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The Real Cost of an ETF is Not the Management Fee

If you were to look through your portfolio, would you know what each of your ETFs was costing you?

Sara Allen

20 Aug 2026

The Risks Hiding in Plain Sight: Five Left-Field Threats That Could Surprise Markets

Most investors are currently focused on the AI trade and the Fed since these are the main consensual drivers of global markets.

Macro ETF All

19 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 10 MIN READ

The Alternatives Showdown: Gold Bullion vs Gold Miners vs Bitcoin. Which ETF Actually Provides Portfolio Protection?

Central banks can’t buy gold fast enough, while gold miners are recovering after a dramatic selloff and Bitcoin, the asset previously regarded as digital gold, is having a miserable year.

ETF Commodities Alternative Investment

17 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

Know Thyself: The Hardest Investment Skill to Master

Ask most investors what determines their long-term returns and they’ll most likely talk about their asset allocation, the way they select their fund managers or their track records at getting macro calls right.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF

10 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Risks Hiding in Plain Sight: Five Left-Field Threats That Could Surprise Markets

Most investors are currently focused on the AI trade and the Fed since these are the main consensual drivers of global markets.

Macro ETF All

19 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 10 MIN READ

The Alternatives Showdown: Gold Bullion vs Gold Miners vs Bitcoin. Which ETF Actually Provides Portfolio Protection?

Central banks can’t buy gold fast enough, while gold miners are recovering after a dramatic selloff and Bitcoin, the asset previously regarded as digital gold, is having a miserable year.

ETF Commodities Alternative Investment

17 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

Know Thyself: The Hardest Investment Skill to Master

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF

10 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Explore 100's of investment opportunities and find your next hidden gem!

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How to Compare Funds Like a Professional Investor

So, your investment plan is ready and assumes you know how to find the best funds and ETFs to execute your plan. But with over 10,000 managed investment products that Australian investors can pick from, seeing the wood for the trees is easier said than done.

Investor Education ETF

9 Apr 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

How to Build a Reliable Income Portfolio

Once upon a time, income investors might simply have used a select group of dividend-paying equities and bonds to cover their needs. Today’s income portfolio looks vastly different – though equities and bonds still play a role. Investors learnt the hard way long ago.

Fixed Interest Managed Fund ETF Investor Education

8 Apr 2026

· Sara Allen

· 8 MIN READ

How Many ETFs Is Too Many? The Diversification vs Dilution Problem

The theory behind diversification makes intuitive sense to most investors: by combining assets that don’t move in perfect synchrony, investors can reduce portfolio volatility without necessarily sacrificing expected returns. This accepted truth reshaped portfolio construction in the twentieth century and continues to underpin institutional allocation frameworks today.

ETF Asset Allocation Investor Education

7 Apr 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Emerging Markets in a Fractured World: Positioning for Returns After the Iran War Shock

Emerging markets (EMs) entered 2026 with strong structural momentum behind them, but the escalation of conflict in Iran has introduced a new layer of geopolitical risk that’s reshaping capital flows, commodity dynamics, and currency regimes.

Macro Managed Fund ETF Investor Education

1 Apr 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Beyond Silicon: Why Photonics Could Become the Next Major Investment Theme

Every technological revolution eventually runs into a physical constraint. For AI, it’s becoming clear that bandwidth and energy are the main barriers the technology needs to navigate. The enormous computing clusters used to train and run modern AI models now consume staggering amounts of electricity and generate unprecedented data traffic between chips, servers and data centres.

Technology ETF Investor Education

18 Mar 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The Smarter Way to Spend Your Portfolio in Retirement

The ‘4% rule’ is one of the more widely quoted guidelines for investors approaching or during retirement. It was originally developed by financial planner William Bengen using historical market simulations which suggested retirees could withdraw 4% p.a. from their portfolios without exhausting their savings over a thirty-year retirement.

Investor Education ETF

16 Mar 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The Shifting World Order & What it Means for Investors

For the longest time global investment markets been defined by the implicit assumption that globalisation, relative geopolitical stability and expanding trade would continue indefinitely. However, that assumption is being tested.

Investor Education Commodities ETF

11 Mar 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Sequencing Risk: Why Average Returns Don’t Matter

Investors are generally taught to focus on average returns as a gauge of investment success. This makes intuitive sense to most. Over the long run, developed market equities have delivered average returns of around 10% p.a. That solid result has reinforced the advice: stay invested, reinvest your dividends and compounding will do the heavy lifting for you.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF

9 Mar 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The Water Is Slowly Warming: Systemic Risks Investors Are Underpricing

Most investors tend to think of systemic risk as something that arrives with a bang, like a banking crisis, a pandemic, or a war. Increasingly, the more realistic systemic dangers are slower to gauge and harder to price. They are an ominous set of interconnected and interacting stresses that have the potential to degrade the very conditions required for markets to compound at all.

ESG Investor Education ETF

4 Mar 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

We Road Test ChatGPT’s Financial Planning Capabilities

One of the great emerging benefits of AI is that it allows self-directed investors to take better control of their financial destinies. With its fast-improving capabilities, valuable financial advice may be available at your fingertips. Or so the theory goes.

Investor Education Technology ETF

2 Mar 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

Passive Is Winning the Flows — But Active May Be Gaining the Edge

Passive investing has reshaped global equity markets over the past decade. Record inflows into low-cost ETFs have led many investors to question whether active management still has a meaningful role.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF

26 Feb 2026

· Jarrad Stuart

· 5 MIN READ

A Young Investor’s Path to Wealth Without Acquiring a Property Empire

There’s a uniquely Australian breed of wealth creator who achieved financial independence before the age of 30 by accumulating a sprawling property portfolio.

Investor Education ETF

25 Feb 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Why investors are allocating more capital to ETFs

In this presentation Marc Jocum from Global X covers: - Migration from high cost to low cost has been the key driver for ETFs. - Benefits of ETFs – liquidity, tax efficiency, transparency. - How ETFs can help with generating passive income for investors. - Green fatigue – declining popularity of ESG investing but still interest in thematic renewable energy plays. - More active ETFs coming to market but not attracting enough investor dollars. - ETF innovation areas such as digital assets, fixed income, thematics and smart beta.

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ETF Articles

The Real Cost of an ETF is Not the Management Fee

The Risks Hiding in Plain Sight: Five Left-Field Threats That Could Surprise Markets

The Alternatives Showdown: Gold Bullion vs Gold Miners vs Bitcoin. Which ETF Actually Provides Portfolio Protection?

Know Thyself: The Hardest Investment Skill to Master

The Risks Hiding in Plain Sight: Five Left-Field Threats That Could Surprise Markets

The Alternatives Showdown: Gold Bullion vs Gold Miners vs Bitcoin. Which ETF Actually Provides Portfolio Protection?

Know Thyself: The Hardest Investment Skill to Master

Explore 100's of investment opportunities and find your next hidden gem!

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How to Compare Funds Like a Professional Investor

How to Build a Reliable Income Portfolio

How Many ETFs Is Too Many? The Diversification vs Dilution Problem

Emerging Markets in a Fractured World: Positioning for Returns After the Iran War Shock

Beyond Silicon: Why Photonics Could Become the Next Major Investment Theme

The Smarter Way to Spend Your Portfolio in Retirement

The Shifting World Order & What it Means for Investors

Sequencing Risk: Why Average Returns Don’t Matter

The Water Is Slowly Warming: Systemic Risks Investors Are Underpricing

We Road Test ChatGPT’s Financial Planning Capabilities

Passive Is Winning the Flows — But Active May Be Gaining the Edge

A Young Investor’s Path to Wealth Without Acquiring a Property Empire

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