60% of Kiwis own homes, while only 20% own shares—but which is a better investment? We weigh up the benefits of investing in property vs. shares.

In New Zealand, only 9% of Kiwis under 30 own shares, versus 30% of Kiwis over 60. How does investing change over a life time, and what’s stopping young Kiwis from investing?

Men over the age of 60 are the group most likely to invest in shares. How can we make investing accessible to more New Zealanders?

We bust the top 3 Kiwi investing myths; risk, cost, and the knowledge you need to get started!

Sharesies and Smartshares joined together to interview 1000 Kiwis about investing. Here’s what we found.

Sharesies provides access to two socially responsible Pathfinder funds. Rebecca from Pathfinder tells us what socially responsible investing is all about.

If you’ve ever made a decision based on how much money you’ve already spent, rather than whether the money is worth spending on its own, you’ve been stung by the sunk cost fallacy!

Win a $1,000 Sharesies Gift—$500 for you, $500 for your mate! This month, we’re giving you the chance to boost your Sharesies investment portfolio—and bring a mate along for the ride!

People hate losing things. In fact, people hate losing things a lot more than they like getting things. This is called loss aversion, and you should keep an eye out for it when you’re spending or investing.

In one year, we've grown Sharesies from an idea to an investment platform that is now used by 15,410 investors, with $15.7 million invested.

For our first birthday, we’ve changed our subscription pricing to make Sharesies fairer and more accessible!

There's no such thing as a free lunch! But is it possible to make free lunches work for you? We dig a little deeper into when free stuff isn’t free.

We ask Jade Gardner what it’s like investing as a young person just two years out of university.

As of today, Sharesies has 11 different funds available. That’s a lot! It may seem overwhelming at first, but with the Sharesies investing philosophy of buy, hold and whack it on an AP—it’s actually pretty easy to figure out what to invest in.

Hadn’t heard of ETF before? You’re not alone. You only have to Google it to see it’s a topic that has people scratching their heads 😳 . We explain WTF is an ETF!

Since starting Sharesies, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what people should consider when starting to invest. Here are a few of the things I think are good to consider when starting out.

We’re excited to add more investment options to Sharesies! We’ve teamed up with Pathfinder Asset Management to launch two new sustainable investment options: The Pathfinder Global Responsibility Fund, and the Pathfinder Global Water Fund.

When you think of your typical investor, a student isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind. Sharesies asked Renae, who is currently a student, to share her story about how she got into investing and how it’s been going so far.

Last night, New Zealand First picked Labour to form the new government—we explain what this change means for your investments.

We teamed up with Pathfinder Asset Management to offer two new investments—one of these is the Global Water Fund. We explain what investing in water is.

Now that you’re an investor, you may have come across two terms: “bull market” and “bear market.” But what do they mean? 

You may have heard people say "don't put all your eggs in one basket". That's diversification. We have a go at explaining it using eggs and Super Chickens as an example.

We caught up with Kiwibank Chief Economist, Zoe Wallis, who shared how election results can impact the share market. Here’s Zoe…

When you invest in funds through Sharesies, you're shown that there are two ways you can make money. One of these is through dividends—but what exactly are dividends?

Last week, Brooke, Leighton and I attended the RISE conference in Hong Kong. RISE is a massive conference that brings together people from all over the world to talk about tech.

Around 7 weeks ago, we launched Sharesies in private beta. This meant that people would register on our website and then wait for an invite before getting started. We're excited to have moved out of private beta today. 

We spoke to investor Sam Fernando, who started his investment journey on Sharesies!

We caught up with Kiwibank Chief Economist, Zoe Wallis, who shared what an investment horizon is, and why it’s important to know yours.

After heaps of customer demand, we’re excited to have launched performance tracking 🎉.

You may have heard people talk about ‘Economies of scale’ (or maybe you haven’t). Either way, we’re going to explain what it is, and the impact this can have on the economy.

Tick-tock, time is money! Brooke explains how 'compound interest' can help you set up your future-self up for success.

Sharesies CEO Brooke Roberts shares how she beats the boring budget and better manages her money.

We interviewed over 200 people and only 5 chose an option to save or invest $50. But all of them said they want to invest. So we started Sharesies to give someone with $50 the same investment opportunities as someone with $50,000. 

We caught up with TradeMe CFO Caroline Rawlinson who found a creative way to buy her first shares as a University student.

We talked with 23-year old Paralympic star Liam Malone, currently in the USA, who shares how he started investing. 

We spoke with property developer and share enthusiast Kurt Gibbons to get his take on investing and buying a house in today's market.

When Leighton Roberts finished high school, he started an investment club with his mates, putting away $50 a week. He shares how it's going 11 years later. 

We caught up with Kiwibank Chief Economist, Zoe Wallis, who shared some of the weird and wonderful tricks our minds can play on us when it comes to money, and how we can overcome them.

We caught up with Jacqueline Taylor, whose passion for education inspired an investment magazine that’s “making shares simple”.

You may have seen the recent article about the shocking state of how wealth is distributed in NZ.

We spoke with Trevor Dickinson about the transition from successful businessman to Angel investor.

We spoke with Jo Blundell, whose fish and chip shop earnings kick-started a passion for investing at the young age of 14.

We talked with money blogger, Ryan Johnson about how he got into investing and advice he has for people getting started. 

We asked young entrepreneur Adiraj Gupta about how his luck brought him to the investment game, and how his goals keep him there.