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Hi, I’m fairly new to investing and this is a dumb question but what is the difference when investing in the AU shares vs US shares tab? 
Is it that the AU shares are funds held by brokers in Aus and the US one is US brokers? Is there a better option for an Aus investor? What are the tax implications of investing in US EFTs over Aus ones? 
Thanks, Molly

AU vs US shares

I am looking at transferring some AU shares from Sharesies to Pearler.
Not all of them, just some.
I can’t seem to find Sharesies on your broker list.
Please advise.
Regards
Alicia

Owning AU Shares with Sharesies

Hi, I just started my investment with ASX last month. But I started worrying and wanted to know what’s happened to my shares and it’s value if I suddenly pass away? I’m single mom with 3 children. Thanks

What’s happened to my shares and it’s value if I suddenly die 

Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL:ASX) Share Price | Pearler

IVV.AX was created on 2000-05-15 by iShares. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on large cap equity. The Fund aims to provide investors with the performance of an index, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the performance of large capitalisation US equities.

The iShares S&P 500 ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalisation U.S. equities.

iShares S&P 500 Etf

VDHG.AX was created on 2017-11-20 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on target outcome asset allocation. Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF seeks to track the weighted average return of the various indices of the underlying funds in which it invests, in proportion to the Strategic Asset Allocation, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF seeks to track the weighted average return of the various indices of the underlying funds in which it invests, in proportion to the Strategic Asset Allocation, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) seeks to track the performance of the ASX 300 index before account fees, expenses, and taxes. The index tracks the top 300 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). These are mostly large and established Australian companies. It is a popular choice among passive individual investors who don't have the time or the expertise to actively invest in stocks.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index Etf

Iproperty Group Limited

IPH Limited - Ordinary Fully Paid Deferred Ex Xenith Ip Grp Ltd

IPH Limited

Incitec Pivot Ltd. engages in manufacturing and selling of explosives, fertilisers and industrial chemicals. The company is headquartered in Southbank, Victoria and currently employs 5,822 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2003-07-28. The Company’s segments include Asia Pacific, Americas, and Group eliminations (Group Elim)/Corporate. Its Asia Pacific segments include Fertilisers Asia Pacific (Fertilisers APAC) which manufactures and sells fertilizers in Eastern Australia and the export market; Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific (DNAP) manufactures and sells industrial explosives to the mining industry; Asia Pacific Eliminations (APAC Elim) includes the elimination of sales and profit in stock arising from Fertilisers APAC sales to DNAP. Americas segment includes Dyno Nobel Americas (DNA) which manufactures and sells industrial explosives to the mining, quarrying and construction industries in the Americas and initiating systems to businesses in Australia, Turkey and South Africa. Group Elim includes the elimination of sales and profit in stock arising from intersegment sales.

Incitec Pivot Ltd

Manufacture and distribution of industrial explosives, industrial chemicals and fertilisers, and the provision of related services.

Incitec Pivot Limited

BHP Group Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, production and processing of iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 37,908 full-time employees.  The firm is a producer of commodities, including iron ore, copper, nickel, potash and metallurgical (steelmaking) coal. The company is focused on offering a range of resources, which provides copper for renewable energy; nickel for electric vehicles; potash for sustainable farming, and iron ore and metallurgical coal for the steel needed for global infrastructure and the energy transition. Its segments include Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal. Its Copper segment is engaged in mining of copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, and gold. Its Iron Ore segment is engaged in mining of iron ore. Its Coal segment is engaged in mining of metallurgical coal and energy coal. The firm is also focused on operating Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill, and Carrapateena underground copper-gold mines in South Australia. The firm's operations are situated in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, rest of Asia, North America and South America.

BHP Group Limited (BHP, formerly BHP Billiton Limited) is a diversified natural resources company producing commodities along with substantial interests in oil and gas. BHP's principal business lines are mineral exploration and production, as well as petroleum exploration, production and refining.

BHP Group Limited

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. engages in the development of iron ore deposits. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 11,693 full-time employees.  The firm is transitioning into a global green energy, metals and products company. Its segments include Metals and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI). The Metals segment is engaged in exploration, development, production, processing, sale and transportation of iron ore, and the exploration for other minerals. Fortescue Future Industries segment is involved in undertaking activities in the global development of green electricity, green hydrogen and green ammonia projects. Through its growth project Iron Bridge and its interest in the Belinga Iron Ore Project in Gabon, it is investing in the growth of its iron ore business. Its operations include three mining hubs in the Pilbara, Western Australia, which are connected to its five berth Herb Elliott Port and the Judith Street Harbour towage infrastructure in Port Hedland by approximately 760 kilometers of the heavy haul railway in the world.

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FMG) is an iron ore production and exploration company with assets located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.



Fortescue Metals Group Ltd

Pilbara Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration and evaluation of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 446 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-09-19. The firm is primarily engaged in the exploration, development, and mining of minerals in Australia. Its 100% owned Pilgangoora hard-rock lithium operation is located approximately 120 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region. The operation consists of two processing plants: the Pilgan Plant, located on the northern side of the Pilgangoora area and produces spodumene and tantalite concentrates, and the Ngungaju Plant is located to the south produces spodumene concentrate. The company owns 70% of the Mt Francisco project, which is located 50 km south-west of the Pilgangoora Project and hosts the large occurrence of outcropping pegmatites located nearby to Port Hedland. The company is also pursuing a proposed downstream joint venture (JV) for the development of an approximately 43,000 tons per annum lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) lithium chemical conversion facility in South Korea.

Lithium and tantalum producer and explorer.

Pilbara Minerals Limited

VGS.AX was created on 2014-11-18 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard MSCI International Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

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