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@convert2011 You should use an EU broker instead. The US has a history of confiscating money from Europeans for bullshit reasons. For example they stole 25k € from a Dane who was buying Cuban cigars from Germany. Completely legal in Denmark and Germany, but the US didn't like it, so they simply...

@texas0987 In most countries you will have to realise gains to do that and pay taxes, which is not worth it in most cases. Just go the more diversified route (VWCE) from the start and you're safe.

@lmoon That would be SPYI for a ACWI / All-World market-cap weighted fund.

@resjudicata So does VWCE. What is this based on? Did they publish their actual holdings?

@captainbelden Depends on the country; not sure how it is in Poland but in Germany the government actually taxes you yearly on gains in accumulating ETFs too.

@james2000 Yeah I hope it's at least a bit better in your country. Germany is really ridiculous for investors, you get pressed for every penny. But of course only us average earners, not the super rich. If you inherit 100k from your parents you have to pax taxes on it, but if you inherit a 50...

@james2000 Correct, but if you are taxed when the fund closes, invest in a new fund, and then pay taxes again once you close that second position, you will have in total paid more taxes than if you had been able to have avoided the first fund closure. Yes, although in some cases like...

@james2000 Usually people say from 100 million € upwards is pretty safe. There is no definite number however, and there are also many ETFs with much less AUM that have existed for many years. Though again, I'd say the Invesco one should be pretty safe already given how quickly it is growing...

@james2000 It comes from the fact that for a few years, VWCE had the lowest TER for an ETF that tracks the FTSE All-World Index, and also certainly to some extent from the fact that Vanguard is extremely popular in the US, and in the English-speaking bubble of the internet, what is popular in...