Q&A: Margin loans, using DRPs and is broker data good?
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Property investors often talk about using debt to build wealth. In the share market, that's called gearing. With the BetaShares WealthBuilder range, investors can access moderate gearing into shares, and with the newly launched GG-BL, That means exposure to a diversified portfolio of around 1,300 global companies excluding Australia, all with no loan applications, credit checks, or margin calls. Gearing magnifies both gains and losses, so it's only suitable for investors with a very high tolerance for risk. You can learn more about the WealthBuilder range of ETFs at the BetaShares website. And don't forget to read the PDS and TMD to decide if it's right for you. BetaShares Capital Limited is the issuer.
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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. Welcome to this episode of the Australian Finance Podcast. Kate, it's always a pleasure to be with you. Wonderful to be back, Owen, and recording in person. What a positive start to this episode, I might add. That was very, like we came out of the blocks, very positive, lots of energy.
I mean, I've only had one coffee, but I'm feeling it.
Yeah, you're feeling it. It's good. It's because it's a Q&A episode. This is where we take your questions, we try and answer them, and we have a bit of fun doing so. So if you ever want to ask a question, Kate, where can people find us?
I'd love you to send your questions to our podcast inbox, podcast, podcast, I can't even speak this morning, at rask.com.au. We can't answer everyone's emails, but I do look at them all and our team does. So we'll pick the best ones and the most interesting ones and the ones we haven't covered before and pop them in the Q&A or you turn them into a future episode.
Yeah, that's it. We love to hear from you. Honestly, we love, even if you don't have a question, you just want to send us some feedback or whatever, we'd love to hear from you. The other way you can get in touch and you can actually get help quicker is by going to the Rask Australia Facebook group. There's a link in the show notes. And what you can do there is you can hear from others in the community who have similar questions that are on a similar journey. It's actually a really positive community. There's no, you know, hey, what do you think of this stock? It's all like, hey, I'm thinking, I'm going through this. You go to Twitter. Twitter for that, Owen. Yeah, follow us on Twitter for that maybe. But for Facebook, it's a great resource for asking questions and getting some feedback.
So we're going to answer some questions. We're going to talk about margin loans. We're going to talk about brokerage, analyst reports, and all different types of stuff in this episode. But it's always important to remember that anything that we answer in this episode is limited to general financial information only. We do not take into account your personal needs, goals, or objectives. So that means it's not personal advice. It's not specific to you. If you want that advice, please seek the counsel of a financial professional, aka a financial advisor.
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