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Owen Rascovitch

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2532 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Right, so you don't have to – maybe it's even easier than an ETF.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

You don't have to pick, say, three or four ETFs.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

So we'll get to fees in a minute, but effectively you can invest in shares or whatever, like a diversified portfolio.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

And you just visit one of these robo-advisors and you put in who you are, what you own, your risk profile, you answer some questions and they set up the account for you.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Yep.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

All right.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

And then you can just BPAY money in or is it direct deposit or something like that?

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

So what you mean is that when you're starting out, it's good to just maybe consider handballing some of the responsibility to one of these low-cost providers.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Okay.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

So like if I was, let's bring it home.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

So if I was, if I had no, my investment portfolio was worth zero.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Yeah.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

And I have $2,000 and I want to invest that.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Effectively, these robo-advisors, instead of having to pick individual shares, which I might get wrong because I'm new, and instead of having to pick individual ETFs and go through the rigmarole of opening an account, like a brokerage account...

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

I could – even easier than that, again, I might just be able to put that – I might be able to go to a robo-advisor, which is really just this committee of people that make decisions and then I put in Ant's questions on a website.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Yeah.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

And then I just deposit the money effectively.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

What are we talking about?

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Right.

Australian Finance Podcast
ETFs, Robo Advice, Index Funds & Managed Funds

Okay.