Sam and Johnny do a follow up to the popular Index Funds 101 episode (Please link this) and expand the topic to international allocation into index funds.
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VXUS: Total International Stock = 23% of my current. Aiming for 35%
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Time Stamps:
- 06:50 – Why even bother investing worldwide?
- 10:39 – Johnny’s breakdown of his index funds
- 12:35 – Discussion on TenCents multinational
- 16:29 – Do you know what Taiwan Semiconductor makes?
- 20:09 – Listing some of the Top 10 international investments?
- 22:01 – The story of Toyota and Lexus
- 26:24 – Japanese stock market index
- 34:13 – All Seasons Portfolio breakdown
- 39:51 – VanGuard portfolio watch asset allocation backtesting risk-return allocation analysis
- 42:57 – What to do when you don’t have direct access to international index funds?
- 46:19 – Management fees with financial advisor
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