An overdue portfolio update and why Buffett would agree with my strategy. Keep it simple!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Portfolio update
3:06 Quick asset allocation ETF overview
3:56 Which ETF to go for depending on time horizon
4:44 What's inside XEQT
6:05 Why should we care about global diversification
8:23 Buffett on EXTREME diversification
9:24 Is one ETF is too simple?
10:43 People love trendy ETFs despite higher costs
12:47 How does my family save?

Links From Today's Video
KYT's Investing for Beginners Cheatsheet
https://kyt.gg/2023/08/21/investing-for-beginners-cheatsheet
Warren Buffett ~ Diversification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbjPiYE-F4Y
Rob Carrick: Canadian Personal Finance in 2023 | Rational Reminder 272
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKWvjemAzow

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Getting more shares of a stock feels good but are we overrating it in some cases? I argue beginners can veer off the road by focusing on stacking shares instead of stacking total returns.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:09 VFV vs. ZSP
1:17 My Beginners Cheatsheet
1:29 Reacting to Blossom posts
3:54 Why having less shares is the same
6:54 So what do YOU recommend? VDY vs. VCN vs. XEQT
8:47 Fears of selling shares in the future
10:49 Main takeaway

Links From Today's Video
KYT's Investing for Beginners Cheatsheet
https://kyt.gg/2023/08/21/investing-for-beginners-cheatsheet
An analysis of dividend- oriented equity strategies
https://static.vgcontent.info/crp/intl/auw/docs/literature/research/dividend-oriented-equity-strategies.pdf?20180212%7C103325

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I don't think beginners need to restrict themselves to one kind of stock and I try to make my case. Other metrics are more important!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:07 Made a Beginners Cheatsheet
0:46 A question inspired from Blossom
1:48 Dividend stocks are easier to understand
2:27 The total return perspective
3:54 Growth stocks re-invest in themselves
4:13 Do dividend or growth stocks perform better?
5:30 Allocating based on market composition
7:02 Snowballing is not unique to dividend investing

Links From Today's Video
KYT's Investing for Beginners Cheatsheet
https://kyt.gg/2023/08/21/investing-for-beginners-cheatsheet
An analysis of dividend- oriented equity strategies
https://static.vgcontent.info/crp/intl/auw/docs/literature/research/dividend-oriented-equity-strategies.pdf?20180212%7C103325

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I talk about many things home bias related. What's an acceptable range of home bias for your stock portfolio according to the latest research?

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:30 Fees & trade-offs
2:18 How biased are the portfolios of Canadians?
3:14 Showing random portfolios from Blossom
3:48 People are going to buy what they know and what they enjoy consuming
4:28 Home bias is a global phenomenon
4:55 Main downside to home bias – security and sector concentration
6:15 How much home bias is OK? How is XEQT / VEQT attributing to Canadian stocks and why?
9:03 What I think the #1 reason is to add some home bias
11:45 What Vanguard thinks is the optimal allocation to Canadian equities
12:55 Currency risk
13:45 Justin Bender's recommendation for foreign equity allocation
14:35 Behaviour benefits
15:30 Be careful when comparing S&P 500 ETFs

Links From Today's Video
Canadian Home Bias: A Case for Global Equity Diversification
https://www.vanguard.ca/en/investor/insights/Canadian_Home_Bias
Home Bias in the Vanguard Asset Allocation ETFs
https://www.canadianportfoliomanagerblog.com/home-bias-in-the-vanguard-asset-allocation-etfs
Global equity investing: The benefits of diversification and sizing your allocation
https://corporate.vanguard.com/content/dam/corp/research/pdf/Global-equity-investing-The-benefits-of-diversification-and-sizing-your-allocation-US-ISGGEB_042021_Online.pdf
Podcast 20: One-Stop ETF Shopping
https://canadiancouchpotato.com/2018/11/10/podcast-20-one-stop-etf-shopping
Episode 31: Steven Leong: Single Decision ETFs: Unpacking XGRO and XBAL from BlackRock
https://rationalreminder.ca/podcast/31
For Investors, a Little Home Country Bias Goes a Long Way
https://rationalreminder.ca/blog/2019/12/5/for-investors-a-little-home-country-bias-goes-a-long-way

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I felt the need to introduce the concept of the market portfolio because I will referring to it in future videos.

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I talk about the infamous dividend capture strategy and how the concept of opportunity cost is often ignored.

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I made a video on what I'd want to tell a complete beginner on how to start investing. Which stock or ETF should they begin their journey with?


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0:00 Intro
1:04 Portfolio & dividend overview
3:38 XEQT vs. VEQT
5:12 Dividends vs. Growth

I go through the dividends XEQT gave me last week and give my opinion on one of the most popular questions beginner investors have: dividends or growth.

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Did a Q&A video on:

– Why I have Questrade, Wealthsimple and Interactive Brokers accounts
– How I'd cash it all out
– Emergency fFunds

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