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@gopi007bond Thanks this is the kind of advice I'm after. Although do I need to worry about tax seeing as I'm going to lose all my money?

@gopi007bond Also with the smartshares us 500 being on the nzx it should be pie not fif tax shouldn't it? Only had a very quick look at that though so happy to be corrected

@crkodn $5 monthly fee and .25% annual management fee vs $25 buy/sell and .34% one off management fee... I'm not seeing the advantage in a timeline per 12 months. Or am i missing something/wrong in my figures

@amos_6eight What's the advantage of kernel over sharsies? Given the timeframes there doesn't seem to be able advantage with fees unless I'm missing something

@mikeclaudio39 Thanks for that. I should clarify that 12 months is probably the minimum time frame vs a definitive timeframe

@pauline56 Yeh I'm guessing most of the people saying I shouldn't do it aren't going to short the fund. I've made a couple of conservative decisions in the last few years that I've lived to regret. So time to take some risk. I think it's a calculated risk but obviously plenty of people...

@pauline56 Happy to explain my rationale. The simple answer is that I'm happy to take a risk to get a bigger gain with my investment. I believe that the s&p 500 is likely to gain more value than a term deposit or Savings account. I'm also aware that there is a risk it will not gain, and...

@abraham1972 Risk wise I'm happy enough and optimistic about the market. Thanks for the advise about kernel, just about to do the maths and double check that sharsies fees are one off and not annual but they are the leading contenders

@ellygrace7 Exactly the advice I wasn't looking for. Which I thought I had stated pretty clearly... However to elaborate this is only a portion of our available cash assets which we have decided to put in a higher risk investment.

Have recently sold our house and are looking at putting 100k onto an s&p 500 fund until we buy again, maybe in a years time. After advice on what platform to use to do this. Have been doing my own research but it all got a bit overwhelming frankly. Currently leaning towards going with the...