Moomoo's Market Strategist @Jessica Amir recently shared her insights on Australian investing habits & why diversifying your portfolio to include US shares could help you in the long run.
While moomoo traders tend to prefer to invest in US stocks, this differs to the average Aussie population.
Jess says that, “according to the 2023 ASX investor study most Aussies invest here in Australia and only 16% have exposure to direct shares in the US."
If you ...

In short, there are heaps of them, and they all have varying degrees of exposure to US stocks.
The simplest types are ASX ETFs seeking to match the performance of indexes like the S&P 500 or the NASDAQ. Examples include iShares S&P 500 ETF $iShares S&P 500 ETF(IVV.AU)$ and BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF $BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF(NDQ.AU)$ .
Then there are ETFs that have a particular strategy, as well as only investing in US stocks. But you wouldn't know i...

In Australia last week, these were the top 5 most traded stocks:
$BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF(NDQ.AU)$: 86% buy / 14% sell
$BrainChip Holdings Ltd(BRN.AU)$: 59% buy / 41% sell
$BHP Group Ltd(BHP.AU)$: 69% buy / 31% sell
$Pilbara Minerals Ltd(PLS.AU)$: 28% buy / 72% sell
$iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF(IOZ.AU)$: 80% buy / 20% sell
Have you recently traded any of these stocks?

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Discretionary spending is expected to pop this week amid Valentines Day, while credit card debt is already at a record high. It's no surprises that Visa $Visa(V.US)$ . MasterCard $MasterCard(MA.US)$ and American Express $American Express(AXP.US)$ shares are trading at record highs with the trio more profitable than Tesla $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ . Credit and debit cards are just one of the three groups of st...