Weekend Reading – Invesco Lowers Small Cap ETF Fee To Become The Lowest In Europe
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From Tibet To California – 8 Investing Lessons From Cycling The World (Banker on Wheels)
One of the biggest misconceptions and most frequent question that people ask adventure cyclists is whether they’re lonely. It couldn’t be further away from reality. Some cycling experiences changed me in various ways, including my way of looking at investing. You may think that spending 15 years on Wall Street would teach me more about successful investing than cycling. Technical knowledge – yes. The perspective? Not necessarily.
Portfolio Construction
Asset Allocation
Top 10 Things to Know About Building a Diversified Portfolio (Morningstar)
Diversification is a core principle of sound investing. A portfolio that includes assets with different performance characteristics often leads to better risk-adjusted returns than one that relies on a single asset class. But building a diversified portfolio can be easier in theory than practice. In our recently published 2024 Diversification Landscape report, my colleagues Christine Benz, Karen Zaya, and I took a deep dive into the diversification potential of several major asset classes.
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UNDERSTAND FINANCIAL MARKETS
Rolf Agather has been in the indexing industry since the 1980s. He started Russell, moved around the industry a bit, then went back to Russell Investments and in 2002 became the Managing Director, Research and Innovation, Russell Indexes. He remained there after a merger with FTSE and became the FTSE Russell Managing Director, Research, North America. Rolf moved to Morningstar in 2020 as Morningstar’s Head of Research and Product, Indexes.
Are Index Funds Propping Up the Stock Market? (A Wealth of Common Sense)
I’ve always thought the worries about index funds wreaking havoc on stock prices were overblown. If all the money flowing into index funds is propping up stock prices, why are large caps growing even faster than small and mid-caps? Wouldn’t it be easier to push up the prices of the smaller companies? When you buy a market cap weighted index fund you buy those stocks in proportion to their current weights.
Read more on A Wealth of Common Sense
HOW TO INVEST
Active Investing
FACTOR investing
Throughout history, investing has been a lot more “Art” than “Science.” But today, data is widely available and it’s a key tool you can use to enhance your portfolio returns. About this week’s guest: Jim O’Shaughnessy, former chairman and founder of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (now part of Franklin Templeton) and author of the New York Times bestselling book, “What Works on Wall Street” — the first quantitative investing book available to the general public.
discretionary investing
ALTERNATIVE ASSET CLASSES
WALL STREET
- Who are the World’s Richest People in Finance? (Visual Capitalist)
- Benjamin Gilbert and David Rosenthal take a deep dive into the success that is Renaissance Technologies. (Acquired.fm - 3 Hr 10 Min)
- Should CalPERS Fire Everyone And Just Buy Some ETFs? (Meb Faber - 19 Min)
- Visualizing the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund (Visual Capitalist)
SUSTAINABLE investing
BAD BETS
ETFs
UCITS ETFS
Cheapest UCITS Small Cap ETF: Invesco cuts fees on four ETFs (ETF Stream)
Invesco has slashed the fees of four equity and bond ETFs including its $65m Russell 2000 ETF as it looks to boost demand. The US giant reduced the fees on the Invesco Russell 2000 UCITS ETF (RTYS) from 0.45% to 0.25%, making it Europe’s lowest cost ETF to track the US small-cap index, undercutting rivals State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), DWS and Amundi.
Read more on ETF Stream
New UCITS ETF launches
| # | ETF | TER | ISIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amundi Prime All Country World UCITS ETF | 0.07% | IE0009HF1MK9 |
| 2 | Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF 1C | 0,16% | IE0006WW1TQ4 |
| 3 | AMUNDI PRIME USA UCITS ETF Acc | 0,05% | IE000FSN19U2 |
| 4 | AMUNDI PRIME USA UCITS ETF Dist | TBC | IE000IEGVMH6 |
Overview of the US and European ETF markets by leading Issuers. (ETFBook)
ETF Book Provided an updated overview of the US and European ETF markets by leading Issuers. US ETF market: AUM $7.96 trillion – European ETF market: AUM $1.81 trillion. iShares is leading in the US, but Vanguard is closing the gap. In Europe, iShares is much more dominant.
US ETFs
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF Update with Andrew Beer (iMGP Funds)
We’ve had a very strong start to the year – up about 6%, in line with both the SocGen CTA Index (hereinafter the “Hedge Fund Index”) and the Morningstar US Trend Systematic Category (hereinafter the “Morningstar Category”). Since inception we’ve handily outperformed both. Perhaps more importantly to the model portfolio world, the S&P 500 has returned around 7% this year, but the Bloomberg Agg is down close to 2%.
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BlackRock is set to launch ten ETFs focused on Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). Ranging in maturity from 2024 to 2033, these ETFs will seek to provide inflation protection to investors concerned with erosion of purchasing power. The new TIPS-defined maturity bond ETFs will carry an expense ratio of 0.1%. [ETF.com]
Wealth Management
Personal Finance
Fidelity International Review: A Golden Retriever-Friendly Platform (Banker on Wheels)
Fidelity International stands out as a great choice for investors with families, and looking for a reputable and competitive choice. However, advanced investors may find limitations depending on their sophistication and needs.
Interactive Investor Review (Banker on Wheels)
Interactive Investor stands out as a great choice for UK investors with families, and looking for multicurrency accounts to reduce FX-fee frictions. However, advanced investors may find limitations depending on their sophistication and needs.
Is it suitable for you?
- Peter Lazaroff talks with Manisha Thakor author of “MoneyZen: The Secret to Finding Your “Enough.” (Peter Lazaroff - 32 Min)
- Compounding your investments is great, but at some point you need to spend it. (Morningstar)
- We don't notice when things are getting better. (A Wealth of Common Sense)
- You Can’t Succeed In Life Without This Skill (Ryan Holiday)
InvestEngine Review – Decent Choice (For Beginners) (Banker on Wheels)
InvestEngine offers competitive trading for ISA and General accounts, as well as a good range of ETFs. It caters well to buy-and-hold investors who want a simple portfolio. More advanced investors will quickly be very limited in their choices, as they can only trade LSE-listed ETFs.
Early Retirement
Personal Development
- 40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20) (Mark Manson)
- Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Good Life Project)
- Scott Barry Kaufman talks with Columbia business professor Shena Lyengar on how we make choices and innovate. (The Psychology Podcast - 44 Min)
Health & Wellness
CAREERS & Entrepreneurship
- Noah Kagan about building a side hustle without losing your mind (The examined life - 1 Hr)
- Are Remote Tech Careers Still Relevant In 2024? (ChooseFi - 34 Min)
- Founders’ warm welcome in Barcelona (FT.Com, Click on First link)
- Top start-up hubs reinvent the model for European tech sector needs (FT.Com, Click on First Link)
- The Jobs Most Impacted by AI (Visual Capitalist)
DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE
Travel
Alone time: ana jager’s solo ride on the iditarod trail (Bikepacking.com)
On March 13th, 27-year-old Ana Jager rolled into Nome, Alaska, finishing a harrowing 19-day solo ride on the Iditarod Trail. Conditions this year were extraordinarily difficult and slow, but she maintained a pace that was in step with the fastest ITI racers. After the ride, author and fellow endurance athlete Jill Homer caught up with Ana to discuss her monumental effort.
Read more on Bikepacking.com
Tech & Economy
economy
TECH AND SCIENCE
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And finally
Map of Global Happiness By Country in 2024 (Visual Capitalist)
Happiness, like love, is perhaps one of the least understood and most sought-after emotions and experiences in human life. And while many inspiring teachings exist about attaining individual happiness, it’s worthwhile to consider how happy entire countries are on a collective scale.
We visualize the findings from the World Happiness Report 2024, an enduring attempt to measure, quantify, and compare happiness levels around the world, sourcing data from Gallup.The Gallup World Poll surveys approximately 1,000 respondents in nearly every country on a variety of issues, one of which is to evaluate their current life on a scale from 0–10.
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