As investors around the world continue to adopt ETFs, there has been an increased focus on the most appropriate way to trade these instruments. We are often asked how one should trade ETFs, and this blog aims to address this – with a very simple rule of thumb to make sure you get what you expect.

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This year’s sky-rocketing Bitcoin price and the fact that, as at the time of writing, Bitcoin’s market cap is over A$130 billion, has brought cryptocurrencies into the public’s consciousness. With Bitcoin’s ultra-high levels of volatility since its inception in 2009 it has truly been a rollercoaster ride! Indeed, there’s not a day that goes by

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The Australian sharemarket has struggled to match the performance of global peers in recent years. While a number of theories have been put forward to explain our relatively poor returns, this note suggests two factors tend to dominate: trends in export commodity prices and the health of the global technology sector.  On this basis, it

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Whilst a number of Australian investors derive the majority of income from their share portfolios from the 20 largest companies on the ASX, there can be significant benefits to diversifying away from these shares and looking at the remaining 180 companies that make up the S&P/ASX 200 Index. Indeed, recent reductions in dividends and the

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Investing success is often not just about picking the right asset class or securities – but also avoiding the poor investments.  In the current global economic environment, out of the world’s major asset classes, it’s hard to go past global bonds as having potentially the lowest likely return over the next year or so. Let

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Another month, another billion dollars… The Australian ETF industry rose to a fresh record high in September after another strong period of growth. Total industry FuM at the month end was $32B, which represented growth of 3.5%, or $1076m. September was the 6th largest month of AuM growth for the industry of all time. While asset

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The political risks in one of Europe’s major economies have lifted in recent weeks, with fears that the Spanish region of Catalonia might elect to become independent. In turn, this could lead to a re-run of wider European break-up fears, with consequent risk for the Euro currency and European equity markets.  Due to the likely

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With the Australian ETF industry recently hitting a record $31B in assets, made up mostly of net new money rather than due to an increase in market value, we are now starting to see a new wave of savvy investors adopting ETFs as core building blocks in their portfolios. For these new investors, or just

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For the second year in a row, BetaShares has been awarded “ETF Manager of the Year” at the 2017 Professional Planner & Zenith Fund Manager Awards. The Awards bring together the acknowledged quality of Zenith’s investment research capabilities with the leading independent publication in the financial planning space to recognise sustained excellence in the area

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Supported by ongoing growth in corporate earnings, global equities powered ahead in September, shaking off concerns surrounding North Korea and higher bond yields.  With growth still solid in the US and improving growth in Japan, Europe and Emerging Markets, the global earnings outlook remains positive. DOWNLOAD THE FULL GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK REPORT NOW  

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