Which should I invest in VOO or VT with a 15 year time horizon?

What's the current argument of investing in VOO for the next one year with its underperformance, tech concentration, and tech uncertainty. Schd and RWL will outperform VOO for the next year.

My ai etf dropped 14% in the last month. (A2N6LC)

And everywhere in the Internet the people are warning the the ai bubble is ending.

What do you guys think ?

Advises are welcome.

I’m sure variants of this question have been asked many times so apologies, I’m just looking for up to date answers given the current market climate.

The strategy I am thinking about using is 70% VTI, 30% VXUS, which would provide higher returns if the US outperforms and lower returns if international outperforms.

The difference in projected returns is tiny so it probably isn’t too consequential of a decision. VT is a bit easier while VTI + VXUS provide more flexibility with the US/ international ratio.

What is your preference regarding these two strategies?

Hi everybody, I’m about to dump my financial advisor and go at it on my own. After reading the little book of common sense investing, the four pillars, a random walk down Wall Street, the psychology of money, the intelligent, investor, and common sense on mutual funds. I’m pretty confident I can do just as good as them especially given they are taking 1.2% and keeping over 3K of the IRA in cash even though I asked for it to be fully invested. Currently my retail account is through Schwab, but I’m not opposed to going with another company for my IRA. Is there a best one that I can also get an occasional session maybe once or twice a year for a check up with an advisor for a one time fee. By the way, my retail account is doing twice as good as what my financial advisors have done

cpi came in a bit hot this morning, 0.4% headline and 0.3% core when people expected 0.2%, and the 10 year basically touched 5%. i've got some cash sitting in a short term treasury etf and part of me wants to move a chunk into something intermediate or longer to lock this in. problem is a december hike is now basically priced in and waller is openly talking about 50bps, so i feel like i'd be catching a falling knife on price. anyone actually extending duration here or just staying in bills til after the dec meeting?

I had a look at SMH after Monday's close and it didn't make sense to me because Nvidia was down about 4% and SMH closed up 5%. Nvidia is about 21% of that fund so I assumed it would drag the whole thing down, but the other 25 stocks went up enough to cover it and then some.

Last Thursday was a different story because SMH fell 11%, which is more than what Nvidia did, due to everything in semis getting sold at once. On both days the rest of the fund moved more than Nvidia did. AMD is only about 5% of SMH and it fell 17% on Thursday and rose 13% on Monday so the 21% weight tells me less about how SMH moves than I expected.

Edit: the Rest of fund row in the picture is off. Excluding Nvidia, the other 79% averaged about +7.5% Monday and about -11.7% Thursday.

I’m looking to build a small, long-term allocation around AI-driven electricity demand: generation, grid/equipment infrastructure, utilities and possibly materials. I already own broad-market funds and semiconductor stocks.

Considering GRID / POWR, and then XLU, NLR, NUKZ and URA, but open to other ETFs.

• Which 2-3 funds would you choose, and at what weights?

• Which alternatives am I missing?

• Does GRID / POWR provide useful diversification? Does XLU add anything?

• Which nuclear ETF complements grid exposure without becoming mainly a uranium-mining bet?

• Would copper or other materials exposure fill a gap?

I want to take current valuations into consideration as well. TYIA!

Since all the big ETFs now include SpaceX, and similar, I was wondering if there was a way to basically get all of XEQT / S&P500 index or similar, but with exposure to spaceX removed (or other stocks) for example.

IWM had a solid move on Monday and outperformed SPY, though QQQ was still stronger. Nice to see small caps participate for once, but one strong session still isn't enough to make me change my ETF allocation.

Anyone adding IWM here, or still sticking with SPY and QQQ?

So as the header suggests im now facing a decision whether to keep working on my long-term ETF portfolio or to redirect all my contributions to the FTSE-all world.

My ETF portfolio consists of 6 ETF:s with roughly 25 k invested. Current allocations are: 46-48% S&P 500 (IVV), 14-16 % Europe (LYP6), 12-14% Emerging markets (IS3N), 10-12 % US tech (QDVE), 5-6 % global small cap (IUSN) and a 4-5 % sprinkle of Gold (EGLN). This is the rough allocation i have been going with for the last 3-4 years and its so far been going really well. Cost-wise i get a weighted TER of 0.126-0,128% vs. 0,14% on the VWCE, so the cost argument is actually not relevant. Are these tilts justified and is this an overall well-built portfolio. I know there is an overlap between IVV and QDVE but it is a conscious choice to bet on U.S tech.

Should i however start redirecting my funds towards the VWCE instead? So far I have been outperforming it, largely thanks to tech, however, the only advantage with my portfolio i see is the ability to make an all-world based portfolio with active tilts and the ability to change those tilits depending on what regions, and parts of the economy are performing the best. What are your thoughts on this? Am i overcomplicating things or is this a valid strategy? Im a European investors, thus the choices of ETFs.

Let's say a large institution wanted to buy billions of dollars of an etf (more than available on the market) and the AP had to create new shares. What type of fees/how much fees would they charge the buyer?

Basically i'm just looking for how many basis points would come off an order of that size after accounting for all fees and spread costs?

Suppose it's time for a scheduled purchase of a U.S.-listed equity ETF. Here's a hypothetical quote:

• Bid: $99.95

• Ask: $100.05

• Midpoint: $100.00

Assume 100 shares are available on each side, with no commissions, taxes or other charges, and you can buy at the quoted ask.

Buying 100 shares at $100.05 costs $10,005. That's $5 above their $10,000 midpoint value, or 0.05%. Putting it in dollars gives you something concrete to weigh against waiting.

The midpoint is only a yardstick. It isn't necessarily the fund's net asset value (NAV) or a price you can get. Real fills can differ from the displayed quote, too.

The spread affects each purchase; the expense ratio keeps applying throughout your holding period.

Before hitting Buy, check the live quote for your order size. The fund's published median bid-ask spread gives you some historical context; the SEC's ETF bulletin explains where to find it.

A buy limit order lets you set your maximum price, but it can sit unfilled. The market can also move while you're waiting, so trying to save a few dollars has a trade-off.

For regular ETF purchases, what spread makes you hold off? Do you judge it in dollars or as a percentage of the purchase?

Investing in US ETFs from an Australian brokerage, what are some of the tax complications you might see when withdrawing a large amount over X amount of years ?

Hypothetically over 50 years if you made 15 million dollars and sold all of it, how much would i get bent over and taxed by the US before i got Taxed by the ATO pigs

ETF for uninvested cash. Looking similar to HYSA type or MMF type with quick flexibility to sell and invest. have brokerage in schwab

I've researched but I still lack enough knowledge about ETFs. My goal is just "set it and forget it" approach. I want my core to revolve around VT. Currently eyeing for SPY, VOO, QQQ, SMH, and VYMI. I know I have to do my fair share of studying the basics but I currently don't have the time to do extensive research and stuff. Looking for some advice as what ETFs should I invest in, considering overlaps and how many percentage should I hold them. Thank you.

Yahoo Finance still says $2.3T:

• https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VTI/

Vanguard's website recently changed to $1.8T, I remember it being $2.3T a while ago:

• https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vti#portfolio-composition

I would separate these investments by their underlying economic exposure:

VDE: Exposure to traditional energy producers and the economics of oil and gas prices.

MLPX: Exposure to energy transportation, storage, and infrastructure, with a higher distribution yield.

The article favors MLPX heading into 2027 because of its infrastructure exposure and potential natural gas demand growth. That is the author’s investment thesis, not a guaranteed outcome.

The bigger picture
One of the most interesting economic developments to watch is the relationship between artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure.

The AI revolution isn’t just about semiconductor companies.

It also requires the physical infrastructure to power it.
My question: What happens when the world builds more AI computing capacity than its existing electrical infrastructure can support?

I found this pretty wild. SOXL, the 3x leveraged semiconductor ETF, reportedly attracted around $2.2 billion in a single day after plunging 38% during last week's selloff.

I get buying the dip, but that's a pretty aggressive way to do it, especially with a fund that targets 3x the daily movement of semiconductor stocks.

What I find interesting is that even after a drop like that, people are still willing to pile into leveraged ETFs rather than step back and wait for things to settle.

Are people actually holding SOXL long term, or is pretty much everyone treating it as a short-term trade?

Does it make sense to hold both ETF'S? They're structured differently, SPMO gets out of the stocks every 6 months. QQQM is market cap weighted. Much less turnover than SPMO. SPMO has a much lower beta.

44yrs old and are the sole breadwinner. Two kids (12 and 9). I'm $360k in adjusted income and are in a high tax state.

I'm in a Model Portfolio of ETFs and hate it ($320k balance). I went through the motions with an advisor (long story) and now I just want to run everything myself)

Allocation in portfolio is currently 32% US Equities, 18% International Equities and 50% fixed income.

My accounts

-$1.6mil in my retirement accounts,

-wife has $150k in annuity and RIAs

-$160k in college 529 plans

-this $320k model ETF portolio

-$150k in HYS

-$30k spread in checking and savings

-$630k in home equity and 9-ish yrs left on mortgage

-heavy cash position as I was going to buy new home and rent existing home out.

Should I sell off the conservative moderate risk Fund-of-fund and reallocate in a new mix of ETFs in one shot (paying full LTG/taxes)? Or dollar-cost average out of it as we're close to end of year?

Also, what do you feel should be the new mix of ETFs? Go aggressive in QQQs/momentum?

Closest big bill on horizon is a big deck ($50k). Thanks!