were no exception. In this post, we reveal the top 10 performing cryptos in 2020, how they...
Navarre Trousselot
20 January 2021
The 30 New Features We Added To The Navexa Portfolio Tracker In 2020
Evolution is essential in financial technology. In 2020, continuous development and improvement took the Navexa platform from a basic, single-currency portfolio tracker to a multi-currency, multi...
Navarre Trousselot
26 November 2020
Three Mistakes To Avoid When Calculating Portfolio Return
The truth about portfolio performance and investment returns is a lot more complex than most people realise. Here’s three tips on better understanding how your money is performing in the market ove...
Navarre Trousselot
15 September 2020
The Ultimate Guide To Australian Crypto Tax
If you’re buying and selling cryptocurrencies in Australia, you need to know your tax obligations, the ATO’s position on cryptos and a couple of key ideas to help keep your crypto investing and tra...
Navarre Trousselot
10 September 2020