BBJP

MizDiana

S&P didn't do that well, if you measure in euro. In fact, it was flat. Me, I went full Sell America in Jan. 2025 & moved my portfolio into various country & region ETFs (VGK, EWP, BBJP, EWY, etc.). I had a 40% return in 2025, measured in dollars. Measure in euros, of course, and the return isn't so eye-popping. But a good year, nonetheless. AND I considered it less risky than chilling with an ETF linked to a US index. Most would disagree with me on that risk estimate. My analysis for 20 years has been that the rest of the world's valuations made sense, and were even a little discounted. But I didn't follow up on that, and stayed invested in the US, because I believed in American Exceptionalism when it came to market psychology & global capital flows. I believe the era of American Exceptionalism ended (or at least started a multi-year hiatus) in Jan. 2025, and the traditional "US indexes are the safe investment" went out the window for me with American Exceptionalism. Now I have a relatively conservative, safe, and diversified portfolio EXCEPT that it is all international. But, of course, no guarantees.

MizDiana

Diversified. (A single company being 10% or less of your portfolio, or an ETF with broad holdings. This includes similar investments. I.E. holding two computer memory-producing companies are not diversified. You can see them as sharing the same risk profile.) No known volatility. (Commodities, penny stocks are volatile. Foreign bonds issued by a country or company at significant risk of default are volatile.) Not located in a likely war zone. Not dependent on political support. Not heavily taxed. (I.E. Real Estate held in jurisdictions with a large annual property tax. That CAN be okay, but only if you have good reason to believe in long-term appreciation of the real restate and/or it earns rent.) Not easily stolen (this rules out physical metals & crypto). Actors more powerful than you also have a significant interest, providing a protective force against malign actors. (Basically, would screwing you over on your investment also screw over politically powerful rich people - not individual power but class power? If so, the power of those rich people will help you. For example, it is highly unlikely that - even under Trump - the USA would default on its debt obligations. Why? Instant political death for anyone who does so because soooo many rich Americans hold bonds.) Increasingly, I like geographic diversification as well. (So many investors are 100% invested in U.S. stocks, for example.) A good portion of my portfolio is quite safe by these standards (BBJP, EWY, VGK). A good portion of my portfolio is NOT safe by these standards. But I don't expect it to be & I more regularly check how those non-safe assets are doing. All that said, no investment is a guarantee. Intel, for example, used to be thought of as a rock-solid blue chip super-safe performer. It is down 20% over the last 5 years & is now pretty volatile and exposed to a government-held stake.

Retropixl

I think Japan is a pretty good place to park your money right now. Their markets are still quite underpriced and there’s some great high quality companies there. BBJP is a good etf with a reasonable expense ratio.

BugStock

Ur telling me I can get calls on Japanese bodega store clerks with BBJP? Im in

GlobalGoldMan

Sold some GLD, bought more VOO, DAX, BBJP.

turtleinawholeshell

Yea jp Morgan has one plus a few others. DWJ, BBJP, FFJP

HiTodoroki

Newbie young investor. What’s up with number 7, BBJP? Why would one hold so much in a Japanese index fund?

CatastrophicLeaker

It means nothing. BBJP major holdings are Toyota, Sony, Nintendo, nothing has changed.