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hello all,

I would like to ask for recommendation of etfs. The purpose of this etf is for retirement fund and also university fund for kid in the future. so, the horizon is 10-15 years from now.

I have two in mind now :
- SnP 500 : CSPX.L
- Nasdaq 100 (what is the ticket symbol for Ireland domiciled?)

Thanks for the suggestion!

None of the above. Split your money into equal parts of ark.
Second etf iShares Hang Seng Tech Etf.

You are definitely bullish with ark. I do like ark with their disruptive idea. Where can I track their performance vs indexes?


Thanks for your suggestion. I am still collecting bullet for this portfolio.

Cause their track record speaks. 5 years+ of beating the s&p500? That's good enough for me.

About where to get, don't know. Maybe can do own excel to track performance.

You can compare it using tradingview.

CSPX.L is London exchange right? IIRC, the transaction fee is higher per share.
Try looking for those listen on other exchanges. However, do look at daily transacted value to determine liquidity.
CSPX is iShares. I heard Vanguard's alternative is better.
Example is VUSA.MI which is domiciled in Ireland but traded on Borsa Italiana i.e. Italian stock exchange.

NASDAQ 100 domiciled in Ireland is EQQQ.MI. I hold these.
Do note that NASDAQ100 in theory should give higher returns but is subject to higher volatility.

NASDAQ has outperformed S&P500 in recent years but it did not recover from dot-com bubble until about 16 years later.
Meanwhile, it only took S&P500 6 years to recover (if you include dividends).
To be on the safe route, best is to stick to S&P 500 which has 50+ year track record.

Alternatively, you can keep a 50:50 portfolio and rebalance monthly/yearly.
I would recommend adding some bonds and maintaining 60:40 ratio of S&P500:TLT with quarterly rebalancing.
Adding bonds and rebalancing gives you the benefit of lower risk for the approximately the same return.

Compare here

If im not mistaken arkk does not track any benchmark by choice. But you can compare to tech benchmarks etc:

https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/arkk/performance

Currently invested in VTI and ARKK.

Probably looking to add one of the QQQ(s), thinking of QQQJ, anyone has any views on this or on recommended ETFs?

may i understand why QQQ?
if tech or new economy companies targeted, U may want to revisit Vanguard's ETF - VGT. I think Vanguard itself will explain why i'd prefer VGT to QQQ if i want exposure to a specific pool of tech / new economy companies

note - not a push / recommendation ya, just sharing personal thoughts as i've tech/new econ +properties +value ETFs lined up to shoot at XD

This post has been edited by wongmunkeong: Feb 18 2021, 10:14 AM

I am currently invested in VWRA and bonds too.
Imho 50:50 all world etf and bond should be best risk return... but I overweighted equity a little bit and added some mutual fund for alpha return.

I was looking at VGT as well seeing as the top holdings of VTI and QQQ has a higher similarities compared to that of VGT.

AMZN and TSLA seems to be two heavyweight omitted from VGT as well. Wouldn't be missing TSLA too much since I have ARKK.

That seems to be quite a low risk portfolio.

How long have you been holding them?

VGT does not have Amazon, Facebook, Google and Netflix. I think Vanguard put those companies in another ETFs.

QQQ has all FAANG.

If you are looking for FAANG heavy ETFs, you can look at IGM and IYW.
IGM is interesting because they have something like where they cap max weight to ~8.5%, to avoid those gigantic market cap companies (i.e. Microsoft and Apple) from dominating the holdings.

Although the expense ratio is a bit high. IGM is 0.48% and IYW is 0.44%. Might not be for you.

You're right. Just realised there's a couple more big names left out from VGT.

Expense ratio for IGM and IYW is in fact bit too high for my liking (irony in my having ARKK).

Are you in on IGM/IYW?

Funny thing. I already bought VGT before I had found IGM/IYW. haha.
So, no I don't have IGM or IYW in my portfolio.

VGT is still very good though, very low expense ratio. But looking at its holding, Apple and Microsoft are so overweight that together they are at ~37% of NAV. lol.
Maybe it's not a bad thing. Apple and Microsoft both are very solid companies IMO.

My current portfolio is QQQ, VGT, SOXX, ARKF.

This post has been edited by murzark: Feb 18 2021, 07:14 PM

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Anyone managed to get some last night?

Yeah. But still red overall. My gains built up over late last year is now almost gone.

Same redness for me as well but didn't manage to get.

Hopefully more opportunities arise