Bleep Boop Beep: The great robo-investing debate
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What is robo-advising and how does it work?
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Bleep, bloop, bleep, Kate. Okay. We are talking robo-advice. The great debate amongst you and I, what is a robo-advisor? Is it worth getting one? Who are they? Are they taking over the world? Welcome to this episode of the Australian Finance Podcast.
Yeah, so we got a bit heated in our debate in the office last week about robo-advisors and Owen and I realized we had completely opposite opinions and for very different reasons our opinions were opposite. So we thought it'd be an interesting episode to have a chat about today, just a bit about both sides of the coin. and what they are, different ones available in Australia. We've broken down some fees so we'll give you a few examples of what the cost would be, some of the downsides and what are the other alternatives out there.
And if you like this episode and you like us debating something like this, please let us know because we would love to do more of them because they are a bit of fun and we know that there are many different ways to invest and And no one of us is necessarily going to be right for the other person. We might change each other's minds. But getting to the bottom of this, I think, as with a lot of things in investing, I think we might conclude with you can do both.
Like the good old property and shares debate.
Yeah, just do both. It's the Attila ad. Okay, so bleep, bleep, bleep, robo investing, robo advice. Is there actually a robot sitting behind the keyboard when I go to one of these things?
Yeah, totally. They're just sitting there crunching the numbers. No, really. Robo advice often used interchangeably of robo investing. Essentially, it's a platform where humans are deciding the... At the moment, it's just exchange trader funds making up these portfolios. They'll say, here's five different portfolios. We'll have a conservative, a balanced, a high growth, etc. And humans... usually an investment committee or hopefully someone with some experience will put together these portfolios, maybe five to seven ETFs that give you exposure to Australian companies, Australian property and infrastructure, a bit of overseas property infrastructure plus overseas companies.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is robo-advising and how does it work?
0:00–8:50
2
What are the pros and cons of using a robo-advisor?
8:50–12:35
3
How do robo-advisors determine your investment portfolio?
12:35–21:02
4
What are the costs associated with robo-advising?
21:02–27:02
5
What alternatives exist to robo-advisors for investing?
27:02–37:28
6
How do robo-advisors compare to traditional investing methods?
37:28–41:07
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