Jess has officially started investing! After months of setting goals, learning the ropes and building confidence- she’s finally started a portfolio of well diversified index ETFs.

But now she’s wondering…what’s next?

Should she look at buying stocks too? Thematic ETFs? Once you've got your foundation in place, how do you build upon it without turning your portfolio into a random collection of ideas you heard online?

So Jess sat down with Host and Financial Advisor at Rask, Gemma Mitchell, to find out about the core-satellite approach to investing. And it might just be the perfect way to keep on track with her goals and have fun with her portfolio at the same time.

Plus she speaks to community member Alex about how he took things up a notch after setting up a very similar ETF portfolio to Jess.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:22 What is portfolio construction?

00:05:23 Core vs satellite explained

00:07:36 What can go in a satellite

00:10:01 Fitting a satellite into your DCA strategy

00:14:43 Why we get bored of passive investing

00:16:22 How much is too much satellite?

00:19:27 Using bonuses for satellite buys

00:21:53 Alex's story: building beyond the core

00:25:00 Alex's three satellite buckets

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