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Why Advice?

by Mancell Financial Group

'Why Advice?' is an ongoing podcast featuring stories of timeless investment lessons. https://www.mfg.com.au/ This podcast is for informational purposes only and the information contained is of a general nature and may not be relevant to your particular circumstances. The circumstances of each investor are different, and you should seek advice from a professional financial adviser who can consider if particular strategies and products are right for you. In all instances where information is based on historical performance, it is important to understand this is not a reliable indicator of future performance. You should not rely on any material on this podcast to make investment decisions and should seek professional advice. Mancell Financial Group is an Authorised Representative No. 226266 and Credit Representative No. 403187 of FYG Planners Pty Ltd, AFSL/ACL No. 224543. ABN

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Episodes

  1. Fama/French Australia Value Index

    In this episode of "What's the Risk" we take a look at the Fama French Australia Value Research Index. It is a research index from the Fama French model that tracks the performance of stocks with low price-to-book ratios. This index has data going back to 1975, so it's a valuable data set to...

  2. S&P 500 Equal Weight Index QUS?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the S&P 500 Equal Weight NR Index AUD, which some investors may know is tracked by Betashares QUS ETF. Equal weight indices have become more topical as market cap weighted indices have shown increased…

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  3. MVIS Australia Equal Weight Index MVW?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MVIS Australia Equal Weight Index. Some people would know the ETF that seeks to track the performance of this index as Van Eck's MVW. Equal weight indices have become more topical as market cap weighted…

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  4. Stocks, Oil, Inflation & the 1970's

    In this episode of "What's the Risk", we take a look back at the 1970's. People may or may not know there was an oil embargo in the 1970's and a significant spike in the price of oil. There was also consistently high inflation, and a recession in the early to mid part of the decade. What did that...

  5. Fama French US High Profitability Index

    In this episode of "What's the Risk," we take a look at the Fama French US High Profitability Research Index. While the original Fama-French model focused on three factors, this index emerged from their 2015 research update which expanded the framework to five factors. Fama and French identified...

  6. Fama French US Value Research Index

    In this episode of "What's the Risk" we take a look at the Fama French US Small Value Research Index. It is a research index from the Fama French model that tracks the performance of stocks with low price-to-book ratios. While over the long term, the value factor has shown outstanding…

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  7. Diversified ALL Growth Geared Portfolio GHHF?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at something we get many requests for: how a diversified geared portfolio performs, something akin to Betashares GHHF. There are many limitations in trying to recreate something similar to GHHF over a long period of time with any accuracy, so...

  8. ETF Returns End 2025

    In this episode of “What’s the Risk?” we take a look back on ETF returns for 2025. We’re a little bit late on this one, but it is worth having a look back on the prior year because it can help investors understand the variability of returns in the short run, and put some more context around...

  9. Best VAS/VGS Split? End 2025

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we revisit the various constructions of MSCI World ex Australia Index and the S&P/ASX 300 Index (Total Return), 70/30, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 30/70, and look at their returns end 2025. Our previous video on the same topic was getting a little bit dated, as the...

  10. Diversified All Growth Index VDAL Target Allocation

    Holdover from 2025 (so missing full year 25 data) In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of a diversified all growth index. In this instance, it's the current target asset allocation of Vanguard's VDAL ETF, which is a newish "all in one" product. As the...

  11. Avoiding ETF Overlap

    In this episode of "What's the Risk", we revisit the topic of ETF overlap. We've looked at it in the past highlighting a combination of several ETFs and how the portfolio construction had a small increase in holdings as we added ETFs, but a larger and larger concentration of its top 10 holdings....

  12. Avantis & The New ETF Dilemma AVTG? AVTS? AVTE?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the dilemma the never ending stream of ETF launches poses for investors. You might have an existing portfolio, but there's suddenly something new in the market that catches your eye. It might have lower fees, it might promise to target a...

  13. GOLD Performance GLD? PMGOLD?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of Gold since 1970. There are many ways to invest in gold today, physically where you can own it, or have it stored somewhere, or maybe you could mine it in the Yukon, like Tony Beets and Parker Schnabel of Gold Rush...

  14. FTSE All-World Ex US Index VEU?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the FTSE All-World Ex US Index. Some people would know the ETFs that seeks to track the performance of this index as Vanguard's VEU in both Australia and the US. Since it's inception in 2000, this index has...

  15. Fama French US Small Value Research Index

    In this episode of "What's the Risk" we take a look at the Fama French US Small Value Research Index. It is a research index from the Fama/French model that tracks the performance of small-cap stocks with low price-to-book ratios. While over the long term, the small/value factor has shown...

  16. MSCI Emerging Markets Index BEMG? IEM?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Some people would know ETFs that seeks to track the performance of this index as Blackrock's IEM and Betashares BEMG ETF. Emerging markets have been much better as of late, and...

  17. Why You Need Investment Beliefs

    The recent failures of investment schemes First Guardian, Shield Master Fund and Australian Fiduciaries poses some questions about how much investors need to know about investing. While a person might be educated and have an important career, if you asked them what their investment beliefs were…

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  18. Diversified All Growth DHHF?

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of a diversified all growth portfolio. In this instance, it's the current target asset allocation of Betashares' DHHF ETF, we also look back some changes in the target asset allocation of Betashares' DHHF that was...

  19. Bhanu Singh: Dimensional ETFs in Australia

    In this episode of What's the Risk we're joined by the CEO of Dimensional Australia, Bhanu Singh. This is our forth episode with Bhanu as we learn more about the "the biggest fund manager you've never heard of". In this episode we delve into Dimensional's funds and ETFs in Australia. Firstly,...

  20. Dimensional Australia CEO Bhanu Singh: The Value of Financial Advice

    In this episode of What's the Risk we're joined by the CEO of Dimensional Australia, Bhanu Singh. This is our third episode with Bhanu as we learn more about the "the biggest fund manager you've never heard of". In this episode we discuss the value of financial advice. Dimensional has long…

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  21. Bhanu Singh: Passive vs Active Investing & Dimensional's Systematic Approach.

    In this episode of What's the Risk we're joined by the CEO of Dimensional Australia Bhanu Singh. This is our second episode with Bhanu as we learn more about the "the biggest fund manager you've never heard of". In this episode we take a look at the intricacies of the active vs passive debate…

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  22. Bhanu Singh DFA Australia CEO: Implementation is in our DNA

    In this episode of What's the Risk we're joined by the CEO of Dimensional Australia Bhanu Singh. Bhanu will be our guest over the next few episodes as we find out a little bit more about "the biggest fund manager you've never heard of". Bhanu has an MBA in analytical finance from the University…

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  23. Rebalancing Your Portfolio: VAS VGS VBND

    In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at rebalancing a portfolio. The various ways it can be done, how we do it at Mancell Financial Group, then we run a portfolio comparison of an annually rebalanced portfolio against a portfolio with the same starting construction, but never...

  24. Diversified High Growth VDHG?

    Watch this episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/zbuajnYk-bE In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of a diversified high growth portfolio. In this instance, it's the current target asset allocation of Vanguard's VDHG ETF, we also look back at the various...

  25. First Guardian, Shield Master Fund Collapse & Protecting Your Super

    Watch this episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/IqU3IVBMoGw The recent failures of investment schemes First Guardian, Shield Master Fund and Australian Fiduciaries has exposed thousands of investors around Australia to something they should never have to experience in modern investing: a...

  26. Retirement Considerations For High Achievers

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/lAyMIF-590M Published July 2025. For the average person, retirement can take a lot of planning and in some cases time to adapt. For high achievers, those who've run successful businesses, or had incredibly demanding careers, the prospect of retirement…

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  27. S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index ISO? SSO?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/4pq9WMwZXTs Published June 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index. Some people would know ETFs that seeks to track the performance of this index as Blackrock's ISO and...

  28. Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex Aus Large & Mid Cap Index BGBL?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/dnx1d6CGA_A Published June 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex Aus Large & Mid Cap Index. Some people would know an ETF that seeks to track the performance of…

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  29. FTSE Australia High Dividend Yield Index VHY?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/iTxOV2dSvkA Published June 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the FTSE Australia High Dividend Yield Index. Some people would know an ETF that seeks to track the performance of this index as…

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  30. Finding Purpose in Retirement

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/POVqfaiQaj8 Published May 2025. Retirement is a common goal. For many of us, we'd all like to hang up the boots or log off at some point. The focus usually turns to money as we progress towards retirement, but there is an overlooked issue that is equally...

  31. How Passive is Your Index Fund?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/p54lPItZSuY Published May 2025. Index funds are great investment tools to pursue your investment goals, especially if you can buy one that covers the global investment opportunity set, but that can be hard to do. We take a look some various quirks around...

  32. My ETFs & Superannuation Are Going Down!

    Watch episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFqe_CH5BU Published March 2025. Market volatility isn't a new thing, it's the price of admission when investing. But every bout of volatility or even a correction may feel different, and incredibly important, but history has shown…

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  33. MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Quality Index QSML?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9LDHCTa4c Published March 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Quality 150 Index. Some people would know an ETF that seeks to track the…

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  34. MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index QUAL?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMkt4febfWg Published February 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index. Some people would know an ETF that seeks to track the performance of this...

  35. Solactive Australia 200 Index A200?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/wrwlOlimcec Published February 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the Solactive Australia 200 Index, which some investors may know is tracked by Betashares A200 ETF. At the end of 2024, the index...

  36. MSCI Russia aka ETF Closure Risk

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/J8wEM-RpxHc Published January 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI Russia Index as a lead into a discussion on what happens when an ETF is closed and doing due diligence on any ETFs an…

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  37. S&P 500 "The Lost Decade"

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/OLbPYJJbVXY Published January 2025. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the performance of the S&P 500 across 2000-2009, which is often regarded as a lost decade due to the negative return the index delivered. In more recent times the...

  38. MSCI Japan Index

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/4WGxBDgr_9I Published December 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI Japan Index (net div, JPY) which tracks the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the Japanese market. Japan's...

  39. Best VAS/VGS Split?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuQanuf95w8 Published December 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at various constructions of MSCI World ex Australia Index and the S&P/ASX 300 Index (Total Return), 70/30, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 30/70. Some people...

  40. Why Shouldn't You Have a Financial Adviser?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/ZXQKdbd05FU Published November 2024. People often ask "do I need a financial adviser?", but there's another question regularly overlooked: are they the type of person who should have a financial adviser? While financial advice can be beneficial for...

  41. CRSP US Total Market Index VTS? VTI?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/ZIcy40f08iI Published November 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index, which represents 100% of the investible US equity market. Investors may be familair with Vanguard's…

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  42. Price Return vs Total Return

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/BWLOwNIEx0w Published November 2024. A common misconception for investors is not being aware of price and total return, along with the difference between the two. In this video we compare two versions of the S&P/ASX 300 Index to see how wide the…

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  43. AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index VAF? IAF?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/tUtvExamIpU Published October 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index. Investors who invest in Australian bonds or fixed interest may know Vanguard's VAF and...

  44. Do You Need An SMSF?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/YThymY30Ghg Published October 2024. The popularity of Self managed super funds or SMSFs continues to grow in Australia, but for all the success stories there are those investors who aren't well informed and lured into an SMSF by promoters who end up...

  45. NASDAQ 100 NDQ? QQQ?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/KqpwCSyzQKE Published October 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the NASDAQ 100 Total Return Index since 1999. A popular index with investors via Invesco's QQQ and Betashares NDQ in Australia due to...

  46. ETF Overlap

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/knR9fCF3RcI Published September 2024. ETFs are easy to get started with, but some investors choose to combine them based on the labels on the outside and not the assets in the inside. They may assume they are diversifying because they’ve added an extra...

  47. FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure Index VBLD?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/DcTPjBovpyg Published September 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure Index. An index comprising infrastructure assets in developed markets. Over the years there…

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  48. Is it Worth Getting Financial Advice? Neighbour Says No!

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/gz54X9j9kDE Published September 2024. Andrew McKimmie of Mancell Financial Group joins this episode of "What's the Risk" to discuss how he recently helped a client who was medically disabled and running out of the money she was living on after a…

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  49. FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index VGE?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/20BVAzSSElo Published August 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index (net divs.) AUD. An index comprising emerging markets across large, medium…

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  50. MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index VISM?

    Watch episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/iBJtKNVkDg4 Published August 2024. In this episode of "What's the Risk?" we take a look at the historic performance of the MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index (net div., AUD), which is an index comprising international small companies. Some investors...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

'Why Advice?' is an ongoing podcast featuring stories of timeless investment lessons.

https://www.mfg.com.au/

This podcast is for informational purposes only and the information contained is of a general nature and may not be relevant to your particular circumstances. The circumstances of each investor are different, and you should seek advice from a professional financial adviser who can consider if particular strategies and products are right for you. In all instances where information is based on historical performance, it is important to understand this is not a reliable indicator of future performance. You should not rely on any material on this podcast to make investment decisions and should seek professional advice.

Mancell Financial Group is an Authorised Representative No. 226266 and Credit Representative No. 403187 of FYG Planners Pty Ltd, AFSL/ACL No. 224543. ABN

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Mancell Financial Group

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