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Are you a share market guru? Total investing newbie with no idea? Who cares? We want you ALL to play along. The new year is a great time to make wild predictions about what will happen in the 365 days ahead. We’re all about investing for the long term AND having fun in the short term, so while your real money stays working for you, it’s time to show off your stock-picking expertise (or otherwise) with some fake money.

It’s time to say goodbye to 2019, and maybe the longest bull market run we’ve ever seen. If you ignored the news and just looked at the performance of the markets, it’s been a great year for share investing! It was an interesting ride at times, wasn’t it? But let’s face it, those white-knuckle moments on the edge of our seat, with our cursor hovering over “buy”... that’s half the fun of it all, right? We thought we’d recap some top investing moments to remind you that while it was a bumpy year at times, it could’ve been a lot worse (we’re looking at you, 2018).

Explosive IPOs, TV streaming wars and the ‘Amazon of Latin America’ - self-directed investor Regan Pearson looks back at three companies that rocketed to stardom in 2019

Wellingtonian Rob Birnie lives in multiple worlds. He blocks criminals in his day job, hones his physical form in the gym and slips into his persona Arnifix to socialise and play games online. He’s also got two cats, Montague and Capulet – who if true to their names may well be at war with each other (or in love).

For those of us who have enthusiastically embraced Lifestyle Creep, the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement is, ah, confronting. While ‘normal’ people adapt our lifestyles to our pay rises (and freak out at how little we used to spend, while struggling to make ends meet now), these keen beans are retirement planning with a vengeance.

While there’s no shortage of financial self-help books lining bookstores Amazon, many of them are about as interesting as they sound. On the upside, the internet has had just as much impact on the types of financial resources available, as it has had on, well, the decline of bookstores. The Hatch team and some of our investors have pulled together a list of our favourites.

Assuming your colleagues don’t invest in shares, if you were to ask them why not, the first answer would most likely be that they don’t know where to start. The second answer may be that even if they did know where to start, they wouldn’t know how to pick a good investment. We’ve put together a few handy tips for you (and your colleagues) to use when researching your next investment.

Self-directed investor Regan Pearson proposes some essential investing tips that stand the test of time.

Auckland student Mitchell Carlyle is not your typical under-grad. When he’s not pounding the pavement or playing his guitar, he’s exploring how he can put his money to work for him.

Making progress as an investor is as much about avoiding fatal mistakes as it is picking the next big winner. Contributing writer and self-directed investor Regan Pearson shares his three biggest investing mistakes to help you avoid the same pain.

Ruth Henderson launched The Happy Saver in 2016, a blog and podcast focused on allowing Kiwis to ask questions in a safe and welcoming community, and to share some of her real-life money experiences. We sat down with Ruth to pick her brain on how she got started, what she’s learned about Kiwis and their finances and any advice she has for those who want to be better with their money.

Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the US year, ironically comes just a day after the entire country stops to give thanks for what they already have. But what do crazed crowds of consumers have to do with the share markets? Well, a lot actually.

Even if you don’t have a stash of cash (how many people do?), there’s nothing stopping you from putting good financial habits in place today. At our recent event with Hnry, we gathered a list of ways people can get ready to start investing, even when they don’t feel ready.

We all know the share market comes with risks, and it can be volatile. Since 1990, the US share market has taken a 10% or more hit on a dozen occasions. We’re taking a look at how we manage our emotions through times of market volatility, with a few practical investing strategies to help keep them in check.

When he’s not helping businesses boost their user experience, Wellington’s Nathan Barker will most likely be found snowboarding, yarning about snowboarding clutching a fresh ale, or recovering from either in his sweet hammock.

To celebrate the recent addition of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) to Hatch, we’re looking at some of the wisest words from CEO and investing legend Warren Buffett.

It’s no surprise that according to Bloomberg, traders everywhere have a fixation on Trump’s tweets. But do they actually have an impact on the way in which we choose which shares to invest in?

Dylan is a 29-year-old developer working for Hatch. He’s a Kapiti Coast local and creative at heart.

It’s not every day that a share that costs over $330,000 is rolled onto Hatch. Say hello to the most expensive publicly traded stock of all time.

Tom Hartmann Managing Editor from Sorted shares a few key tips to help you prioritise and get ahead financially.