5 things you should know about fees

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3 February 2021 Hi everyone, In this week's Smart Investing, we discuss the five things you should know about fees before you invest in ETFs. Vanguard Senior Personal Finance Writer Tony Kaye also explains why diversification is crucial to managing investment risk. Lastly, Vanguard Chief Investment Officer Greg Davis comments on recent market events and why it's important to always take a long-term approach to investing. Regards, Robin Bowerman Head of Corporate Affairs Vanguard Australia

5 things you should know about fees By: Robin Bowerman Vanguard's founder Jack Bogle once said: "common sense tells us that performance comes and goes, but costs go on forever." Here are five things you should know about fees before you invest in ETFs. Read more

How to pass the diversification test By: Tony Kaye Diversification, spreading your money across a range of different assets rather than putting it all into one place, is one of the core principles of investment risk management. That's because investment returns from different assets are never consistent. Read more

When stocks get ahead of fundamentals By: Greg Davis Recent market events underscore the importance of a long-term approach to investing. Read more

VANGUARD IN THE NEWS Why I like the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF (ASX:VTS) Jaz Harrison | Best ETFs | 1 Feb 2021 VTS is one of the biggest ETFs on the ASX and is just over $2 billion in size. It's a popular option for Aussie investors. The concept of this ETF is that it gives exposure to a large part of the US market, particularly some of the largest companies in the world which are listed in the US. To read more, please visit the Best ETFs website. Please note the link above will show a copy of the article (where freely available), or the publisher's website if a subscription is required.

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The real value of advice By: Robin Bowerman The right words of advice - whether it be from friends or family, business mentor, sports coach - can have lasting impact on the way we lead our lives, manage our businesses. The same holds true for financial advice. Read more

Investors take ETF holdings to a record high By: Tony Kaye Australian investors were very much part of the extraordinary ETFs global money flow in 2020, collectively investing around $21 billion into ETFs and lifting the total value of listed fund assets here to more than $94 billion. Read more

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