Best value ETFs.
Now I am in my eighties, I feel I should concentrate on ETFs, advice on the best ETFs I would like to invest in the next few weeks.
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Hi Barbara,
Your timing may turn out to be impeccable, stocks haven’t been this cheap all year! A reminder we provide general advice, not personal, so our response here is on ETFs we like generally.
The popularity of ETFs has soared over the last decade, Australian Traded ETFs surged in 2024 to reach $200 billion, representing a 20-fold increase in market size over the last decade. Globally the numbers are even more dramatic, in the past 12-months, active ETF FUM grew by 52% to reach US$1.03 trillion globally.
- Hence, MM has started dedicating our Friday morning report to ETF’s and now have a Core ETF Portfolio amongst our suite of MM Portfolio’s. This is a balanced approach to investing across our favoured ETF’s to provide a well-structured (balanced) portfolio.
This is a big topic, however the ETFs traded on the ASX we like in a general sense for the broad asset classes are:
- BetaShares Australia 200 ETF (A200): Very low cost (0.04% per annum) way of getting exposure to the largest 200 stocks on the ASX.
- iShares S&P 500 ETF (IVV): Again, very low cost (0.03% per annum) way of getting exposure to the largest 500 stocks on the S&P500 in the US.
- iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF): is a popular bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) composed of Australian investment-grade bonds, providing exposure to the Australian fixed-income market, charging 0.13% per annum.
Hope that helps!
