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@mizchristine To add oil to the fire: if the prices didn’t coincide at the current exchange rate, then an arbitrage opportunity would exist and in a matter of seconds the prices would coincide ☺️

@wessy Hi, Sorry for the (very) late reply. I'm happy that my explanations were of use to you! Concerning your questions, here are a couple of points: - VUSA is on the "expensive side" with 0.07% TER, compared to IVV (0.03%), for instance. - You can definitely hold 100% VT if your goal is...

@johnstead I’m not sure I’m understanding your point completely, so tell me if I’m not. I agree that companies might hedge their flows in the short term, but the drivers of their value are long term earnings, which can’t be hedged. Now clearly there are other factors coming into play when...

@hesmyrock It is not silly, no. But it has a cost and could erode your returns, like all types of insurance :) Often investors chose to either not hedge and assume currency risk, or to partially hedge and accept some currency risk. Hedging is indeed costly! :)

@hesmyrock Oh! That’s not what I meant! I was talking about the ETF currency: for instance, you can buy the snp500 in usd, eur, cad, chf, without it being hedged. It you want to hedge currency risk, you can buy a chf-hedged etf. It will cost more with respect to management fees and there’s an...

@bubiboeller VT is vanguard’s total world etf. There’s only one VT. VOO is vanguard’s snp500 etf.

@iambridget Thanks :)

@arolo My pleasure :)

@georgehay Glad to have been of help. The advice to avoid 2nd pillar until 5-8 y before retirement makes sense, especially for higher end salaries and current rates.

@georgehay Hi there, I won’t comment on the split per se, since it all depends on your objective, personal situation and your personality. I will however point out that the total world index is around 60% US stocks already. In the end, your portfolio has very little exposure to other markets...