Core satellite: The shares investing strategy for those who like to pick winners

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's a shares investing strategy to give you the best of both worlds. Hosted by Frances Cook.<br /><br />Here’s a conflicting issue. History and research shows that the best way for most of us to invest in shares is to invest widely in index funds. <br /><br />It’s not only the easiest, it has the track record to show it’s the best way for the average person to make the most money. <br /><br />However, there are some who just can’t help themselves. <br /><br />Sometimes people are sure they’re on to a winner, or they just find it more interesting to pick and choose what they’re attracted to. <br /><br />At the end of the day, the best way to invest is the way that works for you, which includes needing to keep you interested, and actually investing. <br /><br />So, what do you do if you’re one of those people who likes to pick and choose? <br /><br />For the latest Cooking the Books podcast I talked to Dean Anderson from Kernel.<br /><br />We discussed the core satellite method, how it works, and how you should vet both index funds and individual company investments. <br /><br />If you have a question you'd like answered in a future podcast, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/</a> Instagram here <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/</a> and Twitter here <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/FrancesCook</a>