I'm interested and think the AUD/Aussie market risk is worth taking a shot but what do I know. I'm not clear of the impact of commodities/china/aud but if one wants to invest, they would have to catch up on all that.
Anyway, the time to exchange into AUD is not now but near as I looked back their 10 year history
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=SGD&to=AUD&view=10Y
and here their 20 year history
http://www.exfin.com/historical-forex-aud
The time to hit the buy button is when AUD hits below 1. And to be on the safe side, below 0.95. From the chart, it seems AUD has fallen to GFC crisis level and I doubt it will fall much further... My doubt has no basis other than historical price at crisis level.
From what I understand unlike Msia, Australia doesn't suffer from that kind of corruption but rather market forces of commodities. If that's the case and fear is in the market, that's where I like to seek safe big counters to get rewards from.
My primary concern is
1) using SCB or IB because the spread is ridiculous using SCB and I'm already taking a hit the minute I do the exchange using SCB.
2)There is (Always) possibility of catching a falling knife too so DYODD.
3) Another thing I lack here is the knowledge of the Aussie market. From the list given by limster, I don't recognise much if any counter. Is there any Seeking Alpha type of guide to the Aussie market?
Having considered the above 3 concerns, I think I would be better off buying a Ireland domicile USD based Aussie ETF,
https://www.ishares.com/uk/individu...australia-ucits-etf?siteEntryPassthrough=true
Would this be the right one?