| Hedging your investments. Collectable super assets. September economic and markets update. | | View this email online |  |  | Welcome to this week's edition of Smart Investing.
If you're using exchange traded funds to invest in overseas assets, such as U.S. shares or bonds, should you be considering ETF products that hedge your investments to the Australian dollar to remove foreign currency risk?
Vanguard's Chief Investment Officer Asia-Pacific, Duncan Burns, discusses this very common question from investors in our lead article this week. As always, much depends on your overall strategy and appetite for risk.
Our second article looks into the almost $600 million that self managed super funds have invested in assets such as artworks, classic cars, boats, rare coins, and even wine. There are very strict rules around doing this, and the Australian Tax Office is on the lookout for breaches. Vanguard's Senior Personal Finance Writer, Tony Kaye, explains the benefits and risks of holding collectable assets inside an SMSF.
Lastly, our global economics team provides its latest forecasts for interest rates, inflation, employment and financial markets in Australia, the United States, China, the Euro area, the United Kingdom, emerging markets, and Canada.
| | | | | Does currency hedging give an edge? | | The ongoing effect of currency movements on international assets are often overlooked by investors. | | Read article | | | | | | | The benefits and risks of collectable super assets | | While owning collectable and personal use assets inside a SMSF may sound appealing, there's a big catch. | | Read article | | | | | | | Our investment and economic outlook, September 2023 | | Read our region-by-region economic outlook and latest forecasts for investment returns. | | Read article | | | | | | | Moving the dial on affordable financial advice | | It is critical for advice services to reach Australians at a younger stage of life and to take into account an individual's whole of wealth and household retirement picture. | | Read article | | | | | | | Australia's ETFs sector surpasses $150bn in August | | Records were broken once again in August, with more than $2 billion of inflows taking the ETFs sector to a new high. | | Read article | | | | Vanguard and its employees wish to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia where we operate our business. We recognise their connection to the land, water and culture and wish to pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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