![]() What would encourage more women to invest, in your opinion? ![]() Q: Our research shows that men still outnumber women as investors. Because to be honest, if I hadn’t touched my shares, I probably would have ended up doing better. I was number one for a while and then I thought – “It’s not great to be number one because you can only go down!” I started to panic and you have to overcome that. I also learned the importance of not panicking because that’s when you make the worst decisions. In real life, again, instead of leaving my investments hoping they'll eventually go well, I will probably review them regularly – say every six months or a year. Q: What lessons do you think you'll take from the game into real life investment? But maybe I’ll invest in them in a later Game. Not yet, I’m studying them – I think it’s important to research them first. That’s when I realised the importance of paying close attention in the Game, because it’s a very short term timeframe for investing. I tried to regain it but it was really too late. And when I came back to the Game I had lost my position. I tried to stick to it, but then work got demanding for a few weeks and I didn't pay as much attention. Q: Did you persevere with your strategy or change it as the Game progressed? I chose four companies to invest in and tried to stick with them. I focused on shares in medical companies – say those producing vaccines, because I thought they were probably doing well at the moment. So obviously, shares in tourism are not doing so well right now. I tried to pay attention to the news, and invest in areas that appeared to be doing well. ![]() Q: What was your overall strategy for the game? I normally turn this information into a spreadsheet so that I can see that the trends and how these stock have been performing. I really like the charting tools and using the watch list. Q: Did you use any of the tools on the ASX Sharemarket Game platform? One thing I realised is if you want to win the Game, you need to follow the market closely and try to work out what companies are important during the months of the game. I Googled the company to find out more about them – like what areas they are spending in or how relevant their business is at the moment. Q: What research did you do into the shares that you bought? When I saw the Sharemarket Game I thought it was good because of the tools it gives you, like charts, to research companies and I became interested. We had been investing in shares or managed funds, and I wanted to know more about them. I found out about it when my kids started playing the Game at school. Q: What made you decide to play the Sharemarket Game? ![]()
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