NTSE

taplar

Are you claiming to have access to NTSE Arca early trading? Normal trading hours have not begun.  Mods, this is ridiculous and had been going on for days now. This one sided posting is not engaging with the community. 

SharestepAI

I wouldn't recommend anyone to "sell America", but it can't hurt to hedge. Rather than selling America, the hedge is probably to hold assets from markets where capital would most likely move to - which would probably be Europe and Asia. ETFs like DFEV, INTF and NTSE all hold less than 1% in US equities, and returned 35%-45% in the last 12 months. Those are just examples - there are many of these. Full list: [https://www.sharestep.co/pub?tid=ts\_7wpbhffb](https://www.sharestep.co/pub?tid=ts_7wpbhffb)

Cruian

I'd start here: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio The bonds are the part that adjust risk level. More bonds equals less risk. Alternatively, a target date (index) fund is effectively the 3 fund concept in a single wrapper, managed for you. They are designed to be "one and done," the only thing you hold. They're fully diversified internally for you. These can be found with expense ratios as low as 0.08%-0.12% for the Fidelity, iShares, Schwab, and Vanguard index based ones. The target date and target allocation funds typically are not recommended for taxable accounts but are fine for tax advantaged. Just about every company would be represented in either the US total market or international market sections of that, or VT (2 letters) covers both stock roles in 1 fund. Then if 100% stock isn't enough for you, there's factor investing (I think I provided those links in another reply already) and possibly the use of certain types of leverage (I myself wouldn't use the 2x or 3x daily, but rather the "returns stacking" ideas like RSSB or NTSX/NTSI/NTSE but you can look into the different types yourself).

Cronamash

Easy. I'm going to invest 2% of my fiancée and I'm paychecks like I do every Thursday! Here's my weekly purchase: $ACVF - 40% $AGG - 30% $BTC - 15% $NTSE - 5% $FERG - 5% $DJT - 5%

Timp2003

Read [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/1fbi6uc/is_leverage_1x_good_and_if_so_whats_the_best_way/) It basically comes down that you can outperform the market with moderate leverage, but in order to keep drawdowns tolerable you should hedge with bonds or managed futures. You could build your own with something like UPRO+TMF (+VXUS+VOO) or a more direct NTSX+NTSI+NTSE (1.5x 60/40 > 90/60), or RSSB (100/100). Rebalancing is needed, oftentimes done on a quarterly basis. [Illustrative backtest](https://testfol.io/?d=eJy9kEFLw0AQhf%2BKzHmx27SmEBAv4smDgggiJYzZTVzd7NbZbaqE%2FHfHVGqxBHOpe9rhDe9981qorH9Ce4OEdYCshRCRYq4wasgABGin9qat2qCFbCr5CUD1khtXWozGO8hKtEELKDA8l9ZvIJM%2FQ16SfmOfB41kP9iNvLXGVfnGOPW1m8pOwMpTLL01nnEeW3BYf2cb1%2BgQL01jFEOxGmnNUaSZH12hr365R1O8atq6bP%2Bs3sdgahZXmgrtYn9GtxSgCCuG7cQucXp69n6Syslcjs%2B%2BXXM9%2Bq%2F4i%2BtzNt%2BHSPvg3dadjZEOt%2BYDpMnxOJMRlMkYxr7NhZzM%2FqHNxag2Z8NtHoszGUGZDDMuu08EwzUP)

prkskier

[I asked a very similar question a little while back](https://www.reddit.com/r/ETFs/s/VNUyxt8xKT), maybe some of the responses will be helpful to you. Take a look at BKIE and BKEM. Also consider NTSI and NTSE which are moderately leveraged but both only hold ~450 companies last I checked.

AICHEngineer

Professional hedge fund managers are often not concerned with beating the market. They're concerned with better risk adjusted returns. They want to beat the risk free rate but at nearly risk free exposures for their clients. Many do try and beat the market, a few do (often not on a risk adjusted basis) most don't. Going forward, consider wisdom tree efficient core! For example, NTSX is 90% s&p500 and 10% 6x leveraged treasuries. Similar to index performance with ideally lower volatility. Pretty cool products (NTSX, NTSI, NTSE).

Dawkinist

Its a very modest amount of leverage, 1.5x on a 60% equity, 40% bond portfolio. With NTSX, NTSI, and NTSE, you can have exposure to 90% global equities and 60% US bonds, effectively giving you near market returns with lower volatility. Check out [this article](https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ntsx/) if you're interested.

Kashmir79

Use of leverage in my portfolio. It took me a while to come around to the idea because leverage has historically exacerbated market crashes and caused all kinds of problems for investors. But rather than using risky margin loans or individual options, the new breed of ETFs that can give retail investors access to low cost leveraged treasury bonds via futures contracts in their portfolio, without sacrificing space for stocks, are very clever and advantageous. I am talking about funds like **NTSX, NTSI, NTSE, and RSSB** (not 3x daily leverage UPRO, TMF etc). Many investors can say that they are aggressive and hold 100% stocks and you can be like yeah I am 90-100% stocks too, but I am also 60-100% bonds. That’s a similar amount of risk/volatility, but with higher expected returns due to better downside protection. These strategies are apt to be less appealing to people these days because of the inverted yield curve and 2022 being the worst correlated decline of stocks and bonds in half century, but their long term expected performance is solid. Judiciously leveraged investing is a proven strategy with hundreds of years of data.

nietzy

I’m buying both. 5% into BABA and NTSE for the PRC exposure.

Kashmir79

Emerging markets and leveraged U.S. treasuries: NTSE

LawyeredChris

60% NTSX; 30% NTSI; 10% NTSE. 90% stocks, 60% intermediate treasuries, globally diversified at close to market weights. Rebalance at least annually in tax advantaged space. [https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/o9proo/the\_case\_for\_ntsx\_and\_chill\_instead\_of\_vtsax\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/o9proo/the_case_for_ntsx_and_chill_instead_of_vtsax_and/) [https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ntsx/](https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ntsx/)

hydromod

You might consider a portfolio with NTSX/NTSI/NTSE to replicate domestic/international (basically a 1.5x 60/40 stock/ITT portfolio) plus a dollop of UPRO or TQQQ to boost the equities a bit. Something like 60/15/10/15 NTSX/NTSI/NTSE/TQQQ is pretty close to what you were proposing (without URNM), which is 122/51 stocks/ITTs. This is only a mild bump over your original stock allocation, with the bonus of additional cushioning from treasuries. I suspect that this would be more efficient and less volatile than what you are proposing. I personally am not concerned about adding in TQQQ or UPRO at such low allocations. Rebalancing is your friend. To be open, I run a 90/10 NTSX/TQQQ portfolio for both of my kids. They are only a little younger than you. If it was for me at that age, I would perhaps be a bit more aggressive. If you decide to keep URNM, the general advice is to have concentrated plays occupy no more than 5 or 10 percent of your portfolio. I would not expect this sector to be very correlated to the other holdings, which may make it a useful diversification. The doubts about uranium upside are real, though; I've watched nuclear languish for decades and I'm a bit cynical about prospects. There is a bunch of activity, so perhaps I'm wrong.

Kashmir79

I hold some bond allocation in taxable and the way I avoid taxes is by using [NTSI, NTSX, and NTSE](https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ntsx/) which use 6x leveraged treasuries futures. There’s ordinary income taxes bond distributions because the yield is incorporated into the value of the contract(s), which is taxed as cap gain. Roughly as tax efficient as VTI.

LawyeredChris

Honestly, if you are going to be running a 60/40 portfolio most people should be running wisdom tree's efficient core funds at 90% equities/60% intermediate treasuries (NTSX, NTSI, and NTSE)? That would allow you to maintain a 90% exposure to stocks while getting bond exposure. You could run something like 60% NTSX, 30% NTSI, 10% NTSE. https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ntsx/ https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/ ... cient/ntsx https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/ ... cient/ntsi https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/ ... cient/ntse

LawyeredChris

Have you considered running wisdom tree's efficient core funds at 90% equities/60% intermediate treasuries (NTSX, NTSI, and NTSE)? That would allow you to maintain a 90% exposure to stocks while getting bond exposure. You could run something like 60% NTSX, 30% NTSI, 10% NTSE. https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ntsx/ https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/ ... cient/ntsx https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/ ... cient/ntsi https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/ ... cient/ntse

LawyeredChris

Here are three portfolios to consider: 1. 100% VT; 2. 60% NTSX; 30% NTSI; 10% NTSE; or 3. Something like the GingerAle Portfolio with a SCV tilt. https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ginger-ale-portfolio/

LawyeredChris

Either go: 100% VT; 60% NTSX; 30% NTSI; 10% NTSE (90/60 balanced ETFs that use leverage on intermediate treasuries to reach that allocation); or A diversified basket of ETFs with a value tilt, something like the Ginger Ale Portfolio https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ginger-ale-portfolio/. You really cannot go wrong with any of the above portfolios. My hunch is that portfolio 2 and 3 would result in a higher CAGRs, but there is certainly no guarantee of that.

LawyeredChris

Either go: 1. 100% VT; 2. 60% NTSX; 30% NTSI; 10% NTSE; or 3. A diversified basked of ETFs with a value tilt, something like the Ginger Ale Portfolio https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/ginger-ale-portfolio/.

IHathReturned

These are the private prison stocks: CoreCivic (NTSE: CXW) Serco (OTC: SCGPY) The GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) https://investmentu.com/prison-stocks/

thisguyfuchzz

NTSE should be another piece of your portfolio. If you’re looking for downside protection simplify has a pretty interesting R2K etf.