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Which ETF spread would compliment each other the best as far as gaming stocks go?
Europe ban effects on Russian seaborne oil overblown
What's up with the poor performance of the video game industry?
What are some of your less popular stocks that you plan to hold for the long-term?
What are your thoughts on trading multiple diverse ETFs instead of individual stocks?
Calculating geographical weightings within a multiple ETF portfolio
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Too bad Urals sells for 105 dollars a barrel right now, and even ESPO is around 97. And as long as Trump insists on the wars in Middle East, Russia isn’t short on buyers.
[Russian ESPO oil price exceeds $120 per barrel, traders say and data shows](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russian-espo-oil-price-exceeds-120-per-barrel-traders-say-data-shows-2026-09-18/)
From Google; China gets its crude oil primarily from Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, alongside heavily discounted shipments from sanctioned nations like Iran and Venezuela. No single country supplies more than 20% of China's total import needs, keeping its supply chain diversified across the Middle East, Eurasia, and South America. Major Country Suppliers Russia: The single largest supplier, providing roughly 17% to 20% of China's total crude imports via both maritime shipping and the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. Saudi Arabia: Accounts for about 14% of imports, serving as a primary traditional Middle Eastern partner. Iraq: Supplies around 10% to 12% of China’s daily crude intake. Malaysia (Rebranded Oil): Formally accounts for a high volume of imports, though tanker data indicates much of this is actually discounted Iranian crude rerouted to bypass sanctions. Brazil and Oman: Provide important stabilizing and diversifying shares of medium and heavy crude. Sanctioned and Alternative Sources Iran: Directly and indirectly sends a massive portion of its total oil exports to independent Chinese refiners at steep discounts. Venezuela: Provides heavy crude shipments that are largely shielded from Western oversight through specialized trade networks. My take; So we stopped shipments from Venezuela and Iran as well as we caused complete chaos in the straight of hormuz, essentially, stopping the flow of oil from Iraq, Kuwait and UAE. Yes, Saudi Arabia is currently open for business but less than 2 weeks ago... the Iranian backed group [Houthi] attacked a couple of ships in the Red Sea. If they escalate, Saudi Arabia would be shutdown. I believe, Iran accounts for 10 to 15% of China's oil demands. IDK about Venezuela but let's say 5 to 10%. We disrupted 40 to 50% of China's oil supply. That's huge!!! So yeah, I think the US and China are fighting over resources. They supply the most REE. We produce the most oil in the world and we control the flow of oil to China. They need oil to run their economy. We need REE for weapons, semiconductors, cellphones, etc.
ESPO pipeline is 700k a day with its tributaries totalling 900k. When use is near 17million per day, drop in the bucket. Did you also take into account you’re agreeing with me btw? So argue away.
I think oil goes to $120-130 but it’s going to struggle to stay there. If China can’t get Iranian oil, they’ll just get it from Russia. As we get closer to northern hemisphere summer, pass from Russia to China becomes easier. The ESPO already transports 1.6 million to China.
Own it through ESPO - love that ETF.
I dont think google has ESPO
Save yourself the shame of coming back in a year asking what to do with your losses and just buy ESPO or GAMR.
Hi all! Here’s my current portfolio with percent allocations: • NVDA: 20.6% • TSM: 9.7% • PLTR: 9.6% • AAPL: 8.9% • QQQ: 7.4% • VTI: 7.1% • MSFT: 6.9% • GOOGL: 6.8% • NUKZ: 5.9% • META: 5.7% • SOFI: 3.0% • TAN: 1.8% • BND: 1.8% • AMD: 1.4% • SCHD: 1.3% • AMZN: 1.0% • DRIV: 1.0% • JEPI: 0.9% • O: 0.2% • QTUM, ESPO, SPMO, UNH, CRSP: <1% each Notes: • I know this portfolio is very tech-heavy. • I contribute monthly to each position for dollar cost averaging, except for NVDA. I’ve paused monthly NVDA contributions to help balance its weight versus other holdings. • I don’t have as much time to monitor the market actively as I used to. • Should I consider consolidating or simplifying my portfolio for easier management? • I’m open to suggestions on better balance, or ideas for adding/removing stocks and ETFs. Thanks for your input!
>Russia has very low cost per barrel production. That is not only wrong, it's too simplistic to even be right if the opposite of what you think is the case was the case. First off, there is no one "Russian oil" like there is Brent or Saudi oil, there are 3: Urals, ESPO and Sokol. Each has different properties, production costs, distribution channels, buyers and even following that, sanctions. Now that alone doesn't make it impossible to make a general statement about some average of all three, but because of the war making the Russian oil trade pretty much a domain of war, saying with confidence how Russians are doing on selling oil would be like saying with confidence where their nuclear submarines are. You can infer it from some derivative data with some amount of confidence, but if you're not tracking those developments day by day e.g. what the last price that India paid for Sokol is and how many shadow tankers are currently operational, you have no idea what's going on, because working with pre-war data just doesn't cut it. But back to your original "low cost of production" remark: that is most true for wells that are were almost dry before the war.
Same here 25% into 401k, 10% into ESPO which is my defacto emergency fund.
Wouldn’t say there’s anything I feel as good about in terms of 3-10x opportunity as Reddit. It’s become my largest position, after that my portfolio is pretty vanilla: VFV, ZQQ, AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, UBER, ESPO, BAM, BN, and a smattering of Canadian banks
I just buy ESPO for gaming company exposure.
What r ppls thoughts on ESPO
I liked what u/embarassed_time_146 wrote. Nothing wrong with some bonds and other diversification. I’m also personally a fan of space stocks like LUNR, ASTS and RKLB, though who knows if they will be more than speculative plays. And of course there’s always AI and technology stocks like NVDA and MSFT which still feel very much alive and kicking toward a new future. There are dips to be bought and you can always set market orders to buy when the SP drops 10% etc but who knows when is the best time, best just to start imo. I also like housing stocks, an occasional dividend stock or two and HASI for climate change projects and NTDOY/ESPO for video games. And NANC to follow dem investments lol
Just buy ESPO if you like Tencent and Nintendo
ESPO is a gaming ETF that holds most of the big names (AMD, EA, Nintendo etc). Probably a better idea to go that route instead of stock picking if you're just starting out.
If you invest in the sp already I would allocate stuff to more risky small cap/mid cap or sector etfs. Like a gaming ( ESPO)or betting etf (BETZ). Those are long tail bets that might pay off big in the future. Roblox, draftkings, or Betmgm as some names to look at. MercadoLibre and Adyen are also Fintech names to watch but they might be overvalued right now. I would spend time trying to add the next Meta, Goog, Telsa in your portfolio at your age
Over the next 3 or 6 months idk but over the next 12-36 months I know multiple experts are saying the gaming industry is going to continue to increase at a rapid pace. I'm no expert and I barely understand the stocks so I'm just regurgitating what I've read here. But it seems like people are bullish on gaming related stocks like Nvidia, AMD, Tencent, Nintendo, Activision etc. There's some gaming related ETFs out there too like ESPO and HERO (symbols) What makes you want to sell? Just cause you've made a good return or because you think there will be downturn? Therea nothing wrong with taking a profit. You could always sell # of shares to take a small profit and keep the rest in and play with house money in a way
EA has a moat of idiots that 1) buy the same games every single year for $80 2) steal parents CC for micro transactions 3) recessions are good for gaming 4) they ruin their underpaid interns with constant crunch workloads I’d be a buyer here if I didn’t already own some ESPO etf
$METV / $IDRV / $ESPO / $FXAIX / $MJ vs $YOLO. I own all except the last 2, but I’ve had my eye on them ($MJ and $YOLO are both cannabis ETFs)
**Need a game plan for tax loss harvesting $150,000** For context, I worked for a tech company that went public a few years back and my stock options turned into real stock. It worked out pretty well for me. I'm super fortunate. I started selling a big chunk every year. Sold 400k worth in year 1, 400k worth in year 2, 400k worth in year 3. I started "diversifying". The bulk of it went into ITOT (ishares S&P total us stock market ETF). I also bought some individual stocks I was interested in. In retrospect, the moronic thing I did was sell my tech stock to buy a lot of tech stocks. Those have been brutalized. Meta down 55%, Adobe down 33%, UIPath down 72%, Snowflake down 35%, Unity down 58%. Generally, they were companies I had interest in, but obviously they have just been destroyed. That in addition to some brands I like. Nintendo down 17%, Disney down 29%. I threw a big chunk into ARKK at the literal all time high which was the single stupidest thing I did (down 70%) So I'm looking at a lot of red in my portfolio. For what it's worth, the stock from the company I worked for also dropped 75%, so I wouldn't have been any better off holding it. So yeah, I'm a dumbass. If I sell all the red, I'm looking at around $150,000 in loss this year. Just wondered some opinions on game plan on what to do after selling. Some have suggested just waiting 30 days and buying back into the ones I still think may recover. Others have said to just abandon tech completely. One thought I had was that if I expect tech to someday recover (which might never happen), maybe I could sell the loser stocks and buy tech ETFs that are also currently beaten down. I saw ETF.com is a good resource for seeing what ETFs cover particular stocks, so for instance I could sell a stock like Unity and immediately buy an something like ESPO and avoid wash sale. I wondered if it made sense to dump all the ARKK and buy something like QQQ. I suppose I could just dump it all and buy more ITOT, but I still think at some point, which might be a long time from now, interest rates dropping would reverse course for a lot of these stocks. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Oil is piped to both Europe and China. The latter is on the ESPO line, roughly 700k barrels per day. Ships definitely needed for all extra volumes, but pipes are already there.
Mother of God what happened to SKLZ? Sold in favor of the ESPO ETF about a year ago and had not checked in since.
I’ve shifted some tech stuff, which I was fortunate to sell at both gains and losses (Teladoc +35%, ESPO +9%, Docusign +21%, Baba -6%, Bilibili +24%) and now in deciding when and if to dive back into those or go into a momentum ETF like GMOM. Still holding some things at major losses however (CHPT -60%, APPH -35%, FINX -40%). Honestly I’m scared to dive back into anything but low P/E dividend producers or low volatility ETFs
Down around 15% average - my Apple shares and Fidelity funds are floating my tech ETF’s (ESPO) and other investments
>UNIPEC, TRADING ARM OF SINOPEC, WARNS GLOBAL TEAMS IN RECENT WEEKS AGAINST RISKS OF DEALING WITH RUSSIAN OIL -SOURCE - RTRS \>SOME INDEPENDENT CHINESE REFINERS CONTINUE ESPO CRUDE IMPORTS, KEEP DEALS UNDER WRAPS -SOURCES - RTRS ^First ^Squawk ^[@FirstSquawk](http://twitter.com/FirstSquawk) ^at ^2022-04-06 ^06:47:18 ^EDT-0400
Thanks for sharing smokeyjay! First time I've come across Adyen- will need to look into it. ASML seems to be quite popular. I'm hoping for another LVMH dip. I myself am not too familiar with what's hot in gaming so I just bought into ESPO (US) a while back. Apart from Boeing (US), I've avoided aerospace. Totally agree with your outlook on regionalisation !
I buy VT mostly cuz I'm boring but in my yolo account I have: ARKK EMQQ ICLN ESPO GBTC
I feel like such a small percentage of Redditors experienced any of the last 10-15 years - especially investing. Markets go up and down. If you’re looking at meme stocks - hopefully you learned something. Even riskier ETF’s like ESPO will eventually have their day in the sun (since it’s primarily tech and game devs world wide)
Which video games you buying? And have you looked at GAMR. I like it as a more diversified and global gaming etf as a pair with ESPO.
Buying more video games and ESPO ETF and possibly more hydrogen, could do with topping up my FTSE ISA before April the 5th
ESPO is looking mighty fine right now - after a rough last 6 months
Yep. I’ve been in the market since the early 2000’s, but only started really investing in 2018. I took the ‘safer routes, investing in only those I saw had/have good principles and future success. Even some of my riskier plays in tech are offset in ETF’s (ESPO specifically - which I still believe will turn around at some point). Most of my money is in Apple, and Index Funds - the ultimate in safe bets for now. I’m still bullish in this market - but right now it’s a ride to the bottom, but it always comes back
VOO - 25% QQQM - 25% Other 50% evenly weighted between these sector ETFs: VIG - dividends XLM - steel CIBR - cybersecurity SMH - semiconductors ESPO - gaming DAPP - blockchain Still thinking about individual stocks.
ESPO is a great ETF for Video Game exposure
Whatever you do, don't look into ESPO.
I just bought into ESPO yesterday. We'll see if I get a bounce here as part of the recovery.
Some sector ETFs would be good to look at as well. I am very bullish on semiconductors long term. My current ETF portfolio covers S&P (VOO), Nasdaq (QQQ), semis (SMH), batteries (LIT), gaming (ESPO), blockchain (BLOK), cybersecurity (CIBR), industrials (XLI), and steel (SLX). I know, tech heavy, but I am long on all.
If for some reason you don't plan to own AMD and/or NVDA for gaming/crypto/AI, then ESPO is a good choice because 17%-ish is those two stocks. If you already hold AMD and NVDA, then maybe you want something else, but .. then I'd question the judgement of any gaming ETF that doesn't have NVDA and AMD. Personally I've built my own gaming ETF from small amounts of individual companies that I like. Some like Nintendo, ATVI, and TTWO are down right now, while the gaming ETFs are at a peak, and you might want to be wait for a pullback.
ESPO. Make sure you see which companies the ETF’s are holding though and also what percentage of the company is held in the ETF.
Ah this explains why the ETF $ESPO went off! Definitely continuing to hold on this one. Hold and DCA
Many people like to hate on 3x ETFs. As long as the market is stable and has more up days than down days, leveraged ETFs win, and it wins big because of compounding effect. Cryptocurrency has massive potential if you understand the technology behind it. I believe about 5-10% of your portfolio consisting of the top maybe 5-10? crypto, weighted by market cap, is enough. You don't know which will win or if a private company will use and develop the technology first. Tl;Dr. Blockchain technology provides the basis for the Metaverse which is a next generation internet. (Ready Player One's Oasis basically) The tech giants are building towards some form of this future already in the form of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and with the metaverse, Mixed Reality. * Microsoft has Vive VR and Hololens for enterprise. * Google Glass is enterprise, but they acquired North glasses, which I would be really excited if that takes off. * Facebook has Oculus, as well as a commitment to shift their business from a social network into a metaverse company. They plan to hire literally thousands of engineers and pour billions of dollars to accomplish this shift. Also consider that machine learning technologies are starting to roll out. Its incredible what currently shown models can do. See Nvidia's GauGAN, or OpenAI's GPT demos. Combine this with hardware like Miso Robotics. We are literally on the verge of change similar to the industrial revolution, or at the very least, we're in 2000 again. What does all of this mean? The tech industry is about to eat everything. They will create a virtual environment to undermine or augment the physical world. The only thing stopping them is time and hardware. I'm heavily stacked on tech, and will keep buying them even if its a bubble pop. My holdings include: * Major tech companies like FAANG, CRM, MSFT, U, ADBE * Cybersecurity. CRWD comes to mind, can't remember any other top of head. * Chips, Semiconductors etc. Like NVDA, SOXL, AMD, so on. * Video Games. ETFs like ESPO hold a decent basket of gaming stocks. * Database focused real estate. DLR and CONE. I would say these techs make up roughly 40-60% of my entire portfolio.
Check out TTWO, RBLX, and U for some good growth opportunities. Or an ETF like ESPO, which holds big gaming companies, along with gaming 'infrastructure' plays like NVDA, SE, and AMD.
20k portfolio is a very nice starting out point. I wouldn't necessarily call it small. Small compared to vets maybe, but for a 31 year old, you are definitely doing well. If you really want good advice, you should decide on your risk profile and then people can give you specifics based on your goals. Do you want to just set it and forgot for decades? Buy an index like SPY, VOO, etc. Are you into a bit of risk? QQQ is one of the "safest" medium risk plays out there. Big risk, big reward? Any of the ARK funds that have been hammered. Do some thorough research before putting money into these though. They are risky for a reason! Is there a specific sector you are interested in? BOTZ (Robotics & AI), ESPO (Gaming), ICLN (International Clean Energy), IDRV (EVs), HACK (Cyber Security), and WCLD (Cloud Computing) are some of my favorites. Decide what you are interested in!
Check out ESPO - its an ETF of various esports gaming companies. China keeps releasing news thats kept it down, may be a good entry.
Buying puts on ESPO (a video game etf). The gaming industry is going to get wrecked by Chinese regulation.
I dumped ESPO after NVDA and AMD mooned and the ETF went up a whole 2%
Buy ESPO on the dip
BETZ doesn’t have anything to do with NERD and HERO. BETZ is gambling, NERD and HERO (and ESPO) are video games
Their corporate culture is reprehensible (at least the Blizzard side is), but the video gaming sector as a whole is poised to continue growing. I have ESPO as an ETF to cover all my bases (it also has U, which I am bullish on), and I have RBLX as an individual stock and am thinking of adding TTWO soon.
Gaming doesn't do too well lately. See the ESPO ETF. Been waiting since march for a rebound.
**I can't read, but I can ctrl-c crtl-v.** Beijing’s crackdown on the misuse of import quotas combined with the effect of high crude prices could see China’s growth in oil imports sink to the lowest in two decades in 2021, despite an expected rise in refining rates in the second half. Shipments into the world’s top crude importer and No. 2 refiner could be steady, or increase by up to 2 per cent to just over 11 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, consultancies Energy Aspects, Rystad Energy and Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) found. That compares to an average annual import growth rate of 9.7 per cent since 2015, and would be the slowest growth since 2001, China customs data showed. The flat forecasts coincide with plans by OPEC+ to raise oil output by 400,000 bpd between August and December. News of the decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers sparked a sell-off in benchmark prices this week. China has been the global oil demand driver for the past decade, and accounted for 44 per cent of worldwide growth in oil imports since 2015, when Beijing started issuing import quotas to independent refiners. While analysts expect global crude markets to stay in deficit this year despite the OPEC+ output rise, China’s investigations into the trading of crude import quotas, and the resulting lower import allocations to independent refiners, have already cooled demand from the group that provides a fifth of China’s imports. “This could mean an end to the rapid growth in China’s crude imports which we’ve seen in the past,” said a Beijing-based analyst who declined to be named because of company policy. China’s crude imports in June fell to the lowest since 2013 after Beijing clamped down on import quota trading as part of a drive to consolidate its refining industry and reduce emissions. Several small refiners did not receive any quotas in a second batch issued in June, while others have already used their full allocations, traders and analysts said. The remaining refiners are expected to reserve whatever quotas they have left for the fourth quarter, when fuel demand typically peaks, FGE said. Shandong refiners, where most of the small, independent refiners, known as teapots, are located, will reduce imports by around 350,000 bpd and 250,000 bpd in third and fourth quarters, respectively, FGE added. “Overall, we see Shandong independent refinery runs falling by around 490,000 bpd from pre-clampdown levels to average 1.75 million bpd in 3Q. Runs should make a recovery to 1.90 million bpd levels in 4Q.” This has curbed demand for crude from Africa, Brazil and Russia, prompting traders to divert cargoes to Europe and the United States. A senior trader based in Singapore, who also asked to remain anonymous, said teapot refineries had lost their position as market drivers and it was wise for sellers to find other outlets. Increasingly, he said, Brazilian and Russian ESPO crudes have been heading to the United States while Brazilian Buzios crude has gone to Europe. Despite slowing imports, China’s crude processing could hit another all-time high this year as state-owned majors and large private refiners operate plants at higher rates and buy more crude to offset lower independent refining, analysts and traders said. Sinopec and PetroChina are likely to consolidate their positions as the top Chinese crude traders as the independent refiners are sidelined. Together with other refiners, they are boosting output to replace lower supplies of light cycle oil and mixed aromatics used in fuel blending, imports of which have slumped since new taxes took effect in June. “Plugging the tax holes should support refinery runs, likely leading to higher crude imports, but the exact increase is currently difficult to quantify,” Rystad Energy analyst Julie Torgersrud said. Rystad Energy, FGE and Energy Aspects forecast higher refining throughput at 14.5 million to 14.6 million bpd in the second half, with imports between 10.85 million and 11.5 million bpd. Beijing-based consultancy SIA Energy forecasts processing of 16 million bpd in the second half of 2021, 6.8 per cent higher year on year, leading to imports of 12.48 million bpd, up 15 per cent. Analysts were split on whether China will repeat its massive stockpiling drive that fuelled record imports in 2020. More than 100 million barrels of crude storage is expected to be commissioned in 2021, but the current market backwardation structure discourages traders from holding stocks.
There's a gaming ETF that includes both, ticker is ESPO
I'll look into it! Thanks man! If I were to get an ETF like that, would having ESPO, ARKK, and XLK be too many ETFs for the tech sector? I'm not sure if I would be double dipping that much but still...
ESPO, ARKK, and VUG for tech obviously
>VUG damn that looks really interesting, I really like the holdings. If I were to have a portfolio with VOO, VXUS, ESPO, ARKK and VUG, would that be too many ETFs and wasted expense ratio costs?
I think investing in a gaming focused ETF is better than investing in only one gaming company. Check out ESPO they also have a good exposure to Take two as well. I'm happy bag holding espo
I'm 32, my Roth IRA is an even split of VOO, QQQM, QQQJ and IWO. I don't think I'm too old for any of the ARK funds but I'm also keeping out of them, at least for the time being. Don't take that as indicative; it's personal preference, but they offer some pretty speculative growth opportunities. You could also look at sector ETFs for something you think may outperform in the future (like ICLN for green tech or ESPO for video games/esports).
Does ESPO have Corsair exposure?
You need to put them on a spread sheet analyze 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 year past track and study risks. You have ESPO twice. Except the QQQM etc none of them has been around long enough to give anyone a feeling what is down the road next year or two. If you stay close to blue chip, traditional companies then I say they will continue to be around or do well. ARK founder has the habit to start a company when it is not performing, she leaves and start another aggressive. You are better off look for Fidelity equivalent at least you deal with a reputable largest fund company. You can speculate that bit coin may become popular putting a small % into.
A few general thoughts: \- It is OK for ETFs to overlap. Technically, VTI will overlap with many things. The trick is to be conscious of the overlap and realize what you're doing. Embrace it, but know it. Common Situation: 50% of a portfolio is SPY or VOO (S&P 500 ETF), 10% is QQQ (NASDAQ-100 index) (40% other) 80% of the companies in the NASDAQ 100 are also in the S&P 500. They are both indexes of the largest companies. The NASDAQ 100 has out-competed the S&P 500, but it has also proven to be more volatile. The way I see it is I'm starting with my main asset, the S&P 500. SPY is my main base ETF and has a heavy weight in my portfolio. I'm saying I want to add a little more risk/reward and increase my exposure to growing tech stocks by a limited margin. Therefore, I own 10% QQQ to increase that exposure. Note that I am not investing in SPY and QQQ as equals. I'm using QQQ just to weight that part of the market a little bit more heavily. I can vary the risk by choosing 5% QQQ or increase to 15% QQQ. I also do the same things with DIA, Dow Jones Industrial Average, sometimes. It only chooses established prominent companies, rather than indexing the whole market, so it has more established and Value oriented on average and the companies are not as new/growth focused. There are higher dividends. You can also use SPYG and SPYV. These are both all the stocks that make up SPY, but divided between Growth and Value. I can add 10% SPYG to have a larger growth portfolio or 10% SPYV to have a heavier Value portfolio. \- You're getting into some niche ETF products. To only have a limited portfolio and to be choosing some ETFs that are riskier, I would use some caution. I would also be careful how much you weight your portfolio. \- Any ARK fund is going to be volatile. In a bad market, it will more likely go down more than the overall market. The investments are more speculative as to what will become the next big companies, so a dip in the overall economy can be more risky for those stock holdings. \- QCLN - It has been more volatile, but it should be noted it has under-performed the S&P 500 for all but one year. This is a risky niche ETF of a very small part of the market. The weighting of it needs to be kept low in the portfolio to limit risk. \- ESPO - Video gaming and Esports. Same comment. You need to decide how to position your risk and consider the weightings in your portfolio carefully. You have a total market fund and then a list of funds that carry more risk. It isn't that these are bad funds, I'm just pointing out they are very niche and will be more volatile to the overall economy.
I got a $5k position in a package-delivery penny stock that is my main 2021 gamble... but if it weren't for that, I'd probably be in NOK, Motorola(MSI), Disney is both a meme and a legit professional value investment, VIDEO GAMING AND ESPORTS ETF (ESPO)
I was in ESPO but eventually ditched it to just buy AMD and NVDA individually instead. One nice thing about it was the NTDOY exposure since i cant buy it on my brokerage. But ultimately, it had a pretty high fee for an ETF I wanted for just a couple companies so I ditched it. Like you said, i think pure video game plays may cool down a bit after COVID so I’m just in the semiconductor stocks and SONY now but may look to enter something like ATVI or TTWO later.
Anyone invested in ESPO? I feel like the industry is just going to keep growing but also not sure if it's seen to much growth from covid already so might be a slow burner
I like your focus on emerging markets and general approach with a fund of funds. I'd pick different funds based on my own research, but that's just me. I tend to avoid eco-unfriendly stocks, for example; that translates into buying renewable energy, which is primed for tremendous growth over the next decades. With a fund of funds that'd translate into positions in funds like ACES and CNRG. There are some other newer forward-looking funds without a lot of data to aid in predictions but which should do well, like ESPO. I think it's fairly obvious that tech can't be dead, but I'm leery of concentration in overbought stocks like TSLA. That translates into buying more diversified funds like XITK. I've got my portfolio divided by themes including aggressive growth, international, emerging trends, tech, dividend growth, and low volatility. I rebalance quarterly.
Any ARK fund, DAPP, BOTZ, ICLN, ESPO, VOO, VGT. Not financial advice.
I have U in an ETF (ESPO) and it's been shit for a while now.
ESPO and HERO have been bleeding hard for me :(
Hero is definitely a solid long term hold. I personally like the greater exposure to foreign companies (Slightly greater than ESPO). Also the 0.5 MER fee is not the worst.
Out of curiosity, why do you have NVDA after owning ESPO?
You could always just get an ETF such as ESPO where it's one if their holdings.
My “long term” holds are ARKK, XBI, FDN, ESPO, CIBR and SMH. I have a tactical position in GUNR. Also own TRVLX and USBVX to add value exposure. Last two not ETFs, but outperforming their index YTD, and during 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 12 month time periods.
Yeah that is the idea. Even if the market crashes tomorrow, you can still make good returns by DCAing in over a long period of time and by rebalancing. But this works better with things that are near guaranteed to go up long term, like broad indices such as the S&P500. For things like ARKK, ESPO you could continue to DCA new funds but don't rebalance, that is don't sell your core VOO/VXUS to buy more if it dips. That would reduce your risk. If the market continues to pump and you make good gains on them you can take some profits and put it into VOO. That would be a kind of a win win strategy.
Mix of both. I find for those ‘out of reach’ and volatile companies, I find ETF’s are a great way to get in, specifically in companies you might be a bit on the fence about. It also helps you break the boundaries of countries (in my case breaking into Asian markets). I’ve a mix of ESPO, ARKK and then I stock pick a few additional companies I truly believe in (like MS and Apple). I’d
60% VTI 20% VXUS 5% ARKF 5% ARKG 5% SMH 5% ESPO I currently only have Nvidia and Costco. Should I drop those and get the EFTs or keep them and get EFT? I’m 20s, looking for low-moderate risk growth.
Others have covered the basics: lower risk, lower reward with ETFs. But you can also do both. If you want more exposure to gaming you can get ESPO, like you mentioned, but if you're particularly bullish on Blizzard, you can get some shares of them on top of the ETF.
Personally think MSFT, AMD, DIS and APPL are all solid picks. These companies arn't going anywhere anytime soon and are market leaders poised to grow. ESPO has a nice bunch of holdings in various online gaming related things, which is another industry I think will grow. VOOG for the S&P 500 tracking and the rest are speculative stocks in the crypto space that I'm hoping will grow significantly in the next 10 years. Even if they don't, I don't want to think like --- ahh damn it, if ONLY i'd invested in em. So willing to take the hit on them, so as long as the gains from the others makes up for it.
Uber new investor here - was thinking of buying the following with a third of my savings (will still have enough to survive any unforeseen situation for at least 1 year). This is money I don't plan of taking out in the next 5-10 years at the minimum. * AMD * MSFT * AAPL * DIS * HIVE * VGRO.TO * ESPO * VOOG * QETH.UN.TO * BLOK * HBLK The plan is to spend whatever extra money I make after buying these and have to spare in a relatively stable ETF since my individual picks are all done. I'll be spreading the money pretty evenly in all the following. Wanted to keep it tech + crypto focused. Any suggestions/ideas/feedback? things I should be watching out for?
Uber new investor here - was thinking of buying the following with a third of my savings (will still have enough to survive any unforeseen situation for at least 1 year). This is money I don't plan of taking out in the next 5-10 years at the minimum. * AMD * MSFT * AAPL * DIS * HIVE * VGRO.TO * ESPO * VOOG * QETH.UN.TO * BLOK * HBLK The plan is to spend whatever extra money I make after buying these and have to spare in a relatively stable ETF since my individual picks are all done. I'll be spreading the money pretty evenly in all the following. Wanted to keep it tech + crypto focused. Any suggestions/ideas/feedback? things I should be watching out for?
Have you looked into the ESPO ETF?
i dont like owning etfs because there will be like 3-4 different ones and each will have a certain setup or expense ratio that i like or dont like do i get HERO or ESPO neither as i have crsr and atvi and tcehy
Think I'm gonna add more ESPO after this Tencent dip. Been meaning to up my exposure to Nvidia+AMD anyway
ESPO is good but it doesn't get a lot of daily volume, so the February correction dropped it 20% and it's been a slooooooooooooooow grind back up. You have to be patient with it.
Stockanalysis doesn't know iwda https://stockanalysis.com/etf/iwda/holdings/ ESPO is not US Etf, finviz doesn't have the data. SMH is already in the table: 2021-04-01 SMH $248.04 5.65% 62.50% $267.23 $256.80 4.06% 3.53%
Qualcomm for the 5G ESPO is a video gaming ETF owning big stakes in activision blizzard, nvidia etc. Last area you may be neglecting is online retail and the logistics in this area - recently made tritax eurobox my biggest holding for exposure to this
Why did you invest in ESPO?
Could you maybe do IWDA, u/brtzsnr? Please? 😁 ESPO and SMH are also interesting to know.
Put your mighty dollar to work investing in brainwashing kids to buy calls. [Invest in $ESPO!](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/mip5xd/the_link_between_gaming_loot_boxes_and_problem/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf). Your money will fund the cause.
Hey well that explains why ESPO is starting to have a bit of a comeback!