Useful Websites

These are investment related websites (mostly New Zealand specific) that are useful and interesting.

Investment related blogs, podcasts, and YouTube channels can be found on this page.

Last updated: 28 Jun 2022

Market Tracking & Research

Yahoo Finance

I use the Yahoo Finance app on my phone to keep track of the various shares I’ve invested in, or are watching. It features price charts, statistics, and news for shares from all around the world. Consider it as your go-to reference app for the sharemarket!

Sharesight

The major limitation of sites like Yahoo Finance is that they don’t track non-ETF funds, such as the Vanguard and AMP funds on InvestNow. That’s where Sharesight comes in. Sharesight allows you to track funds in addition to shares (and cryptocurrency!), but their real standout feature is automatic tracking of dividend income. Sharesight allows you to track up to 10 holdings for free.

Special Offer: Need to track more than 10 holdings? Subscribe to an annual plan using this link, and you’ll get 2 months free.

NZX

NZX are the operators of the NZ share and bond markets and their site contains some specific details of NZ shares and bond issues that Yahoo Finance doesn’t have, such as company announcements and dividend payment dates.

Mindful Money

Mindful Money is a site that enables you to see if your KiwiSaver or managed fund invests in any ‘areas of concern’ such as fossil fuels, animal testing, and weapons. It’s a handy tool that can help you find a fund that aligns with your personal values.

CoinMarketCap

CoinMarketCap is a popular go-to source for cryptocurrency prices and news.

Morningstar KiwiSaver Reports

Morningstar’s KiwiSaver reports provide handy data on past returns from major KiwiSaver funds, and are updated quarterly. In addition the Morningstar site in general has plenty of other useful research and data you may fund useful.

Mercer’s Periodic Table

Mercer’s Periodic Table of Investment Returns is a great resource showing the annual returns for different asset classes over the last 10 years. It proves that chasing winners is a bad idea – one year’s winner can be next year’s loser.

Investment News & Education

Interest

Interest.co.nz is useful for comparing the interest rates of various savings products and term deposits at different banks. Apart from that, they’re an amazing news site for articles about money and the economy.

MoneyHub

MoneyHub has a comprehensive selection of guides and reviews on New Zealand’s investment and KiwiSaver services. Aiming to be the “hub” for info about money in NZ, they also have awesome coverage of personal finance topics outside investing, like mortgages, travel, mobile phones, and cheaper living.

Mary Holm

Mary Holm is probably New Zealand’s best known personal finance author. Of most interest on her website is her weekly column with the NZ Herald where she answers readers’ questions about money and investing.

Kernel blog

Many investment firms have an insights or blog section on their website, with Kernel’s blog being particularly insightful and educational.

Great article to check out:
– S&P 500 vs S&P Global 100: Which Should I Invest In?

Craigs Investment Partners Insights

Craigs Investment Partners regularly publishes blog posts which are always relevant and helpful in navigating the investment markets.

Great article to check out:
– How long is long-term?

MortgageRates

MortgageRates.co.nz is an elegant site containing the latest home loan rates, news, and some basic mortgage information.

ASB Markets Monthly

ASB Markets Monthly is another newsletter I’ve signed up for, and contains an overview of the previous month’s themes in the global financial markets.

Investment News NZ

Investment News is targeted towards those working in the finance/investment industry rather than investors themselves, but some of their content might give you some good insights into the sector.

Good Returns

Good Returns is another site targeted towards financial advisers, but still has great content that investors can take on board.

Discussion Forums

Reddit – r/PersonalFinanceNZ

The subreddit Personal Finance New Zealand is good place for New Zealand investors to discuss investing and ask questions.

Sharetrader

Sharetrader is another discussion forum for New Zealand share investors. I learnt a lot by reading the discussions on this site, as most members are knowledgeable and experienced investors.

Facebook Groups

There’s a few Facebook Groups that Kiwis can use to discuss investment topics. Examples are:

Just take any information you get there with a grain of salt. There can be a lot of bad advice dished out on these groups.

Government Services

Sorted

Sorted contains a huge amount of tools, guides, and articles relating to everything about money, from budgeting, saving, investing, to managing debt. Their Investor Kickstarter and KiwiSaver Fund Finder are a couple of their most useful tools. Sorted is provided by a government funded agency, the Commission for Financial Capability.

Sorted Smart Investor

Smart Investor is part of the Sorted website, but deserves a separate mention – Have you ever wondered what’s exactly inside the funds you’re invested in? You can search for your fund on Smart Investor, then scroll down a bit to find a Full Portfolio Holdings spreadsheet containing all of the fund’s holdings and weightings. Smart Investor also contains other fund related documents such as the Fund Update, SIPO, and OMI documents.

Financial Markets Authority

Doing research into whether an investment or financial provider is legit or not? The FMA website is a good place to start, as you can search to see whether your provider is licensed or not. Apart from that they have a bunch of guides about investments and avoiding scams, and some great data sets.

Settled

Settled.govt.nz contains some awesome resources about buying and selling a home. There are certainly a lot of concepts and moving parts to understand when it comes to dealing with Real Estate, and I learnt a lot from this site.

Miscellaneous

Computershare

If you hold your NZX shares on your own CSN (this will be the case if you use ASB Securities or Jarden Direct), you’ll need to access the share registry of the company you’ve invested in to see your holdings, enter your bank account details for dividends, and to sign up for Dividend Reinvestment Plans. Computershare is the registry for many NZX listed companies

Link Market Services

Link Market Services is another share registry that some NZX listed companies use. Check the Investor Centre on your company’s website if you’re not sure which registry they use.

Gaspy

Gaspy is an iPhone/Android app which helps you find the cheapest fuel in your area.

Grocer

Grocer is a website that allows you to compare prices between Countdown, New World, and Pak’nSave supermarkets

He Reo Whairawa

He Reo Whairawa is an initiative to develop a vocabulary of 100 finance and investment terms in te reo Māori. Check out the full list of words here (PDF, 1.1MB).

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