Saturday, 23 February 2013

Australian Superannuation Funds


Some of the lowest fees (as per 2012 article)
Good source of information is Selecting Super (link).

Friday, 22 February 2013

Market Update - Australian Securities Exchange - ASX

On this page, ASX publishes monthly update on ETFs. This provides details on the range of ETFs available in Australia, and additional data like their management fees and spreads.

Market Update - Australian Securities Exchange - ASX

Sunday, 17 February 2013

BitCoin

BitCoin is a virtual currency.
Here are some links to related concepts.

Good introduction
GuiMiner (link)

Mining Software
Phoenix (link)

Exchange
Mt.Gox (link)

Exchange Rate
BitCoin Charts (link)

phoenix2/phoenix - BitCoin mining software

Repository for Phoenix, BitCoin mining software is below:
phoenix2/phoenix · GitHub

iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

iShares is one of the Australian ETF providers.

iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Funds offered:

  • International, developed
    • EAFE (developed) - IVE
    • Singapore - ISG
  • International, emerging markets:
    • Emerging markets - IEM
    • Korea - IKO
    • BRIC - IBK

BlackRock managed funds

BlackRock managed funds. Many of these are index funds with low annual management fee.

BlackRock - Overview

List of ETFs available in Australia

ASX has a list of all ETPs (Exchange-Traded Products) - here.
This list contains Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and similar products.

Monday, 4 February 2013

Rent vs Buy

Below are some calculators for 'rent vs buy' consideration:

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Life in Norway

Here is an article in Serbian about basic principles of living in Norway:
http://www.bizlife.rs/vesti/vest/53164/kako-se-dobro-zivi-cetiri-lekcije-od-norvezana.html
Use Google Translate to translate into your language.

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Bloomberg Quote Research

Market research tool available from Bloomberg. Displays the key fundamentals about securities. Australian securities are suffixed with ":AU".

Bloomberg Market Data