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If you’re looking for a higher risk performance booster to a portfolio, may I recommend either [Avantis Emerging Markets Equity (Acc)](https://www.trading212.com/trading-instruments/invest/AVEG.GB) or [Avantis Global Small Cap Value (Acc)](https://www.trading212.com/trading-instruments/invest/AVSG.GB)? They’re both cheaper than your two ETFs, are quite volatile, but have fantastic long run performance.
Alternatively, if it must be of the two you wish to select, ARK is much more traditional big tech (and is much more expensive), whereas GLOBAL X’s holdings include smaller more niche firms (and is cheaper). I suppose then it’s a case of who do you think will win the AI race? Traditional firms are a medium-sized competitor. If the former, pick ARK. If the latter, pick GLOBAL X.

Morning gang,
looking to finalise my pie, delete the app and check back in 10 years. But I'm stuck on a decision
I want to add in a robotics and or AI ETF which will only equate to maybe 7% of my pie, may even do it at 5% but I'm unsure on what to trade!
I'm UK based so I only pick the trades in P or £, the 2 ETFs I'm stuck between are ARK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS (ARCI) & GLOBAL X ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AIGH)
Any tech savvy people that dig these and for what reason? whilst there was/is so much AI hype there are many upcoming UK AI IPO's due in the next 2 years but I want to stray away from individual stocks, as an example I only hold Equinox gold and CSG. Equinox I bought a while back in the huge dip and plan on holding forever, CSG I got near IPO price and beat the initial surge and again plan on holding, rest of my portfolio is ETF based.
No random users and Reddit is not financial advice but often the comments come back with great feedback that beats a grueling history search

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You’ve clearly put time into researching, but the portfolio doesn’t really line up with the goal you stated.
If the aim is growth plus stability and something close to recession resistant, starting with ARK, Tesla, and AI funds is a mismatch. Those are high volatility, narrative driven assets that tend to get hit hardest when liquidity tightens. They can work as small satellite positions, but they are not stability anchors, especially for a new investor.
SCHD is the one holding here that genuinely supports the stability part of your goal. Dividend focused, cash flow heavy strategies usually hold up better during downturns. The rest of the list is mostly cyclical exposure. Morgan Stanley and ITW are good businesses, but financials and industrials still drop in recessions. CubeSmart is reasonable, but REITs are sensitive to interest rates. NetEase adds additional geopolitical and regulatory risk that can surprise you in ways unrelated to the market itself.
The bigger issue is structure. There’s no clear core holding doing the heavy lifting, like a broad market index or total market fund. Instead, this reads like a collection of ideas pulled from different narratives rather than a system with defined roles. At 45, drawdowns matter more because long recoveries eat into your compounding window.
Nothing here is “wrong” on its own, but together it’s incoherent. A more durable approach would be a simple core that compounds through all cycles, with smaller, clearly capped positions for themes like AI or individual stocks. Build the foundation first, then layer in conviction plays once the base is solid.