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Learn · ETFs · 7 modules
ETFs, from the basket to the fees.
7 short modules, 3 minutes each
Basics
If you’ve never bought an ETF- What an ETF isA fund you buy on the share market like a share, holding many investments at once.3 minutes · 3 pages and a questionStart
- The yearly fee, in dollarsThe fee is a share of your balance each year, taken from inside the fund, so no bill ever arrives.3 minutes · 2 pages and a questionStart
- The cost of buying: the spreadThe gap between the price to buy and the price to sell, and what it costs on your amount.3 minutes · 2 pages and a questionStart
Going further
Once you know what an ETF’s fee is- Same market, different feesETFs that buy the same companies can charge very different fees.3 minutes · 2 pages and a questionStart
- Index funds and active fundsFunds that follow a list by a rule, funds whose managers pick, and what each charges.3 minutes · 2 pages and a questionStart
- Hedged and unhedged fundsHow the Australian dollar moves what an overseas fund is worth, and what hedging does about it.3 minutes · 2 pages and a questionStart
- Reading a real ETFThree real ETFs, each showing one thing the modules before taught.3 minutes · 3 pagesStart