We have been working away behind they scenes on an exciting new education offering. This is one of the sections that will be in there that "Tells it as it is" about Exchange Traded Funds. All will be revealed in due course but if you would like to be the first to know then email Katie by clicking here and she will be in touch nearer the time.
Introduction to ETFs Podcast - CLICK HERE
The main podcast below really needs to be listened to with the spreadsheet on ETFs open in front of you. The spreadsheet is available on the link below.
Enjoy!
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SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR ETFS
- VAS - Popular ASX 300 exposure.
- STW - Popular ASX 200 exposure.
- IVV - Tracks S&P 500 index.
- NDQ - Tracks the NASDAQ index.
- IOZ - ASX 200 Accumulation exposure. Any fund manager will tell you, this is hard to beat in a bull market.
- BEAR - Does the opposite of the ASX 200 Accumulation index.
- IOO - Tracks top 100 stocks globally.
- IVE - Tracks Europe.
- ATEC - Tracks the new ASX ALL TECHNOLOGY index - not a lot of interest yet - its new - but now might be the time.
- GOLD - Exposure to the Gold Price although I would prefer to play a gold view through gold stocks - much more bang to the buck. This one will bore you.
Email me with any of your recommendations from personal experience.
Click here for a good website the ASX offer on Exchange Traded Products or on the area that interests you can be accessed below:
Some Member comments:
- Betashares QLTY - Only relatively new so more lightly traded, but growing. Based on an index not a managers brainstorm. The underlying index across quality global companies appears well constructed and details of it are available. Includes large global quality companies (150 stocks) and not just US companies or tech stocks. Performance is very good – midway between NDQ and the S&P500 index funds. Better in my opinion than the much larger global indexed ETFs.
- PMGOLD - I used to own GOLD. It should have a price that is 1/10 of an ounce of gold in A$. But it is always $10 less than this. I changed over to PMGOLD which is priced at exactly 1/100 of an ounce of gold in A$.
- A200 - Consider Betashares A200 compared with IOZ, STW and VAS. Lowest % fee at 0.7% (why pay more for the same thing). Set up so that there are none of those painful W-8BENE forms from the IRS to complete.
- I like MOAT - had a good run up last year. Unhedged so a bit hard to get into at a good price during the sell off, with the Aussie dollar falling as well.
