Buy Hold Sell: 6 giant ETFs rated (VAS, QUAL, NDQ plus more)

Size isn't everything...or is it? Australia's ETF industry continues to break records, with $6.8 billion pouring in during July alone and the momentum shows no sign of slowing down.  The Betashares Australian ETF Review for the previous month notes that flows into international equities led the charge, and that income, in particular, remained a strong theme for ETF investors.  With recent tax reforms and a softening property market, it seems no surprise that flows into fixed income and equity- income ETFs combined reached a new record.  But bigger doesn't always mean better, and just because a product is popular, it doesn't necessarily mean it's right for your portfolio.  As both our guests call out in this episode, does it actually do what it says on the tin? And are you doubling up on the same stocks across multiple ETFs without realising it? With some of the largest funds heavily concentrated in a handful of the same names, how much diversification are you actually getting? In this episode of Buy Hold Sell, Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners and Andrew Wielandt from DP Wealth Advisory put the six largest ETFs on the ASX across different asset classes to the test. This episode was filmed Friday, 14th August 2026.