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What are limit orders and how can you use them on the CMC Invest app?

CMC Invest • 01 Jun 2023

Just like buying goods, investors also have an idea of the price they are willing to buy or sell for an asset. Doing this, however, can be difficult in practice unless you’re spending the day watching the markets.

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How do high interest rates affect you?

CMC Invest • 18 May 2023

What do high interest rates mean for my money? There’s a good chance that question is on your mind.

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CMC Invest – Additional app features – May 2023

CMC Invest • 03 May 2023

The CMC Invest app’s latest features put more information at our customers’ fingertips, allowing you to make informed investment decisions.

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Sustainability data at a glance: Set your ESG preferences to align with your values.

CMC Invest • 03 May 2023

Set which business involvement areas you wish to avoid and at a glance, know if an asset you’re interested in doesn’t meet your values.

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Explaining a ‘core-satellite’ approach to investing

CMC Invest • 18 Apr 2023

Some investors want to build a portfolio for the long term while also taking advantage of shorter-term opportunities they see in the market.

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The pros and cons of dividend investing

CMC Invest • 08 Mar 2023

When you want your portfolio to generate income, dividend-paying stocks seem like a no-brainer. These are assets that can generate stock-market returns while also paying out regular cash distributions. That all sounds pretty good.

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Dividend investing – the basics and jargon busting

CMC Invest • 08 Mar 2023

For many of us with long-term investing plans, finding assets that provide income is appealing. Regular payments generated by the securities we’ve purchased can make it easier to put cash away for 5+ years.

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WATCH: How to navigate investment taxes

CMC Invest • 03 Mar 2023

Everybody knows taxation is inevitable. It should come as no surprise, therefore, to learn that when we invest there are taxes we need to navigate.

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Income vs accumulation ETFs - what's the difference?

CMC Invest • 02 Mar 2023

Often, it’s easy to understand what an ETF is investing in – many have names that reflect the indexes they track or the industry sectors they focus on. Other times, however, there are additional qualifying words that can cause confusion.

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What moves the price of stocks?

CMC Invest • 20 Feb 2023

It’s valuable to understand what forces influence the price of stocks. This way, you’ll know what to expect from your portfolio when market news breaks.

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Getting started with a Flexible Stocks & Shares ISA – common questions and misconceptions

CMC Invest • 14 Feb 2023

If you’re looking to invest in a tax-efficient manner, a Flexible Stocks & Shares ISA is worth exploring.

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Income investing – what strategies generate cash flow?

CMC Invest • 16 Jan 2023

Income investing involves purchasing assets that provide regular cash payments – i.e., income.

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Investment risks you need to know about: Longevity and currency risk

CMC Invest • 07 Dec 2022

When you hear the word ‘risk’ the first thing that springs to mind is usually your investments losing value. In reality, it’s far more nuanced than that.

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What’s a Stocks & Shares ISA and how does it work?

CMC Invest • 29 Nov 2022

Stocks & Shares ISAs allow you to invest a certain amount each year while avoiding charges like capital gains tax.

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Getting started with ETFs – the basics you need to know

CMC Invest • 10 Nov 2022

ETFs allow you to invest in the performance of multiple stocks in a single trade. They are an easy way to diversify what companies your money is exposed to.

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Investment risks you need to know about: Inflation risk and opportunity cost

CMC Invest • 04 Nov 2022

When you hear the word ‘risk’ the first thing that springs to mind is usually your investments losing value. In reality, it’s far more nuanced than that.

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Investment risks you need to know about: Systematic and non-systematic risk

CMC Invest • 01 Nov 2022

When you hear the word ‘risk’ the first thing that springs to mind is usually your investments losing value. In reality, it’s far more nuanced than that

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What investment fees do I need to know about… and how can I avoid them?

CMC Invest • 10 Oct 2022

Watch our video and understand if you’re investing in the stock market, the chances are that you want to make money, not lose it. There are investment fees you need to be aware of.

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Investing? Saving? What’s the difference?

CMC Invest • 07 Oct 2022

Terms like ‘investing’ and ‘saving’ are often used interchangeably. They shouldn’t be. There are key differences between the two.

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Why compounding is magic for your investments

CMC Invest • 06 Oct 2022

What exactly is compound interest and how can the rest of us benefit from it? Here, we explain all.

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The pros and cons of passive investing

CMC Invest • 30 Sep 2022

Passive investing is often framed as a strategy that’s focused on buying and holding low-cost index funds/ETFs or assets like stocks and real estate for the long term.

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