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Shorting enables investors to bet against the share markets

Can I short shares through Hatch?

If a company you've invested in gets delisted from the NYSE or Nasdaq

What happens to my shares if a company I've invested in gets delisted from the NYSE or Nasdaq?

Circuit breakers temporarily halt trading when share prices hit predefined levels.

Why do the US share markets halt trading?

You aren't allowed to have two pending orders to sell the same shares

Can I place two sell orders for the same shares?

The company or ETF first needs to meet our brokers requirements!

Why aren't some companies or ETFs listed?

When browsing for investments, Hatch offers some handy filters to aid you in narrowing your search. Read on for more details about our filter types.

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We’re moving away from the Money Market Fund

Changes to uninvested funds

ETF alternatives to money market funds

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Investing jargon and general investing questions covered

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Buy and sell shares as soon as possible at the best available price

What is a market order?

Limit orders allow you to set the price you want to buy or sell shares for

What's a limit order?

Orders can be automatically cancelled or rejected for a few reasons - you won’t be charged any fees if your order isn’t filled!

Why was my order cancelled or rejected?

Market orders are the fastest and easiest way to buy and sell, limit orders let you control the price

What's the difference between a market order and a limit order?

How to buy shares if you're anticipating an increase in price

What are stop-buy orders?

Stop-buy orders help you buy shares are prices rise

Why use stop-buy orders?

How to sell shares if you're anticipating a drop in price

What are stop-loss orders?

Stop-losses can help you protect your profits and reduce your losses

Why use stop-loss orders?

We look at the implications of using these two different order types

What's the difference between limit orders and stop-loss/stop-buy orders?

Types of orders

An IPO is the process where a company creates new shares which are then listed on the share markets to raise money

What is an IPO?

SPACs were Wall Street's hottest trend in 2020 delivering newly listed companies into investor's pockets.

What is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)?

Initial public offerings (IPOs)

Auto-investing can take time and effort out of building your portfolio.

What is auto-investing?

You control the fees you pay with auto-invest

What are the fees for auto-investing?

You can choose for it to repeat weekly, fortnightly, 4 weekly, monthly, or quarterly

How often do auto-investments get placed?

You need to keep enough in your account to cover any orders you have scheduled.

Is my available balance set aside to ensure my auto-investment goes through?

If there isn't enough money in your Hatch account for an auto-investment, it will be skipped.

What happens if my balance is less than what I need for my next auto-investment?

Nope! You can set up as many auto-investments as you like.

Is there a restriction on how many auto-investments I can have?

It’ll get placed when the markets next open, at the opening share price

What happens if I have an auto-investment scheduled to be placed on a day the share markets are closed?

Auto-investing

What is dollar-based investing?

Fractional shares are portions of a whole share of a company or ETF

What’s a fractional share?

Yes. You receive a dividend payment based on the fraction of the share that you own.

Do I receive dividends on fractional shares?

Your full shares have voting rights, so you can have your say

Do I get voting rights on my shares?

Why is my fractional order total different to what I expected?

Fractional shares/dollar based investing

Warrants are a security issued by a company, and you can sell them through Hatch

What are warrants and how do they work on Hatch?

ETFs allow investors to buy a basket of shares in a single order.

What is an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund)?

Basically, liquidity refers to how frequently shares in a company or ETF are traded

What does "liquid" mean?

How to get the best deal when you can't see the future

What is dollar-cost averaging?

What’s the difference between Berkshire Hathaway Class A and Class B shares?

Also called a short ETF or bear ETF, an inverse ETF is designed to go up in value when its target market goes down

Investing in Inverse ETFs

Investing jargon explained

A dividend is a way companies choose to share profits with their shareholders - not all companies pay dividends

What’s a dividend?

Companies can choose to pay dividends every quarter or annually

How do dividends get paid out?

Dividends

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