Trading v Investing: How To Buy Shares in Australia Without Losing It All
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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.
Here's something worth knowing if you've been meaning to make the switch to a better broker. To celebrate their fifth birthday, Perla are offering three free trades a month for five months if you transfer your portfolio across with a minimum of $1,000. For anyone investing regularly, that's meaningful savings on brokerage that can stay invested instead. Perla is chess-sponsored, built specifically for long-term investors, and now has over $3 billion invested on the platform. If you've been with a platform that doesn't quite fit your strategy anymore, it might be time to take a look. You'll find all of the details at perla.com slash LP slash Rask. That's perla.com slash LP slash Rask. Thanks for tuning in to today's podcast.
Please remember that all of the information in this podcast episode is limited to general information only. That means the information is not specific to you, your needs, goals, or objectives. So you should seek the advice of a licensed and trusted financial professional before acting on the information. And before you acquire or apply for a financial product, please read the PDS or product disclosure statement, which should be available on the issuer's website. Lastly, please keep in mind that past performance is not indicative of future performance. In this episode of the Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and I are tackling the big issue, trading versus investing. Kate and I talk about the different types of traders and what it means to be a trader versus what it means to be an investor.
We've drawn some recent studies and we dig into some of the latest announcements from the Australian Finance Regulator. who is a little bit concerned about all of the advertising and the trading strategies that are being marketed to consumers and investors just like us. This is a pretty passionate episode and I get pretty wound up about this type of thing, so you'll have to forgive me if I come across quite opinionated, but Kate kind of calms me down and brings some sense to the conversation. I hope you enjoy this episode of the Australian Finance Podcast. Kate, welcome to this episode of the Australian Finance Podcast. How are you going?
Good, thanks, Owen. Good to be back. Another week and lots of exciting things have been happening in the share market in the last week since we've last chatted.
Haven't they just? And in our industry, more broadly, as people can imagine, probably seeing the title of this episode and clicking on it, it's going to be a fun one. I think you and I will both have a bit of fun with this one. This... Episode has been brought about as a result of a few things, which you'll get to in just a moment. But I guess one of the things that I want to talk to is just Janish who reached out to us on Twitter and said, Hey guys, loving the show. Could you please go over the pros and cons of short-term share trading with less than one year of holding? thanks. I said, yeah, sure, let's do it. And I guess there are all different types of share trading strategies. There are different.
So we're talking about trading as opposed to investing. We're going to get to the differences of those. But Kate, one of the most popular things that people do when they're a trader is they use something called a CFD. We've done a full episode on this or just about. Can you explain what a CFD is and why this is really important right now?
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