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Independent ETF Research for Selfwealth Investors

Selfwealth helps you track holdings, benchmark against peers, and execute at flat-fee cost. Cognitor answers what six independent frameworks think about the same US-listed ETF evidence — before you chase last quarter's leaderboard or react to a single macro headline.

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Selfwealth → Cognitor → YouExecution stays at Selfwealth. Research: six Panel lenses, five SENIOR verdicts, PRIME — each week the methodology assesses the macro scenario against the same ~40 curated US-listed ETFs, then the dossier deep-dives those selected for that edition (theses, validations, invalidations)—not a full standalone report on every ticker every Friday.

The Selfwealth research gap

Selfwealth provides portfolio tracking, flat-fee execution, and community comparison tools. It does not run six specialist lenses — macro through market psychology — that analyse the same ETFs independently each week, plus five SENIOR verdict pipelines with visible disagreement, and a PRIME synthesis that maps where the narrative is stable versus under tension.
  • Peer-comparison dashboards show what other Selfwealth investors hold — but not whether the macro, valuation, and geopolitical thesis for those positions is intact. Cognitor provides the latter.
  • SMSF trustees using Selfwealth for execution can treat the Cognitor weekly dossier as structured research documentation for their SIS Act investment strategy review process — general educational content, not AFSL-licensed advice.
  • For US-listed ETF positions on Selfwealth, AUD/USD movement is part of every return: Cognitor's HELIOS and VEGA lenses address the macro and FX conditions that drive that exposure.
Validation mindset — structured research next to your brokerage execution

ETFs in the Cognitor universe

The fixed universe is ~40 curated US-listed ETFs—not the whole market. Each weekly dossier focuses on the subset selected for that week's scenario (deep research with theses, validations, and invalidations). The Panel still grounds the process in the full universe scan. Below are examples Selfwealth investors often hold or can map from their menu; each card opens that ticker's overview page. Inclusion is informational, not a buy or sell recommendation.

SPYUS benchmark — compare peer "US equity" sleeves.QQQUS growth — volatility and earnings tension.GLDGold — portfolio ballast narrative.VWOEM — geographic diversification.VEADeveloped ex-US — international equity context.IEFRates and duration — HELIOS focal point.

Selfwealth investors often hold a blend of ASX-listed ETFs and US-listed names. For the US-listed layer, Cognitor's weekly dossier provides the macro, geopolitical, and valuation backbone. For ASX-listed holdings, map to the closest covered US-listed benchmark for narrative read-through.

How it fits your workflow

  1. Step 1 — Use Selfwealth for execution, CHESS registration, and performance history.
  2. Step 2 — Use Cognitor for forward-looking, multi-lens narrative on covered US-listed tickers.
  3. Step 3 — Document why you changed weights — especially useful for SMSF trustee strategy minutes.
Research at Cognitor, execution at your broker — connected workflow

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Free tier follows the same cadence with delays; Pro unlocks same-week dossiers, briefings, and Mon–Thu daily podcasts. About AU$ 5.95/month with the current offer after a 7-day trial.

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  • Full dossier on a 7-day delay; briefings after 24h vs Pro same-day
  • Great way to explore the Panel → SENIOR → PRIME workflow
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  • Weekly dossier deep-diving the ETFs selected for that week from ~40 US-listed names
  • Same-week briefings and Mon–Thu daily podcasts
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Transparency — research layer only; execution and custody stay at your broker

Common questions

Australian investors: how Cognitor complements Selfwealth without custody or order flow.

  • No. Cognitor is independent research software with no relationship to Selfwealth Limited or any affiliated entity. Your Selfwealth account, CHESS registration, and brokerage relationship remain entirely with Selfwealth.