Show Notes
Why bother owning the ASX50 when it feels like a handful of banks, miners and “corporate zombies”? Today, Vince Scully from Life Sherpa joins me to unpack the real story behind Australia’s large‑cap market and why “US good, Australia bad” is far too simplistic.
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