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Banks are a safe deposit for your money. But with record low interest rates, your money is losing value and is not keeping up with inflation. You need to make your money work for you.

You can start building your share portfolio, one company at a time. You can also start small and add to that holding over time to build up a solid core portfolio.

• In the share market, Small Caps are cheaper and you can buy a meaningful parcel with less cash.

• Over 90% of our small cap stocks had a market price of less than $5 a share when we first recommended them. Over 50% pay dividends too.
• Find out more about small cap investing.

One of the first steps to start building an investment portfolio is choosing an online trading platform and then setting up a trading account. You can use a full-service stockbroker for buying and selling individual stocks or an exchange traded fund but most beginners and active investors now make the trades themselves from their online account on an app on their phone.

CommSec is the market leader. The other giants are Bell Direct, NabTrade, CMC Markets. There are lots of smaller ones too.
Consider the cost of each trade. You can place a trade for as little as $5 depending on the size of your investment.

We really encourage you to follow our plan in our $500 strategy for $99. Or get the first 3-months of the plan, which includes easy steps on how to place a trade in our research starter-pack.

Tip:
When placing a trade you are asked to enter a buying price by $ limit or market.

The ASX historically goes up 9 out of every 10 years.

Investing in shares makes your money work harder for you. It will build wealth while helping you with your financial goals. It is an opportunity to earn a better income and a chance for capital growth. The post Covid world remains uncertain. Think what your future self needs. Then decide if you can afford for your money to sit in the bank? Your investment decisions today can shape your tomorrow.

Be Prepared

Our Best Stocks to Buy Now table in our Small Cap report each week makes it really easy to search and choose which stock to invest in. These are the stocks that our analyst team believe offer the best risk/reward return. The performance from these stocks is exceptional!

All the research is done with easy to read and clear recommendations and potential risks, reviewed and ready for you.

You can either choose a quantity of shares i.e 100 or 1,000 or purchase by amount, i.e $1,000 or $2,500.

It is a personal preference whether you trade shares to the nearest round dollar or by the number of shares, but most fund managers would own a round number of shares rather than a round dollar amount at purchase.