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Q&A: Retiring without a home, neobanks, ETF ‘L plates’ & choosing a broker

Australian Finance Podcast

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Why Not Bonds?

The rules for retirement and super are a lot more complicated than the stuff we talk about on the podcast. Owen mentioned in the past that he would probably go with something else because of interest rates. So why not bonds? Well, there's your answer because interest rates have gone up. Bonds will start paying more income. That's good. In the future, you'll be getting more what we call coupons. They like dividends every year. But the problem is if you invest in like say the VanguardETFs that are bond ETFs, they're even the most popular bond fund in Australia. You might get some, but it's going to be a very small percentage. When you invest today

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