Holdover from 2025 (so missing full year 25 data)

In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of a diversified all growth index. In this instance, it's the current target asset allocation of Vanguard's VDAL ETF, which is a newish "all in one" product.

As the most obvious competition is DHHF, we mention the differences in asset allocation and run a comparison on the performance of the historic returns of the asset allocation. We also throw in the VAS/VGS split indices to see how a simpler DIY decision may look.

As mentioned previously, all in one products can be great options for many investors who are getting started, or just want to autopilot their investment journey. They can have some drawbacks, but in this instance we're just looking at the asset allocation, historic asset allocation, and the historic performance.

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In this episode of "What's the Risk", we revisit the topic of ETF overlap. We've looked at it in the past highlighting a combination of several ETFs and how the portfolio construction had a small increase in holdings as we added ETFs, but a larger and larger concentration of its top 10 holdings.

Here we revisit the point of diversification and look at a few globally diversified portfolio options that an investor could use, with a small number of ETFs. We also highlight portfolio concentration isn't always a bad thing if there's a evidence backed purpose behind it, but if it's done unwittingly, an investor may end up with poor results they or portfolio volatility they didn't expect.

We also highlight a tool called ETF Comparer built by a viewer, which is simple and effective in identifying overlaps between two ETFs. https://etfcompare.com.au/

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In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the dilemma the never ending stream of ETF launches poses for investors.

You might have an existing portfolio, but there's suddenly something new in the market that catches your eye. It might have lower fees, it might promise to target a particular theme you're interested in, it might focus on a region or country you don't have exposure to, what do you do?

It's a dilemma that all of us will face from time to time, and with the arrival of Avantis into Australia with AVTG, AVTS & AVTE it poses a question for our advice business because Avantis shares a similar investment philosophy to us and we know the people in that business are very good at what they do.

We go through some of the things that our investment committee looks at, before adding a product to our model portfolios, and maybe that will help you decide whether you need to add a new ETF to your portfolio, or happily continue as you are because it might be a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of Gold since 1970. There are many ways to invest in gold today, physically where you can own it, or have it stored somewhere, or maybe you could mine it in the Yukon, like Tony Beets and Parker Schnabel of Gold Rush fame.

Alternatively there are ETFs in Australia, PMGOLD from the Perth Mint, QAU from Betashares, GOLD from Global X, iShares GLDN, and VanEck's NUGG. All have differences in fees and how they're structured. In the US, the better known ETFs are SPDR's GLD and ishares IAU. We're not looking at products however, simply looking at the Gold price history in USD.

Gold has provided a decent long term return to investor, but it can be sporadic. Historically there have been periods of incredibly strong short term performance before almost going dormant for long periods. Such investments require extreme patience and discipline, however we do find that Gold may be a legitimate portfolio diversifier.

Should you hold Gold in your portfolio? Like anything it comes down to your investment philosophy and can you justify it based on your goals or needs. It's not something to add on a whim, and certainly not just because the media is talking about it when it's hot.

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In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the FTSE All-World Ex US Index. Some people would know the ETFs that seeks to track the performance of this index as Vanguard's VEU in both Australia and the US.

Since it's inception in 2000, this index has struggled over he long term. It almost began with the dotcom bubble bursting, then later in the 2000's saw the global financial crisis, which lingered for a long time in Europe. While its performance has improved, it was then shaded by the strong recovery in US stocks over the past 15 years which has left some investors questioning why invest outside of the US?

In more recent times people have started to question whether the US is the place to be due to several notable reasons, but as we point out, it's best not to over or under allocate based on what you think might happen because you could easily be wrong footed and miss out on returns when they arrive or see a period of underperformance in the areas you over allocate to.

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In this episode of "What's the Risk" we take a look at the Fama French US Small Value Research Index. It is a research index from the Fama/French model that tracks the performance of small-cap stocks with low price-to-book ratios.

While over the long term, the small/value factor has shown outstanding performance, in recent years it has underperformed. Many people have said these factors have had their day, but this isn't the first time small/value has underperformed against larger growth counterparts, and for investors who want to tilt their portfolio to target higher expected returns, this is a lesson in risk. Factors are not going to always perform as you wish, and they have historically required patience and discipline to capture.

The index was created by academics Eugene Fama and Kenneth French and is designed to isolate and measure the "value" and "size" factors in stock market returns.

The Fama French US Small Value Research Index investible index, but the research by Fama and French has, and continues to inform Dimensional Fund Advisors, where Fama and French are board members.

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In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Some people would know ETFs that seeks to track the performance of this index as Blackrock's IEM and Betashares BEMG ETF.

Emerging markets have been much better as of late, and that's attracted the attention of investors again. It wasn't that long ago that emerging markets were significantly punished after Russia invaded Ukraine, and they were in the doldrums for a time after. This highlights some of the risks associated with emerging markets, some countries have governments and leaders that can increase volatility if you overweight them. 

While we're looking at MSCI's index, we do a comparison to FTSE's index which is tracked by Vanguard's VGE in Australia, and look a some of the differences between the two because there are some differences on country inclusions and size inclusions.

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The recent failures of investment schemes First Guardian, Shield Master Fund and Australian Fiduciaries poses some questions about how much investors need to know about investing.

While a person might be educated and have an important career, if you asked them what their investment beliefs were, it might draw a blank. If you have no investment beliefs, how can you spot a fraud or filter the investment products that might be right for you?

With that in mind, we look at the importance of investment beliefs by highlighting the reality that most investment managers have no beliefs either, they are simply offering products for a fee. We also consider other things that people may use to guide their investment decisions, such as religion, if they don't have any investment beliefs.

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In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of a diversified all growth portfolio. In this instance, it's the current target asset allocation of Betashares' DHHF ETF, we also look back some changes in the target asset allocation of Betashares' DHHF that was released in 2019.

All in one products can be great options for many investors who are getting started, or just want to autopilot their investment journey. They can have some drawbacks, but in this instance we're just looking at the asset allocation, historic asset allocation, and the historic performance.

Want to learn more about investing? Get our Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Your-Investment-Philosophy-Protecting-Fraudsters-ebook/dp/B0BCPJ8BGC/

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In this episode of What's the Risk we're joined by the CEO of Dimensional Australia, Bhanu Singh. This is our forth episode with Bhanu as we learn more about the "the biggest fund manager you've never heard of".

In this episode we delve into Dimensional's funds and ETFs in Australia. Firstly, understanding the dual access structure since Dimensional introduced ETFs into Australia in 2023. We then look closer at what Dimensional's Core funds and ETFs are, in terms of weightings and how the portfolios are managed considering profitability, size and value. Bhanu also notes how having different factors within one portfolio such as core can be a good starting point for investors, instead of building a portfolio with separate ETFs and potentially incurring greater costs due to turnover.

The ETFs discussed are DACE, DAVA, DFGH, DGCE, DGSM and DGVA.

Dimensional have a deep research pedigree. Their founders and board members were part of some of the biggest developments in modern finance. David Booth and Rex Sinquefield were part of various groups who developed the first index funds at Wells Fargo and American National Bank, before leaving to start DFA where they then started Dimensional to build the first microcap fund for institutions.

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