Non-advised self-directed SMSF investors looking to invest in overseas technology stocks rely heavily on direct information from exchanged-traded fund (ETF) providers to boost their knowledge, posing an education challenge to issuers, according to BetaShares.

Australia will need to experience a fluctuating market and volatility for SMSFs to construct diversified portfolios, despite the current high use of exchange-traded funds (ETF), according to iShares.

Warren Buffett loves them, and investment magazine Barron’s once said they “probably rank as the most successful financial product of the past two decades”. And while they are being taken up by many SMSFs around the country, there are still a lot of self-directed investors who are yet to embrace their benefits.

The past five years have witnessed one of the greatest ever bull runs on Wall Street, the beating heart of which has been the tech sector.