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Podcast: Australian Finance Podcast
Episode: BGBL v GGBL, Gearing 101, and debt inside Super
Description: In this Australian Finance Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask chats with Cameron Gleeson, Senior Investment Strategist at Betashares, to break down the concept of gearing using ETFs. Together, they explore:
– What gearing means in a finance and ETF context
– How Betashares Wealth Builder ETFs use leverage
– The difference between moderate gearing (30–40%) and high gearing (50–65%)
– Why gearing can help you outperform over the long term
– Who should (and shouldn’t) consider geared ETFs
– How gearing works inside superannuation
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