ETF Review: Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS)
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What is the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS)?
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This podcast contains general financial advice only. That means it's not specific to you, your needs, goals or objectives. So don't act on the information until you've spoken with your financial advisor. 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 on.
We're in deep. We're talking about the Vanguard VAS ETF, Australian Shares Index Fund ETF. Sounds exciting.
Yes. Well, it's one of the most popular ETFs around.
Some might say the most popular.
The most popular. Well, we've got some stats later that might illuminate that a little bit more.
Yes, popular amongst males and females. Thanks to our partners at Perla, we've got some data on who actually owns this ETF as well. So not just what it is, but who owns it. And we can talk about probably how they're using it.
Yeah. And I guess in this episode, it's just part of our, every month we do a look into a share or an ETF that's popular with our community or requested. We get emails via our podcast at rast.com.au email address. So feel free to send a stock or an ETF our way there that we might be able to have a look in a future episode. So it's not a recommendation. It's just us having a look under the hood about what the ETF is today, how it works, how you might use it in a portfolio, and just even how to buy it and where to find some more resources on it.
Yeah, so we'll give you an intro to the VAS ETF today. And we'll talk about how it's used, how big it is, why it's so popular. And then you can vote also, typically in the Facebook group. You can head to the Rask Australia Facebook group. Last time we did some polling of the community, the community recommended their own companies and ETFs, so much so that they're almost as popular as the ones that we recommended that we take a look at. So if you do want to have your say and you want to give your view on VAS or any of the upcoming episodes that we do, please jump into the Facebook group and say g'day. So today we're gonna do a bit of an intro into VAST, what it does. We're gonna talk about fast facts.
It's important to remember that we are recording this, as he checks his Apple Watch, on the 8th of July, 2022. So some of the things that we talk about today, we're trying, and hopefully the facts and figures are accurate, but they may change. It's important to remember that because if we talk about performance or if we talk about fees, Vanguard is continually lowering fees. If we just talk about anything to do with the fund, it may change in time.
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