Here is your Menu:
- Maximum diversity, level 9000: Burgers/drinks/fries/ketchup, also known as a Target Retirement Date Fund
Mistake 1: You don't need to buy VTI and VOO. VOO is the burger and VTI is the burger/drink; new investors can do with just one.
Mistake 2: You don't need VT and VTI; VT is (roughly speaking) burgers/drink/fries. We're fat enough and don't need another order of burgers/drink.
Mistake 3: You don't need VT and VOO. A burger/drink/fries combo does not need more burgers.
Mistake 4: VT is actually not the same thing as VTI + VXUS; check out the ETF overlap website. VT selects a subset of US stocks, so its really 80% of a burger/drink plus the fries. This is not reflected in Figure 1. The consequences are minimal, though.
Mistake 5: The newbie investor does not need both SPY and VOO. Two burgers is too much!
Mistake 6: The QQQ is the juicy patty inside the burger. We don't need a second burger alongside the isolated juicy patty. So stop recommending QQQ + VTI or QQQ + VOO.
Mistake 7: Ketchup sucks. Throw 'em out. (Okay I'm kidding. Except for anyone under the age of 95.)
What actually does make sense to recommend to the new investor? These are all logical portfolios, albeit some are missing some important parts of the meal.
Revelation 6 : Ok, so tell me how you feel about $QQQE. Don’t hold back.
Rann New OP Revelation 6 : Strong.Cheaper and less risky than QQQ
Revelation 6 Rann New OP : Long term hold? Good returns?
Rann New OP Revelation 6 : Market cap weighted indexes offer a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns, and are a good option for investors who believe in market efficiency. I think you know more about QQQE than me, do you have any good suggestions
Jobertson : Thank you for this much appreciated
Jobertson : @ReidOrtez
Ultratech : i read qqqm is new version of qqq, same thing just slightly lower expense ratio or oneq is same as vti just cheaper...
Old Goat : Thank you , really appreciated this