🌱 ETF investing crash course [ETF mini-series part 1]
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What are ETFs and why are they important for investors?
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You'll find our full disclosure, disclaimer, and link to our financial services guide in the show notes. Kate Campbell, welcome to this episode of the Australian Finance Podcast.
It is wonderful to be back, Owen.
A very special episode today. We are joined by Mini Pizza. Monique, how are you going? Hello. Welcome to the show. We are doing a very special series today, Kate.
Yes, we have decided to put together an ETF investing mini series because many of our listeners have friends and family or they themselves want to invest in ETFs, which are a great tool when people are getting started investing. So we thought we'd put a five part series. So there's going to be one episode every day this week. all about ETF investing. We're going to explain what ETFs are. So if you're wondering WTF right now and you just have no idea what I'm talking about, we're going to explain what ETFs are, how you invest in them, how you research them, how do you actually choose and overcome decision paralysis and make a choice and start investing and what brokerage accounts you need for ETF investing, all that and more.
So you tune in every day this week. We'll be going through everything you need to know about ETF investing. Monique is going to be asking us All the hard questions that you'll be having on your mind because sometimes, Owen and I have been investing in ETFs for quite a while now. So sometimes we forget some of those beginner questions. So we've enlisted Monique's help today.
Monique, you do have one ETF though, right?
I do have one. It's the IOZ.
IOZ, yes.
And that's all I know.
Friend of the show, the IOZ ETF, so it keeps getting brought up. So Kate, we're going to keep these episodes short and punchy. Monique's going to ask some questions.
How do you start investing in ETFs?
And if you are watching, you probably have a slightly better experience in this series because we are going to use some props. If you're listening, that's cool too. We will walk you through those examples and analogies. We are here in the studio filming. So jump onto the YouTube channel Rask and subscribe while you're there. Yes.
If you want a better experience. And we'll also have a free Google Doc, which is an ETF investing checklist that we'll get through later in this week that you can download with also an ETF research activity as well. So jump in the show notes, everything we mentioned and plenty more resources because we have talked about ETFs a lot and we've got a free course and we've got a membership. So we've got heaps of resources there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are ETFs and why are they important for investors?
0:00–3:11
2
How do you start investing in ETFs?
3:11–5:50
3
What are the advantages of using ETFs for diversification?
5:50–7:24
4
What factors should you consider when choosing an ETF?
7:24–9:15
5
How do fees impact your ETF investment returns?
9:15–11:33
6
What are thematic ETFs and how do they differ from traditional ETFs?
11:33–13:19
7
How can you assess the performance of an ETF?
13:19–15:38
8
What are the next steps for effective ETF investing?
15:38–49:21
Speakers
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