About this episode

The episode compares the investment potential of vintage Pokemon cards against Bitcoin, gold, and the ASX over the past 25 years.

Pokemon cards are being treated as a serious investment by some Aussies right now, with collectors sitting on multi-million dollar portfolios. But do the numbers actually stack up as a solid investment? Jase has run the comparison of investing $10k in a vintage Pokemon collection against the ASX, gold and Bitcoin over the last 25 years.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick Reilly, Jason Robinson

Topics covered

• investment comparison
• Pokemon cards
• Bitcoin
• gold
• ASX
• collectibles
• financial analysis

Keywords

• Pokemon cards
• Bitcoin
• gold
• ASX
• investment
• collectibles
• financial comparison
• vintage
• portfolio
• Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ASX

Products: Pokemon cards, Bitcoin, gold

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