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(Not investment advice) It is too risky because it's completely reliant on US tech companies. Sure, that has been a major growth driver over the last 10 years, and this portfolio would have done fantastically over that period, but if you're looking for a nine year horizon it's way, way too risky to put all your eggs in one basket. I just checked QQQ and SPY for up to date numbers and a grand total of **87.5% of your portfolio is US tech (incl ETFs)**. Presumably that is also in USD. I guess you are American so that's not too big of an issue but it would be worth diversifying with a bit of foreign currency as well. I don't want to tell you what to do, but I would - when the moment is right for you - downsize some of those individual tech stocks and purchase a couple of ETFs to give you exposure to other markets. I think if you got the tech portion of your portfolio down to 50% then it would be a lot better. Some possible diversification could include: * **LYBK (EURO STOXX Banks EUR - ACC):** this is basically exposure to the European banking system, which is probably going to benefit you since fiscal policy is much more secure in the medium term in Europe vs other places. This is also a growth area with a lot of dividend paying stocks. It is up 45.5% in the last year and 383.99% in the last five years. * **VMID (FTSE 250 GBP - DIST):** this gives you exposure to British mid-caps, which have underperformed in recent years due to political instability, but the UK has 3.5-4 years of stable government ahead and is starting to grow well (2025 Q1: 0.7%+). The pound will benefit from Labour's "Securonomics" fiscal policy that will reduce debt risk. It is up 3.07% in the last year and 35.79% the last five years. * **LCUJ (MSCI Core Japan JPY - ACC)**: with this one you're getting 500 Japanese companies across a diverse range of industries. It is in Japanese Yen which is very weak, and is probably due to cycle stronger in the medium term. That means that it could grow quite a lot even if the companies aren't performing great if you're a USD investor. It is up 6.13% in the last year and 51.74% in the last five years. * **DXS0 (SLI CHF - DIST)**: on this one you get a really nice stable, defensive position. Swiss Franc generally gets stronger in times of unrest. Typically for me this one is low growth but rarely gives me scary swings and is a nice backup to have a small chunk of my portfolio in. It is full of big name Swiss companies that pay decent dividends. It is up 10.59% in the last year and 65.44% in the last five years. But please do your own research, I just think the message is that you need to have even a nice bit of your portfolio that isn't at the whims of some random AI startup in China going global or - god forbid - China moving on Taiwan.
If you're gonna invest defensively, which I would recommend you do, these ones are good picks. The 3 biggest economies, US, EU and China; an All-World fund; and a well balanced bonds fund. A good strategy for defensive investing is not caring about the market -- youre not here to beat the market but to accompany it. Another good strat is dollar cost averaging, to reduce volatility. If youre new Id also very highly recommend that at least you read Benjamin Graham's Intelligent Investor. If youre interested in value investing or defensive investing then you must read it. Also, these specific funds are chosen for europeans, since Im european and use the euro. But you can find counterparts for the dollar, or any other currency. Just remember to be wary of exchange rates and how they can cut your gains away, especially when it comes to bonds. Also always check what commissions youre gonna have to pay when choosing between funds. And remember, the more you trade the more you lose by transfering money back and forth. Know thyself before you know the market and good luck! https://www.ishares.com/de/privatanleger/de/produkte/308751/ishares-msci-china-ucits-etf?switchLocale=y&siteEntryPassthrough=true -- Stocks, ACC, Chinese Market -- 0.28% TER https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/investments/vanguard-ftse-all-world-ucits-etf-usd-accumulating/overview -- Stocks, ACC, All-World -- 0.22% TER https://www.ishares.com/nl/particuliere-belegger/nl/producten/251861/ishares-msci-europe-ucits-etf-acc-fund?switchLocale=y&siteEntryPassthrough=true#/ -- Stocks, ACC, European Market -- 0.12% TER https://www.ishares.com/uk/individual/en/products/251903/ishares-sp-500-eur-hedged-ucits-etf#/ -- Stocks, ACC, US -- 0.2% TER https://www.ishares.com/ch/professionals/en/products/251834/ishares-euro-government-bond-capped-15105yr-ucits-etf-de-fund#/ -- Bonds, DIST -- 0.15% TER
Distoken Acquisition ($DIST) and Youlife F-4 declared effective. Has rights and warrants. Each right converts into 1/10 of a share on the business combination. Each warrant exercisable for 1 share at 11.50.
Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to investing and could use some advice. I recently started investing and put £5,000 into the **Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (DIST)**. I also have some money in a cash ISA as well. With everything going on, especially with the recent Trump-related dip, my investment has taken quite a hit. I'm wondering is it better to **buy the dip** and average down, or should I just hold tight and ride it out? I'm investing for the long term, but seeing these dips is making me a bit nervous. Would love to hear your thoughts on what’s worked best for you in similar situations. Thanks in advance!
Yes, the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) for a normal distribution move within 3σ has a 99.7% probability according to the 68-95-99.7 empirical rule. Of course, if you want accuracy, you can calculate the CDF yourself using excel NORM.S.DIST(3) - NORM.S.DIST(-3) = 0.997300203936… That would mean that the probability of something outside of a 3σ move would be 0.002699796063 * 100. Since you want a positive move only, you have to divide by two, so you’d get a 0.1349898032% chance of making money/breaking even on your calls.
I want to manually distribute my dividends so I’ll be going with DIST
I see, Would you say adding £500 into Vanguard ( DIST ) S&P500 and then £250 a month good ?
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Is there anything wrong with my calculation for expected move as a %? This is my calculation: V\*SQRT((T)/252)) V is the volatility of an ATM call option on the relevant expiration date. T is the time in days before expiration. When necessary, T may be a fraction to represent the time above or below 24 hours that a particular position is being held until expiration. Further, this is what I'm using to calculate the probability of profit: 1-(1 - NORM.DIST(K/J, 0, 1, TRUE) K is the % move until the short call is breached, and J is the expected move as calculated in the previous equation. I'm finding that the values I'm getting for probability of profit are quite high on short calls, and much higher than the probability of profit %s that are shown by robinhood or perhaps optionsprofitcalculator I'm doing these calculations in Google Spreadsheets
The equity 10 year forward return forecast comes from a valuation model. The historical error has a standard deviation of 2% (range is -5% to +6%). The bond 10 year forward return forecast is just the 10 year treasury yield. This forecast has a historical error standard deviation of 1.2% (-3.5% to +3.8%). The expected excess return is the difference between these two forecasts, and the expected standard deviation is the square-root of the sum square standard deviations, sqrt(2.1%^2 + 1.2%^2) = 2.4%. I bump this up to 4% to reduce the "confidence" in the forecast. This also somewhat offsets the fact that the model error has significant autocorrelation. Then I calculate the probability of an forecast excess return actually being greater than 0 subject to a normal distribution of error with 4% standard deviation. Using Excel formulas this would be NORM.DIST(forecast excess return,0,4%,true). The confidence is constant (error standard deviation of 4%) and the probability of positive excess return is a direction function of the level of excess return.
OP the only choice you need to make is accumulating or distributing, if you don't know what that means you need to stop and read up, so not buy something you do not understand. Once you choose ACC or DIST, buy it from your local exchange. From your comments I assume that is the London exchange.
IMO you could make a spreadsheet with the Black-Scholes formula defined at a bunch of strikes and times to expiration, and then graph time decay of different strikes. And also graph theta, and graph theta divided by premium. And that'll answer your question for Black-Scholes. Excel or LibreOffice support the NORM.DIST function that Black-Scholes uses.