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Maybe they will bring back snake oil. It's what the original con artists used to sell in the Old West out of the back of their wagons. SMH, even Hitler didn't have his own cologne.

U fell for it. SMH.

Buy some ETFs: SMH, VEU, PPA, BAR, VFMO, XLE. These themes hold both quality small and big companies. OR you could see the ETF holdings and invest in single stocks, although I don't like that method as much.

Tom Lee is a Shitcoiner now. SMH.

Watched it, great recommendation. I'd say there's a difference between thematic ETF's and SMH though, more a sector ETF. I'm thinking of buying to hold long term when I get some extra cash in a few months and DCA.

I really like SMH for 10% and VOO (or VTI) as your core holding. I will be one of the ones who recommends non-US for 20-30%. The fact that non-US stocks have underperformed US for most (not all) of the last 20 years should not deter you - there have been plenty of periods prior to that where non-US has outperformed. You could hike up your emerging markets holdings (I like IEMG) if you want to make it a little more spicy.
Overall, good strategy - and remember, your investing HABITS will have way more of an impact on your asset growth than fund selection. Invest with every paycheck, and increase your % whenever your income goes up.
You're on your way - good luck!

Depends on your goals. How close are you to retirement?
If you’re retiring in the next 5 years SCHD is good
If you’re retiring in 5-15 years SCHD/VOO is good
If you’re retiring in 20+ years VOO is good
If you’re never retiring SMH is perfect

>but I just want more risk/growth while I'm still young and early into my investing.
Factor investing starting points:
* https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/factor-investing.asp
* https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/fidelity/fidelity-overview-of-factor-investing.pdf (PDF)
* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-black-hole-of-investing/
* But be aware that factor premiums can take a while to show up: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/1hmbwuw/what_every_longterm_investor_should_know_about/
>My goal is restructuring way more towards dividend ETFs once I'm close to retirement age.
Why?
>I'm interested in replacing the rest with growth and/or tech mostly.
Growth as a style actually tends to under perform in the long run (see links above).
A tech focus is taking on uncompensated risk. An uncompensated risk is one that doesn't bring higher expected long term returns. Uncompensated risk should be avoided whenever possible. Compensated vs uncompensated risk:
* https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/uncompensated-risk/
* https://www.northerntrust.com/middle-east/insights-research/2024/wealth-management/compensated-portfolio-risk
>But not all risks are compensated with an expected return premium.
* https://www.pwlcapital.com/is-investing-risky-yes-and-no/ (Bold mine)
>Uncompensated risk is very different; it is the risk specific to an individual company, **sector, or country.**
>Not very interested in non-US, which will probably be a hot take in this sub based on what I've seen (change my mind maybe?).
* It is uncompensated risk (see above). And before anyone says "no, it's been compensated with better returns" these are forward looking, not back, and we've seen plenty of times where market favor was outside the US; even in recent years, there have been even better performing markets (see 4th bullet of this section).
* Going global can be beneficial to both returns and volatility in the long run compared to US only. We've seen this even after 5+ decades in living memory.
* Emerging markets may bring a risk premium (frontier would be even more so, but I believe all ETFs that followed that have shut down at this point)
* Even among developed markets, better returns may come from elsewhere. See: The US was only the 4th best developed country to invest in from 2001-2020, 5th if you include Hong Kong: https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/which-country-will-outperform-next-is-irrelevant/ (archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240527200134/https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/which-country-will-outperform-next-is-irrelevant/) or shifting that to 2002-2021 drops the US to 6th (and a proper 6th this time, as Hong Kong dropped further, to 10th): https://www.saltmarshcpa.com/cpa-news/blog/which_country_will_outperform__here_s_why_it_shouldn_t_matte.asp or if that doesn’t work: https://web.archive.org/web/20250422033628/https://www.saltmarshcpa.com/cpa-news/blog/which_country_will_outperform__here_s_why_it_shouldn_t_matte.asp
* Long term, valuations tend to matter and right now they can be seen as more favorable to ex-US than the US. See: Ex-US out performance predicted over the next decade or so. **Even if they’re wrong, you should at least understand where they’re coming from**:
* https://advisors.vanguard.com/insights/article/areinternationalequitiespoisedtotakecenterstage or the archived link if that doesn't work: https://web.archive.org/web/20210104201135/https://advisors.vanguard.com/insights/article/areinternationalequitiespoisedtotakecenterstage
* https://www.morningstar.com/portfolios/experts-forecast-stock-bond-returns-2025-edition
* The last decade+ of US out performance was mostly just the US getting more expensive, not US companies being much better than foreign companies: https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Perspectives/The-Long-Run-Is-Lying-to-You (click through to the full version)
>Very interested in adding at least 10% SMH no matter what, I really like the higher risk higher reward potential of semiconductors for the next 10 years. What sayeth the ETFs sub?
You're missing performance chasing with risk and reward. You have to look at the type of risk it is: single (sub)sector in this case. That is the same as any other subsector bet (broader indexes after all can be said to just be a collection of subsectors, at any given time some will do better and others worse).
When talking a bet like that, you basically aren't saying that the companies in that area will do well, you're actually saying that you think they'll do even better than the market already expects of them.

Similar situation here. I hold VOO/QQQ/FBTC in my Roth and SCHG in my taxable. The feel I get enough tech but other things too. I had SMH, but I sold it for QQQ. I treat FBTC as my “bond” so I have a fairly aggressive three fund.

36 years old, no kids, no real obligations, somewhat high-ish income. Started a Roth IRA a couple years ago and I max it out each year. I've had around 50/50 VOO and SCHD for a while now but just sold all my SCHD after this last dividend hit. I've been mildly satisfied with SCHD but I just want more risk/growth while I'm still young and early into my investing. My goal is restructuring way more towards dividend ETFs once I'm close to retirement age.
I plan on keeping VOO as a large base of my port (it's about 50% currently, but I'm open to a suggestions of less or more percentage). I'm interested in replacing the rest with growth and/or tech mostly. Not very interested in non-US, which will probably be a hot take in this sub based on what I've seen (change my mind maybe?). Very interested in adding at least 10% SMH no matter what, I really like the higher risk higher reward potential of semiconductors for the next 10 years. What sayeth the ETFs sub?

Is VGT, SCHG, SMH too much tech in a Roth

Why is your post being downvoted…you make a lot of sense. SMH.

I believe hardcore in diversification. Almost to a fault sometimes. I will “balance my portfolio” and sometimes trigger tax events and trim my winners in the name of diversification and profit taking. And like I make money for sure. But I’ve also left a lot of money on the table too. I haven’t really back tested it to see whether or not it’s been good or bad. Like everyone has to do what they gotta do.
But I was a mortgage underwriter in another life. So my DNA is like risk management ya know? I can’t help but do it.
Everyone and every situation is different. I’m 39 so like my portfolio is usually 80% tech and 20% dividend stocks. I don’t mess with bonds bc of my job in the mortgage world. Don’t even want the appearance of impropriety. Right now however I sold a lot of my tech early on into the tariff debacle after I got stopped out and put a lot of that cash into dividend stocks like MO, KO and SCHD. I like to park cash there to at least pick up dividends and my MO has a cost basis of like $51 so I’m crushing that.
But I’m trimming the dividends and trying to get back into my tech allocation. For me I like to collect premium selling options against my stock. I don’t ever want to have more than 30% of my portfolio in the semis but I try to split that up between like 10% AMD 10% NVDA/MU and 10% SMH. And then I go with a theme and do like adjacent plays. Like MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AVGO is all part of the cloud/AI theme. It’s easier for me to follow a theme and have google news alerts on an entire sector than just like pick one here and there.
Why pick a horse when you can bet on all the horses ya know? With AI I think the TAM is so big gonna be a lot of winners. So it’s not like it was with INTC where we are going to eat their lunch.

20's? Get rid of VT for SPMO, SMH for SOXQ. NO VT!

Can you imagine what a tool Elon feels like after spending at least 50 million to rent a president, do a few high hitlers then be kicked to the curb, like a price of trash. I’ve seen hookers with a crack problem get treated better. Elon just crawled in bed? with the slimiest, most hateful , and dumbest, head of our government ever. He spent over $50 million to be bent over a barrel and pounded . It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad. SMH 🤦‍♂️

AI is gonna need lots of semi's, SMH has a bunch of companies that design and manufacture Semi's and equipment for semi's

our growth portfolio right now is 30% SCHG 10% each BIT QTUM SMH AIQ GARP ARKW VGT. has done very well. some overlap, but thats fine because the top overweight stocks are ones I believe in from research and performance. MAGX SHLD COWG were also in it but sold for a decent gain on each. Should have went all in on IBIT and would have performed better. If M1 ever gets their crap together and adds tickers I will probably drop ARKW for HUMN and GARP for STCE. SCHG and IBIT are long time holds and dont plan on selling those anytime soon.

Yes, we are getting a sizable dump today in the QQQ with it down over 1% but the SPY is only down .24%. Mostly Tech of course is the SMH is down 1.58%. We were due. Kind of interesting to see INTC up today and then a home builder DHI up over 5%! We might be seeing some rotation as the Russell is up nearly 1% and so is the DOW!

Good thing we don't tax non-profits like churches so they stay apolitical. SMH

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