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Im pretty sure theres a thread on somersoft called "share trading" or something similar, which you might find more specific responses in

So I had a look at BKI, and it looks pretty good to me ' - MER of 0.16% - this is pretty much the same as VAS - consistently paid a growing dividend - as Falcon said with AFIC, looks like they didn't cut dividends during the GFC - mostly the banks, large caps, with some mid cap picks in...

Thanks equitymate for the LIC suggestions, ill be checking those out. Ill have a look at BKI as well

bump, for anyone who wants to chime in re: WAM and other LICs which differ from the ASX200/AFI/ARG/MLT. Would be considering them for a small segment of my Australian shares allocation

What do you think of WAM as an LIC, Mr Falcon? http://www.wamfunds.com.au/WAM-Capital/Tabs/Performance.aspx My thinking: Pros: - targeting smaller / midcap stocks, which are much less represented in the index / larger LICs weightings - fully franked dividend of over 7% is very high...

So far no one has convinced me not to go in with the platinum fund haha Maybe in the future I'll go 50/50 Platinum and VGS. At least currently, they have extremely different weights anyway

(RE: my question about the platinum asset management funds) I was actually concerned with the key man risk. Kerr Neilson looks like an older chap, I'm not sure how old though. When you say they will be wheeling him out... I take it you mean you think he'll stick around until he's an old fella...

Speaking of outperformance, I looked up Platinum Asset Managements funds recently and was rather wowed: https://www.platinum.com.au/Performance/ I am a younger index investor myself trying to accumulate. I have always been skeptical of managed funds that claim they can outperform the...