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My ST Calls today : 11:44 $TMC Now $3.33 $FENG now $1.59 $SNDL now $.91 $EEM $52+
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nice to see someone actually talking about investments on here: EEM (broad emerging markets) EET/EDC (leveraged version, be careful here... does poorly in a flat or down market) ACWX (includes developed markets too, so less risky overall) EEMA (Asia focussed) ILF (South America focussed, probably has a very long runway due to macro political and economic changes. As always, not fa. do your own research
PHYS, EEM, IEFA, VEA, IWM, XLK, XLP, XLV some tech now maybe, in shares
Buy value stonks, $EEM, and gold / commodities.
*grins with donkey teeth* AHAAAHHHH GOT EEM
You could look at low IV ETFs like EEM or XLF that selling a CSP on could net you about 1.1-1.3% per month. Plus what you're getting from SPRXX (or the equivalent MM while your cash is held as collateral) you could hit 16-18% a year all in. If the CSP expires unassigned then you just make the premium and start again. If you get assigned, you've got a little bit lower cost basis than the strike you chose so you can sell immediately or start writing CCs against them. A lot less risk because you don't have IV crushing you out of nowhere. Yes, it's boring but it's the kind of thing that doesn't YOLO $250k off a cliff. I want income off this not insane growth.
I'd say that is a fine approach. However, I will note that $SPY and $VOO are actually basically the same thing (both hold the same underlying companies) so I'd recommend just choosing one of those two just to keep things organized/consolidated. $VOO charges a lower fee, but a lot of people choose $SPY because it has more volume (so a tighter bid-ask spread). If you're planning on holding for a long time $VOO is the better choice. I'd go with 50% $VOO, 20% VT, 20% $VTI, 10% $EEM.
BRO, lol. Those Buttcoiners were all like as soon as it's over the liquidity will begin flowing back to their bags. GOT'EEM! https://preview.redd.it/v0p6h7gd9y1g1.jpeg?width=32&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9234fb370e7e02bb6da9a7615723bc151d7fd20
Emerging Markets are in Bubble territory! no sustainable growth above 2pct + with increasing fiscal deficits and explosive debt dynamics heading to socialism like Brazil (EWZ/EEM)!
If you’re investing for the long term then a simple balanced portfolio of US stocks, developed and emerging markets, and whatever amount of bonds makes sense for your age will do just fine. Throw in 10-15% of gold for more diversification and a hedge against stagflation and you’re good. More tactically and shorter to intermediate term I would consider reducing US exposure slightly and upping your exposure to EFA and EEM. Growth prospects aren’t amazing for some international regions but they’ve underperformed for a long time and capital is starting to flow back to them with US weakness. That means their valuations are still cheap compared to American valuations. They’ll benefit from a weakening USD as well.
You’re about to buy a fund of funds. Each fund inside of the ETF has an expense ratio and then the whole ETF has another one. Although it’s vanguard who is known for its low fees VEQT has 0.24% while SPLG (SP500) is 0.02 I would pick about 3-7 good ETFs and build a quick portfolio. Don’t worry about rebalancing. Although individual stocks are going to out perform its a lot more hands on. If you’re just going to set it and forget it I would do an ETF portfolio and not touch it till you’re 55. SPLG 35% SCHG 25% VIOG 20% IXUS 10% EEM 10% Feel free to swap SCHG for one of the QQQs and SPLG for SPY or VOO if ya like. *Not financial advice, do you’re own research and determine your own long term goals and risk tolerance
gold has so much momentum right now : [https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=GLD&country=us](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=GLD&country=us) corp debt is starting to look weaker : [https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=HYG&country=us](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=HYG&country=us) emerging market is starting to look better : [https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=EEM&country=us](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=EEM&country=us) eem is the trade for October and November
gold has so much momentum right now : [https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=GLD&country=us](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=GLD&country=us) corp debt is starting to look weaker : [https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=HYG&country=us](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=HYG&country=us) emerging market is starting to look better : [https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=EEM&country=us](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=EEM&country=us)
I don't see where OP indicated post-tax, but with that much money and he's probably young, I see how we can infer that he probably hasn't been able to stuff it into IRAs in a short amount of time. But yeah, taxes I tend to forget because 1) most of my money is in tax-free-or-deferred accounts, and 2) I've always felt like if I'm paying the tax man more, it must be because I'm making more money. And to the second point, I think people often overestimate the tax burden when you're talking about greatly-superior gains that something like this could give. On a 1 to 1 comparison, sure, take the tax-preferred approach. But I just typed out for someone here in another thread a PMCC strategy on EEM that projects 26% over the next month from the LEAPS Call, plus another 2% from selling a CC against it. I know 28% in a month sounds crazy to you, but the math is there. But if you will, let's back it down to 'just' 5% per month. 5x down from my projections. My wife and I are in the 24% tax bracket. Would I rather pay: 15% LTCG taxes on the 17% that VOO is putting up for the year past, Or 24% on a 60% gain? (Again, if such a return were even attainable.)
So here's one with Weeklies that I like: **EEM** \- 23.4M volume, good liquidity on its Weekly options It's 'only' done 18% over the last 6 months (that includes LD), but I'm going to use that to prove a point. (And anyway, that's a solid projected 36% apy.) In this thread I don't remember if I've mentioned the PMCC, but those are what I mostly do: Buy a Call at 80-delta at least a year out. Sell a Call at 30-delta a month out. But personally I've backed down to 16-delta for the short because I kept getting run over at higher Deltas. And really, the CC part is just meant to be gravy; if it gets ITM then it caps gains on the long Call, which is the real money-maker. So it's Wed 9/17 and the market is open: **Buy** the Dec 2026 46C at 457DTE and about 80-delta (options are thin, so Deltas are a bit wonky) for **10.75**. **Sell** the 17Oct56C at 17-delta and 30DTE for **0.22**. ROI: 0.22 / 10.75 = 2.0% --> 24% apy if you project Not earth-shattering, but very solid, right? Remember, those are just gravy, a little play money. Let's turn to the long Call: What's its leverage to EEM shares? It's spot, 53.34, divided by the cost of the Call, so: 53.34 / 10.75 = 4.96 But then we have to multiply by Delta, because the Call only moves Delta-percent as much as the shares, so: 0.80 x 4.96 = 3.96 Which means that ***we're getting nearly 4 times leveraged exposure to EEM***. That's important to understand, so re-read through it: Delta x (Spot / Call cost) So what does that mean? It means that if EEM goes up 1%, our long Call goes up 4%, like that. And now finally, this is where we're counting on that momentum to continue: What did EEM do in the past month? 6.7% according to Yahoo Finance. Multiply that by our 3.96 leverage: 26%. *In a month.* So you've got two ROI pieces there: 2%/month from selling CCs, and that should stay pretty constant no matter what EEM does. And a likelihood of 26% month appreciation of the long Call. And heck, if the stock slows down, even half of that from the long Call would be phenomenal. Plus I'd still have that sort of baseline 2%/month coming in. Tell me what you think.
over the past three months i've start putting a lot in EEM, i might also include an all-world one (eem is just emerging markets) to cover my bases!! thanks so much
Michael Oliver taking about long dates calls on EEM and shorting the NASDAQ.
EEM calls for next month are cray
US to get added to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index? EEM calls?
EEM (emerging markets ETF) seems to be having a nice run lately. Up more than QQQ ytd. Good play?
Building Africa exposure is easier if you start with a broad EM ETF that has at least 10-15% Africa, then layer on a couple of liquid JSE names in logistics and agri-processing. The ETF (iShares EEM or Schwab Emerging Markets) gives you instant spread and solves the liquidity issue that kills many direct trades, while the JSE lets you cherry-pick firms like Grindrod or Omnia that will ship or process whatever extra corn and copper leave the continent. Direct ADRs are scarce, so Interactive Brokers’ multi-currency account is almost mandatory; expect wide bid-ask spreads and occasional T-plus-three settlement hiccups. I treat currency risk as a separate line item-hedging half the rand or naira exposure with forwards keeps the ride smoother than relying on tight stop-losses. Macro tells: watch South Africa’s PMI, Kenya’s port throughput stats, and China’s own import data; they spike before earnings do. I screen positions in IBKR, check policy updates on Trading Economics, and Launch Club AI surfaces Reddit chatter that often hints at regulatory moves first. Stay patient, stick to liquid names, hedge the currency, and let the tariff tailwind play out over years, not months.
Conversely, foreign stocks denominated in dollars have done very well. EFA and EEM (or similar) should be in every portfolio.
You can start with $1K but you'll need to trade with small numbers. For example 1 strike wide ETFs like SPY or EEM credit spreads. Small gains but limited losses if the market goes against you. Do you have a trading plan? Have you read/studied any literature about options? E.g. books, exchange publications, online articles from brokers. I, like others, trade SPX options but you can't really do that with $1K.
RSP is up 55% since its pre-pandemic peak vs SPY up 86%. VGK is up only 31% by comparison, EEM up 5%, VXUS up 22%. If you're concerned about the top-heavy nature of the S&P500, equal weight US equities is still probably a better route than diversifying internationally. There is a lot of great companies in the US outside the top 10.
When you exit your global market puts at open on Friday at a slight loss and enter September Calls on emerging and developed markets. I was mad about how the market dropped afterwards since i sold the puts at a slight loss. Now I am omega fucked. Can I recover by September 19th? I have calls on EEM 47 and EFA 88.
I had some long EEM and EFA calls that got hammered on Friday. It may be a while before they catch back up. It’ll depend on how things go in Iran for most of the world tbh. But long term U.S. may not be as hot as international.
I’ve been running Iron Condors for years and keep coming back to the same core group of underlyings. The big ETFs like SPY, QQQ, IWM, and DIA are staples for me. They’re liquid, have tight spreads, and generally trade in ranges that suit condors well. Sometimes I’ll mix in EEM or FXI if I want a bit of international flavor. I’ll also use names like AAPL or MSFT when I want to step outside the indices, but only when there’s no earnings or major catalyst on the horizon. When I’m screening for trades, the first thing I look at is implied volatility. Specifically, I use IV rank and IV percentile. IV rank gives me a sense of where current volatility sits compared to the past year, and IV percentile tells me how it stacks up relative to the most recent data. I’m usually looking for an IV rank north of 30 or so. That’s when the premium starts to get interesting. I’ll also glance at RSI and some basic breadth indicators just to see if the market or the underlying looks stretched. Nothing too fancy there—just enough to get a feel. As for setting the strikes, I keep it pretty simple. I usually sell the short strikes around the 15 to 20 delta. That gives me a decent balance between risk and reward. Wing width depends on how much capital I want to commit and the kind of risk I’m comfortable with, but $5 to $10 wide is typical. I want to collect at least one-third the width of the spread in premium, otherwise it’s usually not worth the risk. Sometimes I’ll skew the strikes a bit if I have a directional opinion or if I need to balance out my overall portfolio delta. I like to open trades about 30 to 45 days out and take them off when I’ve captured around 50 percent of the max profit. I don’t hold to expiration unless I’m trying to squeeze the last bit of value out and the position is safely out-of-the-money. I definitely avoid trading into earnings or big news weeks—there’s just too much risk of a breakout that can blow through both sides. The big thing with Iron Condors, at least in my experience, is that they reward consistency and risk management. It’s not a flashy strategy, but when you respect the probabilities and keep your sizing in check, it can be a great tool for steady income.
This guy bet 100k on Teslur puts  [https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/EEM3TFW1mB](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/EEM3TFW1mB)
Fidelity accounts (like my HSA, IRA, inherited IRA) hold your money in SPAXX money market until you make other investment decisions. If you don't auto-reinvest in your holdings, you can let dividends sit there and they will still earn a bit. Last time I looked about a week ago, the rate of return for SPAXX was still over 4%, which is less than the 5% of maybe six months ago, but currently, and sadly, this return is better than the year-to-date performance of the stocks and funds I was holding. I sold everything I had between 2/14 and 2/26, and I am staying put for now. I had stuff like SPY, VOO, IWR, EEM (some that I inherited), and I see I cut my losses pretty well, because the stuff I sold seems to have on average a year-to-date earnings range of negative 1% up to maybe 3% at the most. It looks like it is going to get worse.
It's rare I hold until expiration. Today I bought back 20 EEM contracts to close for $0.02 even though they expire on Monday. Not taking chances. I've been caught wrong-footed in the past.
$EEM puts for luberation day
Check out the chart of EEM and EFA vs SPY this year. My point is that you don't have to dive in and pick individual Brazilian or Indonesian companies, or decide which German gun maker is going to win. Just buy a basket. It's also a play on the dollar weakening, which seems pretty likely in my view.
EFA and EEM. Keep it simple. We don't know what we don't know about overseas markets, particularly developing markets.
watching EEM put a barstool in my ass 
I am buying puts on emerging market ETFs. Yesterday one popped up on an unusual options activity alert which was very interesting. The particular ticker is EEM. If you go out for example to June 20, the call/put ratio is 3.15, which is extremely bearish. I'm buying puts at a few strikes from April on and looking into some other emerging market ETFs. It's seems obvious now, but I've never paid any attention to these kind of ETFs, aside from holding a small percentage on my 401k. I got out of those completely yesterday though.
*i am redeeeming the cards* DO NOT REDEEM
My bad man haha didn’t mean to ignore ya. I only threw in $200 like a month ago and actually having a killer run to $4000 starting there but it’s risky af to start because you have to start with cheap options that are very close to expiration. XLE has a good options chain and they’re not too expensive. I just looked at them now though and it’s all out of wack. it’s the same thing as XLV and it just gets messed up over the weekend because people take their bids out I guess. But I know during the week there’s solid volume like the first OTM 3/7 call had 180 volume and 466 open interest on Friday whereas XLV closest OTM 3/7 call on Friday was 15 volume, 15 open interest. INTC has reasonably priced options with lots of volume. ARKK has good volume options but they don’t move a ton so I don’t really trade it. TLT has a ton of volume and pretty cheap options. XLF is has a good options chain. EEM looks decent but I’ve never traded it. Most importantly though, don’t risk $1000 if you can’t afford to lose it. All the ones I listed, you should be able to start smaller than that
$EEM has been on a nice grind up. Maybe you’re on to something
EEM: 1-year return: +8% 10-year : +7% From inception (2003): +291% QQQ from 2003: +1,620%
Yes, EEM (the oldest emerging markets ETF) has delivered a solid 8.38% return since inception and is uncorrelated with developed markets. That's a 9% return if you account for the overpriced 0.70% expense ratio that the fund has (you would use VWO or IEMG today which are both under 10 basis points).
EEM has [returned 8.76% since inception on Apr 07, 2003](https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/eem/performance), and that's with a 0.70% expense ratio. The performance is also less correlated with developed markets. I think that's a pretty good result, so yes, I invest in emerging markets.
Gargalon on these nuts!! Ha GOT EEM
You buy puts on EEM for February / March 25, far out of the money, all in at 10-1 ish. This is step 1 to go from 1K to 10K.
its a bit of a tight price range. I ran a scan for you for tickers that meet this criteria and have positive variance risk premium (added a few bucks since a bunch are around $50) XLF JETS EWW INDA EEM also [here's a good way to monetize the vrp for them](https://predictingalpha.com/profitable-option-selling-strategy/) gl!
Generally, you could look at diversify region risk or asset class risk. * There are various international ETFs, like VXUS, which is entire world Index, expect USA. You could also buy country specific ETFs, like MCHI (China) or EEM (Emerging markets), etc. For asset classes: * Bonds (and Bond ETFs) have typically been used to stabilize a portfolio. * Gold is also, supposedly, a good hedge * Foreign currencies (probably risky) * Crypto currencies (probably quite risky) * Real estate and/or REITS * Commodities (metals, oil, etc) You could also invest in your own human labor (ie, getting more skills or education) or start a business. -- This is also interesting, you want something with 0 or negative correlation to SPY: https://www.etfscreen.com/correlation.php
Are these the right stocks I should invest to (considering I have 3000$) **50% in U.S. Broad Market ETFs**: * **Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)**: $1,500 1. **25% in Growth-Oriented ETFs**: * **Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ)**: $750 2. **15% in Sector-Specific ETFs**: * **Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK)**: $450 3. **10% in International Growth ETFs**: * **iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM)**: $300
OK, if you want to sacrifice some of a QQQ position to buy EMs, FRDM is better than EEM. Still looks like Diworsification though.
I think it's a little disingenuous to describe the outperformance as "a bit weak." Since inception, (using [valueinvesting.io's](https://valueinvesting.io/backtest-portfolio) site) it has generated a 9% CAGR vs EEM's 4%. That's significant outperformance. Even just looking at a 5 year stock chart (excluding dividends) EEM is up 3% vs FRDM 31%. Its max drawdown is also lower at -30% vs -36% and its worst year was -12% vs EEM's -20%. Again, that's while keeping in mind that FRDM hasn't been around very long. I doubt the fund would add names like BABA because China's government violates many of the metrics they use to determine "investable" markets. Ultimately I just think that for those looking to gain exposure to EMs, it could be a much better option than traditional funds like EEM. Since inception, it has also outperformed broad international funds like VXUS and developed international market funds like VEA.
Its chart doesn't impress me, it still shows higher beta than EEM on the downside, and still its outperformance of EEM is a bit weak. I'd also wonder if its methodology would have, during the EM boom, made it pick up MELI, BABA, PBR, AMX and other such EM stocks that skyrocketed. And I have a philosophical problem with an EM fund calling Taiwan an EM, personally. But OK, it's better than EEM, and I like that it tries to address the development economics issues. Proof of concept though is always in the chart.
FRDM - Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF - is a decent alternative to traditional EM funds that doesn't get talked about much. It uses metrics like personal and economic freedom scores, avoids governments with track records of human rights violations, and various other factors to address some of the issues you mentioned. It's relatively new, having started in 2019 but has greatly outperformed EEM and even outperformed VXUS over that time. It's worth noting that TSM is currently its largest holding at 11% of the fund.
There are very simple signs that you're in a EM bull market. One of the simplest signs to look for would be that EEM hasn't been range-bound since 2010.
There's also a principle that EM economies are generally shit and can't create wealth. There's a few really simple reasons for this that you can learn about in development economics. EEM did outperform SPY 2003-2008, then slightly March 2009-2011 coming out of the crash (where EEM crashed much worse than SPY), and again slightly 2016-2018. But when it goes down it's fucking carnage, and since Jan 2010 SPY has outperformed EEM 418% to 10%. If you follow the principle of stripping out investments that hold you back, EEM should always be the first that you dump.
Hi all, first time posting here. 27F with a decently high income, about 17k/month on average although it does fluctuate due to the nature of my work. My expenses are about 7-8k per month (HCOL area, paying double on my car note, young child in a good school etc) Very new to investing and personal finance in general. I have a 12 month emergency fund set in a 5% HYSA at the moment, but I have about 50k put to the side that l would like to invest. I’m trying to figure out what would be the smartest option for a moderately-high ish risk tolerance, with maximum gains. I always hear that anything that has to do with the S&P 500 is always a safe bet and to just stash the money and leave it, which I plan on storing some of the money there, maybe most, but I am looking into other factors as well. I use chat GPT a lot for various things, but I’ve been talking to it about investing here lately. I asked ChatGPT to give me a diversified portfolio with a 50k balance, and this is what it recommended to me. Moderately High-Risk Portfolio Allocation for $50,000 1. U.S. Total Stock Market - $20,000 (40%) Fund: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) Expected Return: ~10% 2. U.S. Small-Cap Stocks - $7,500 (15%) Fund: iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) Expected Return: ~11-12% 3. International Developed Markets - $7,500 (15%) Fund: Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) Expected Return: ~7% 4. Emerging Markets - $5,000 (10%) Fund: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) Expected Return: ~8-10% 5. Technology Sector - $5,000 (10%) Fund: Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) Expected Return: ~12-14% 6. Bonds - $2,500 (5%) Fund: Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) Expected Return: ~3% 7. Real Estate (REITs) - $2,500 (5%) Fund: Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) Expected Return: ~8% Now I know it’s not a great option to take financial advice from something like ChatGPT. But based off of what research l’ve done in the past two months, this is... not too bad right? Am I completely wrong and this is terrible?
EEM and NIO for me. i took my gains from FXI and can’t get back in 🥺
FXI EEM and NIO 🥹. Im ready to retire
I got crazy gains from FXI .. EEM is another good one that looks like it will have an FXI like run. [https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239637/ishares-msci-emerging-markets-etf](https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239637/ishares-msci-emerging-markets-etf)
For those who missed out on YINN, EEM still has cheap call options and they also track many emerging and thriving businesses in China
Also look at EEM (Emerging Markets ETFs - tracks China, Brazil, india and other countries). [Read here](https://www.marketwatch.com/articles/emerging-market-stocks-outperformance-china-928370e9?mod=mw_quote_news)
YANG calls + stocks NIO LEAPS calls $30 EEM $60 calls by January SPY LEAPS $700 by april.
Nice! Congrats! 1.) The first thing you need to do if you don't already have one is open a high yield savings account - there are tons of them laying around - SoFi, Ally, Capital One, Discover, etc they'll be internet banks - that way your 85k you've saved up with actually do \*something\*. Get your money in there. 2.)If you haven't already set aside 6 months of living expenses out of that total and that'll be your "emergency fund" that you simply leave in cash forever - make sure to get a debit card/checks for your savings account so you can use it quickly. 3.) Open yourself an IRA with a brokerage of your choice - Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard are all great choices. If you earn a fairly high income (I'd say somewhere over 80k per year) a traditional IRA may be of some benefit, but generally speaking, a ROTH is the better option for a younger person. That just means you'll use your savings money or paychecks to go into this ROTH, and you've paid taxes on it already through payroll, so you're good to go and wont have to pay taxes on it again. The trick here is you're only allowed to put 7k in per year, and once it's there you can \*only\* withdraw your contributions without paying a penalty with some exceptions (for example you can withdraw up to 10k to buy your first home). 4.) So, guesstimating here, but you'll have something like 10-12k for your "emergency fund" which you only use for emergencies, and you'll be able to sock away 14k into your Roth IRA. That leaves you with about 59 grand to play with. I assume you're probably on your parent's healthcare plan. If you're in a high deductible plan you could contribute the maximum to an HSA for this year and next (this may not be possible if they're claiming you as a dependent on their taxes or are maxing a family contribution). If your coverage provides you the option of making an HSA that's another 4,150k you can sock away in a tax protected account. 5.) After that, I would open a taxable brokerage account for your remainder. I'd do the following: Generally speaking, if you don't know and don't want to learn what to do with investing, you're better of buying index etfs with very low fees. This guarantees you "average" performance for the index. Many people will tell you this is the "least risky" option - that isn't true at all - you are directly assuming the risk of the index, \*but\* your performance is guaranteed to be average. So let's assume you have 55k to play with here. I would A.) Leave 7k uninvested in a money market fund (which is what your money automatically does most of the time when you put it in an account - or your broker will hassle you and make you buy it) that'll go into your IRA next year, and if possible another 4.125k uninvested for an HSA. Then most people would suggest something like VOO which is the S&P 500 - which averages inflation adjusted returns of about 7% per year, or VTI (which is just the whole US stock market) which returns somewhat similarly. Most people would probably have you just use everything you don't need right now and buy into that straight off 100%. I would add international exposure right now because American stocks are historically expensive right now so you may as well get in on emerging markets like EEM. Now over time, you can leave this money alone, but should you ever need it you will need to sell your index funds and move them - that is a taxable event, and you will pay more taxes if you have gains within the first year. You actually get a tax benefit if you lose money lol. Then you basically do the same thing in your IRA and forget that you've done it - an old legend is that Fidelity looked up their top performing retail accounts to scout for talent and found that the majority of them were people who had A.) Died or B.) forgot they opened the account. Just don't touch it unless you need the money for something very specific.
I’m Holding EEM, plan on picking up more and FXI, I think next week we see some more action. I plan on scaling in, because no idea what will happen Monday. I’m looking at TLRY, CLOV, adding more FCX , SLV, and TIGR <this one is fire
Yep EEM is a great play for the China bull market
EEM and FXI will double your port
As a part of a larger strategy, yes. Every good portfolio is well diversified. They will most likely all lose over time to the S&P/Nasdaq though, so keep that in mind. But as a hedge/swing trade, sure why not add in some China, Brazil, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia. Or keep it a bit blander & broader with a basket ETF like VXUS/EEM.... But don't expect them to beat the US markets over anything more than a couple of months to a couple of years.
Made money on EEM calls and they had some China in there
Personally, I'd backtest it. Look at periods before just 2011 to present. Specifically 1998 or so through 2011. Assuming fed printing forever for portfolio allocation is short-sighted IMHO. And try adding in foreign (VXUS, VEA, EEM and the like).
I am a bit risk averse, trying to build a portfolio with low but steady returns. Any feedback? VETY 35% HYG 25% DHS 15% MINT 5% PAVE 7% VRP 3% ARKK 5% EEM 5%
SPY and EEM calls. Might add some Tesla LEAPS and CRWD idk yet. Still hoping my SOFI options print.
People here are telling you the FA is terrible because the S&P500 is up 25% in the last three years, while you're only up 6%. But keep in mind that from July 1, 2021 to today: * Emerging markets ($EEM) are down 17% * Developed markets ex-us ($VEA) are down 5% * Bond markets ($BND) are down 17% * Small cap US ($IJR) is down 3% * Vanguard total world market ($VT) is up 8% So a portfolio which is more diversified than just the S&P 500 would have significantly underperformed. That doesn't mean it was the wrong portfolio ex-ante. Definitely interrogate the FA, other people here have raised good points, but make sure you're comparing his/her performance to the appropriate benchmark.
Yes, you got it. I would add that instead of waiting the 30 days sitting in cash, you can do the true tax-loss harvest thing, which is to switch to a different horse immediately so you remain invested (in something similar, not identical). And after 30 days you'll can decide to stick with the new horse or switch back to the old one. This can be like selling CocaCola and buying PepsiCo. Or, with ETFs it's a lot easier. Pair VOO with VTI. Pair IJR with IWM. Pair IEFA with EFA. Pair IEMG with EEM. etc.
As already stated, the liquidity in Vanguard options isn’t sufficient for trading. Look for alternatives. Your best alternative for VTI is definitely SPY. Slightly different composition, but very similar, all domestic, and, most importantly, SPY is very liquid. Liquidity is King when you trade options! Unfortunately, there are no etf’s with liquid options that are simply “ex-Us”. Your best choice for that coverage will be a combination of EFA (developed ex-US) and EEM (emerging markets). Both list among the most liquid option chains available.
There was like $100M in itm $EEM calls bought in the last hour today. I know what calls I'm turning worthless tomorrow
Good morning all. I'd love your opinion on my allocation below. Thank you. **$USD** || || |VOO|20%| |VXUS|13%| |EEM|13%| |BND|15%| |TIP|10%| |ICLN|7.5%| |IYH|7.5%| |IGF|15%| **$CAD** || || |XIC|20%| |VXC|25%| |XBB|15%| |XRB|10%| |XRE|15%| |XGD|15%| |||
I suggest EEM. It’s even worse
Pardon me for not replying sooner. I began my sellputsthencalls strategy upon retirement from Fidelity in 2017. With about 85-90% of my IRA. Initially versus 4 ETFs (DIA, EFA, EEM & TLT), then versus XLE, & for the last 2 years versus SPY. Exclusively using monthlies until 2 months ago when I began weeklies. I'd say the returns are consistent. By design, option selling should generally perform versus the underlying's buy & hold, as follows: option selling should do well but underperform the underlying in a thru-the-roof market; outperform a modestly-up, flat & modestly-down market; & outperform an into-the-tank market by losing less than the underlying. Since using weeklies, I've generated premium yield of about 9% annualized, but I also see appreciation & depreciation because of SPY pricing. I want to select strike prices with a 20% chance of assignment, but with SPY being well below my put assignment strike price, I've selected much higher assignment chances for my covered call strike prices. Using monthly statements, I compare my OSS (option selling strategy) to a small amount of FXAIX (S&P 500) that I hold. An example of performance: month ending 3/31/24 -- FXAIX +3.2%, OSS +2.7%. month ending 4/30/24 -- FXAIX -4.2%, OSS -1.4%. 2 months, 2/29/24 to 4/30/24 -- FXAIX -1.1% (-6.5% annualized), OSS +1.3% (+7.7% ann.) YTD thru 4/30/24 -- FXAIX +5.9% (17.7% ann.), OSS +4.2% (+12.6% ann.)
International does not mean basically Chinese. That's not even true for emerging markets funds. EEM, VWO, and IEMG, the largest EM funds, have between 20-40% in Chinese/Hong Kong holdings. Diveraified international funds, like VXUS, which is what the comment suggests investing in, have less than 10%, usually 5-7%, of their holdings in Chinese stocks.
[https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EEM/](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EEM/) where does it say that there?
I've been investing for 15 years. Next to S&P and Dow ETFs I bought **EEM**, an emerging markets ETF. It's been flat at $40 for 15+ years now.
A few things to bear in mind: 1. 95% of the time, even if you bought a major stock market index like the S&P500 at the absolute top, within 10 years you made your money back. 2. Two major stock indexes outside the US are the MSCI EAFE Index for developed Europe, Australia-Asia and Far East companies and MSCI Emerging Markets Index for developing countries, presently weighted heavily towards China, Taiwan and South Korea. 3. Exchange Traded Funds let you move on a moment’s notice. SPY, EFA and EEM are possibilities I’ve used. Most people have a slug of money in fixed income securities, as I do. I am older and like the income and stability, but they usually don’t grow in value much.
For small caps I play the ETF's (VOE,VBR, VIOO). Chinese stocks I've have as a single name are $BGNE, $BABA are single stocks I own. I also have $EEM and a mutual fund $ODMAX. I also been buying some $RYAN, $KNSL since I know insurance industry quite well.
It’s definitely not impossible. Is it the most likely explanation? I hope not. I would not make China my largest holding or even my largest overseas holdings. I personally like GCOW,PGJ, EEM for various reasons but the main single stocks I’m somewhat comfortable holding are JD and QFIN. I weight ETFs much higher than single stocks though. So I’m definitely not going on a buying spree on China stocks. I’m not avoiding them altogether though.
Any non-leveraged inverse etf and its index. SPY and SH EUM and EEM PSQ and QQQ Etc. Just run a screener for inverse ETFs and filter out the leveraged ones.