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Currency hedging: should you protect your overseas investments?

Category: Business
Duration: 00:44:55
Publish Date: 2025-07-21 05:00:00
Description:

 In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Owen Rask and Cameron Gleeson from Betashares dive into the world of currency hedging. If you invest in global markets — especially US stocks — you need to understand how foreign exchange (FX) movements can significantly impact your returns.

Cameron breaks down:

– What currency hedging means

– How the AUD/USD exchange rate affects your portfolio

– The difference between hedged and unhedged ETFs

– Why hedging can reduce volatility and risk

– How long-term investors should think about hedging

This episode will help you make more informed decisions with your overseas investments. If you’ve ever owned ETFs like NDQ, IVV, or VGS — this episode is for you!

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Topics Covered

– What is currency hedging?

– How the AUD/USD exchange rate affects returns

– Hedged vs unhedged ETF examples (NDQ vs HNDQ)

– When hedging helps (and when it doesn’t)

– What investors can learn from history (2001–2007)

– Why your time horizon matters

– A simple strategy using 30–35% hedging

– TOFA tax rules and why they matter

– How Betashares ETFs handle hedging and tax efficiently

– What to do if you’ve only ever invested unhedged

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