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Owen Raszkiewicz

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Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

And that will come up with a report.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

And it's like a PDF, Neil.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

And you can go in there.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

It's in Excel too.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

And it will show you historical yields of ETFs.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

Now, that's over the last year.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

But the problem is they're not always consistent.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

Sometimes ETFs and managed funds have to pay out income for certain tax reasons.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

Yeah, and you can visit the ETF issuers website for that.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

But the basics, if I could just be so crass, is to say that

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

If you're investing in a blue chip share ETF, so an ETF that invests in the largest Australian shares, you're probably going to get a pretty high income.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

Compare that to something like a small cap ETF or an ETF that invests in international markets where the dividends typically aren't as high, you're not going to get as much income.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

I guess it depends, horses for courses from a portfolio construction, but also what you want that ETF to do.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

For me personally, it's not a major focus, but it's just a bright product of owning some of these really good ETFs in Australian shares.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

The second part of the question though.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

So basically don't just rely on the historical yield.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

Go back a few years.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

That was the first piece of advice.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

The second one is make sure that you understand what you're getting invested in because it's sometimes robbing Peter to pay Paul or in this case robbing Neil to pay Neil.

Australian Finance Podcast
Q&A: Owning 10 ETFs, 263% gains, negative rates & saving cash at uni

And that's often what can happen.