What's better in terms of return and diversification? VTI alone or VOO + VXF?
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>>2667932
not sure, but here's a bump
I just have everything in VTSAX
>>2667932
Probably VTI, just because of its very low expense ratio but I don't know what the rest of your portfoilo looks like. VOO + VXF might work as a better hedge against risk. If the S&P500 is kill, you can sell it and hope VXF does better.
Really though, VTI isn't diversification at all, since one shitty country, sector or whatever can drag the whole ETF down. Sometimes diversification means you can sell off a shitty portion of your portfoilo or take profits if it becames wildly overvalued like tech stocks are now.
If you want to do multiple ETFs, I'd do sector specific ETFs. Utilities, tech, commodities, ect.
If you want my advice, but you probably don't, buy an ETF for Chinese stocks and another for south america or developing nations and wait a few years. Those are oversold/ underinvested. Also with ETFs, always look for whatever has high volume, low expense ratios. Low-volume ETFs get fucked up by arbitrage and while it's subtle and not a huge loss, it's still an inefficiency. Also bid/ask spreads.
>>2668607
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Sorry man lol, I was busy with some stuff. I'm OP, my ID might've changed since I'm on mobile
I appreciate the advice and info, you sound like you really know your shit. I'm going to look into some chinese ETFs too.
I'm a poorfag so I'm only able to build my portfolio like $500-$1000 a month. Which would you recommend focusing on first, market ETFs or sector ETFs?