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- INVESTING DAVID SWAN

FUELLED by nostalgia – and the potential for big profits – trading cards are making a comeback.

Basketball cards, baseball cards and Pokemon cards are all soaring in market volume and valuations, as millennial investors move to diversify their portfolios and own a piece of their childhood.

Trading cards have been identified as the next biggest investment opportunit­y and are one of the highestper­forming verticals on StockX in Australia, its senior economist Jesse Einhorn says.

StockX launched in Australia five months ago, allowing local users to buy and sell cards on the secondary market.

All four of the StockX indexes – basketball trading

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Rip N’ Collect owners Blake Johnson and Ben Toa with

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