Why Trade Stock with BBY eBridge Trader

With 22 exchanges at your disposal, the BBY eBridge Trader allows you to globally diversify your existing stock portfolio.

All products traded on BBY eBridge Trader (including Equities and Futures) are Over The Counter (OTC) Derivative Products and are not exchange Traded Products.

Global Diversification

Overseas markets can provide investors with a higher return potential as many overseas economies are growing at a faster rate than the Australian economy. Naturally, the faster the rate of local economic growth, the greater the growth potential is for the companies that operate in those markets. These economies can also experience greater volatility in their share markets.

Geographic Diversification

Geographic diversification means including different countries in your portfolio. By having a global diversified portfolio you can gain exposure to overseas companies and economies with faster growth rates. You can also short companies and countries with slower growth rates via CFDs.

These faster growth rates can be attributed to several factors including:

• a faster rate of population growth
• the transformation of these often less-than-technically-advanced economies into more modern and productive markets
• the widespread adoption of democracy, capitalism, and the rule of law among these nations

Sector Diversification

Sector allocations, as well as global allocations, are important in constructing a global portfolio. Sector analysis examines the world in terms of sectors rather than by regions. As the world converges into one global market, we are witnessing the increasing importance of sectors in global investing.

Stocks are classified by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) to enables market participants to identify and analyse a customized group of companies from a common global standard.

Our free Trading Platform, a good place to start

A good place to start is by registering and downloading a BBY eBridge Trader practice account. This practice account allows you to trade stocks on a fully-functional trading platform, on live stock prices and from a risk-free simulated account that can even be reset if you want to start again from scratch.