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Just putting money in S&P is what I am doing.

I tried to look into buying real estate

Buying individual stocks and etc.

But everything seems like a lot of hassle and more risk than just cruising with DCA into the market.

Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
A total stock market index fund is broader and includes some some small and mid cap stocks in addition to all the S&P 500 stocks. A total stock market index fund is generally considered to be a better choice even though it is something like 70 or 80 percent(??) the same as an S&P 500 index fund.

A lot of people use it in a three fund portfolio.

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm
Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
Total market and total international.
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Levered S&P, but requires huge risk tolerance to hold tight. Weak hands get shaken out.
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Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:57 pm Levered S&P, but requires huge risk tolerance to hold tight. Weak hands get shaken out.
Oh no you didn't :P
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My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
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Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:57 pm Levered S&P, but requires huge risk tolerance to hold tight. Weak hands get shaken out.
Something like UPRO? Im not sure I would have the mental rigidity for that.
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jarjarM wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:58 pm
Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:57 pm Levered S&P, but requires huge risk tolerance to hold tight. Weak hands get shaken out.
Oh no you didn't :P
? I'm actually not trading LETFs, I was just answering the question :P
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anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm
Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:57 pm Levered S&P, but requires huge risk tolerance to hold tight. Weak hands get shaken out.
Something like UPRO? Im not sure I would have the mental rigidity for that.
Yes. SSO, UPRO, SPXL etc etc. Numerous backtests show slight edge but much bigger volatility for obvious reasons. The bottom line is, beating 1x isn't easy.
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Seems like market is the way to go. I looked into other options like real estates but unless i am the end user... (ex owning building for my own business or my home) it doesnt make great sense... over vfiax then chill.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:13 pm Seems like market is the way to go. I looked into other options like real estates but unless i am the end user... (ex owning building for my own business or my home) it doesnt make great sense... over vfiax then chill.
Yes. Let's keep doing your 2k/day DCA :beer
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Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:15 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:13 pm Seems like market is the way to go. I looked into other options like real estates but unless i am the end user... (ex owning building for my own business or my home) it doesnt make great sense... over vfiax then chill.
Yes. Let's keep doing your 2k/day DCA :beer
Yep seems like thats the way to go. Haha i see you so often!

Do you have some cash on the sideway in case of pullback?
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Looks like you already have the answer, so just looking for confirmation :D
I do real estate, as a diversifier, but it is not comparable to Stock investing, as investment domain is not the same, and neither are returns. Where I am at, we have seen 20% gains in SFH, in last 6 months, with rents also up by 10%, and with crazy low mortgage rates, very good option to invest. But if comparing to Stocks,not the same at all.
Personally I prefer VTI(total market more), but VOO seems to be tracking closely.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:16 pm
Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:15 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:13 pm Seems like market is the way to go. I looked into other options like real estates but unless i am the end user... (ex owning building for my own business or my home) it doesnt make great sense... over vfiax then chill.
Yes. Let's keep doing your 2k/day DCA :beer
Yep seems like thats the way to go. Haha i see you so often!

Do you have some cash on the sideway in case of pullback?
I'm not waiting for a major pullback, but I do have some money from selling a property.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Just putting money in S&P is what I am doing.
The S&P 500 fund at Vanguard was the first index fund I ever purchased. I still own it today, nearly 25 years later.

At 4 basis points (current cost), it's practically free, and you never have to worry about under-performing the S&P 500. I'll bet a lot of mutual fund managers wish they could be that certain of their own results. Just buy a little every month, or when you can afford it, until you're done accumulating, then enjoy the 100% qualified dividends.

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annu wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:18 pm Looks like you already have the answer, so just looking for confirmation :D
I do real estate, as a diversifier, but it is not comparable to Stock investing, as investment domain is not the same, and neither are returns. Where I am at, we have seen 20% gains in SFH, in last 6 months, with rents also up by 10%, and with crazy low mortgage rates, very good option to invest. But if comparing to Stocks,not the same at all.
Personally I prefer VTI(total market more), but VOO seems to be tracking closely.

I do have a roof over my head and commercial real estate for my business but I am thinking that is as far as I will go. Makes sense because i am the end user and I will take care of the place not like some random tenants...

Only reason I am thinking of RE is the fact that I can leverage... but hack i can borrow money and invest into market as well.
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Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:19 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:16 pm
Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:15 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:13 pm Seems like market is the way to go. I looked into other options like real estates but unless i am the end user... (ex owning building for my own business or my home) it doesnt make great sense... over vfiax then chill.
Yes. Let's keep doing your 2k/day DCA :beer
Yep seems like thats the way to go. Haha i see you so often!

Do you have some cash on the sideway in case of pullback?
I'm not waiting for a major pullback, but I do have some money from selling a property.

Whats your plan? Dump it into market? Or increase DCA amount?
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:23 pm
Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:19 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:16 pm
Marseille07 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:15 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:13 pm Seems like market is the way to go. I looked into other options like real estates but unless i am the end user... (ex owning building for my own business or my home) it doesnt make great sense... over vfiax then chill.
Yes. Let's keep doing your 2k/day DCA :beer
Yep seems like thats the way to go. Haha i see you so often!

Do you have some cash on the sideway in case of pullback?
I'm not waiting for a major pullback, but I do have some money from selling a property.

Whats your plan? Dump it into market? Or increase DCA amount?
I'm doing Michael Kitces' bond tent & rising glidepath: https://www.kitces.com/blog/managing-po ... -red-zone/
And some "funny money" trading on the side.
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tibbitts wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:55 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm
Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
Total market and total international.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Yep, I actually own S&P500 too (tax loss harvesting). But you asked for an alternative. :twisted:
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anon_investor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:02 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Yep, I actually own S&P500 too (tax loss harvesting). But you asked for an alternative. :twisted:
I own the S&P500, too.

It's a cute little subset of the rest of the stocks I own.

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watchnerd wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:13 am
anon_investor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:02 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Yep, I actually own S&P500 too (tax loss harvesting). But you asked for an alternative. :twisted:
I own the S&P500, too.

It's a cute little subset of the rest of the stocks I own.

;)

Whats your majority? Vtsax?
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There's NDX/QQQ.
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S&P500 is a fantastic investment. Warren Buffett and Jack Bogle approved.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Just putting money in S&P is what I am doing.

I tried to look into buying real estate

Buying individual stocks and etc.

But everything seems like a lot of hassle and more risk than just cruising with DCA into the market.

Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
Domestically, see if you can get into any of the PRIMECAP funds. Or POAGX.

Also, you don't mention if you hold any Int'l. You may want to pick some of that up alongside the S&P to DCA into.
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cegibbs wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:18 am S&P500 is a fantastic investment. Warren Buffett and Jack Bogle approved.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not literally, no.
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Total US and total ex-us (VTI, VXUS)
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Watty wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:54 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
A total stock market index fund is broader and includes some some small and mid cap stocks in addition to all the S&P 500 stocks. A total stock market index fund is generally considered to be a better choice even though it is something like 70 or 80 percent(??) the same as an S&P 500 index fund.
I remember hearing 80% but what's more important is that the returns correlation (proper term?) is closer to 99%. If you superimpose growth charts of the two, the lines, despite occasional fluctuations, are so close together it is hard to tell them apart.
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newyorker wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:24 am
Whats your majority? Vtsax?
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bertilak wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:56 am
Watty wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:54 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
A total stock market index fund is broader and includes some some small and mid cap stocks in addition to all the S&P 500 stocks. A total stock market index fund is generally considered to be a better choice even though it is something like 70 or 80 percent(??) the same as an S&P 500 index fund.
I remember hearing 80% but what's more important is that the returns correlation (proper term?) is closer to 99%. If you superimpose growth charts of the two, the lines, despite occasional fluctuations, are so close together it is hard to tell them apart.
Correlation just means that they move in the same direction around some mean. It has nothing to do with the magnitude.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Just putting money in S&P is what I am doing.

I tried to look into buying real estate

Buying individual stocks and etc.

But everything seems like a lot of hassle and more risk than just cruising with DCA into the market.

Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
newyorker:

Stay the course.

Best wishes.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
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beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
Certainly with in error

11.53 vs 11.35 CAGR
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion1_1=100
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dcabler wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:51 am
bertilak wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:56 am
Watty wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:54 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
A total stock market index fund is broader and includes some some small and mid cap stocks in addition to all the S&P 500 stocks. A total stock market index fund is generally considered to be a better choice even though it is something like 70 or 80 percent(??) the same as an S&P 500 index fund.
I remember hearing 80% but what's more important is that the returns correlation (proper term?) is closer to 99%. If you superimpose growth charts of the two, the lines, despite occasional fluctuations, are so close together it is hard to tell them apart.
Correlation just means that they move in the same direction around some mean. It has nothing to do with the magnitude.
Thanks.

Then it is more than correlation as they move by the same magnitude. In other words $X of one gets the (nearly) exact dollar growth as $X of the other, according to a Morningstar growth chart.

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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Just putting money in S&P is what I am doing.

I tried to look into buying real estate

Buying individual stocks and etc.

But everything seems like a lot of hassle and more risk than just cruising with DCA into the market.

Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
Just doing this is a fantastic idea. I prefer VTSAX (total market), but an SP 500 index fund is a beautiful thing.
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beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
What is better?
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newyorker wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:18 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
What is better?
See my chart above (viewtopic.php?p=5933353#p5933353). You can decide for yourself if one is better than the other.

In my opinion, a total stock fund (VTSAX) is the "purer" play but I personally own VFIAX because of a tax loss harvesting process I went through last year. In other words I thought they were "close enough." Someday, if conditions are right, I might switch back to VTSAX.
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bertilak wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:25 am
newyorker wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:18 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
What is better?
See my chart above (viewtopic.php?p=5933353#p5933353). You can decide for yourself if one is better than the other.
Isnt it essentially the same?
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newyorker wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:30 am
bertilak wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:25 am
newyorker wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:18 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm

Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
What is better?
See my chart above (viewtopic.php?p=5933353#p5933353). You can decide for yourself if one is better than the other.
Isnt it essentially the same?
That's the point! (Note my edit of my just previous post.)
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Either is an excellent choice. I use Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSAX) because a little more diversified.
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jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:02 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
Certainly with in error

11.53 vs 11.35 CAGR
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion1_1=100
How does that show VTSAX vs VFIAX?
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beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:00 am
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:02 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm
anon_investor wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:59 pm My vote: Total US Stock Market Index and chill.
Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
Certainly with in error

11.53 vs 11.35 CAGR
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion1_1=100
How does that show VTSAX vs VFIAX?
Total US vs SP500
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Re: I cant find anything better than S&P

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jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:23 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:00 am
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:02 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:00 pm

Vtsax then chill? Isnt it literally same as vfiax historically?
Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
Certainly with in error

11.53 vs 11.35 CAGR
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion1_1=100
How does that show VTSAX vs VFIAX?
Total US vs SP500
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beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:27 am
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:23 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:00 am
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:02 am
beernutz wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:59 am

Not according to portfoliovisualizer.
Certainly with in error

11.53 vs 11.35 CAGR
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion1_1=100
How does that show VTSAX vs VFIAX?
Total US vs SP500
If you choose to let a data set time lock you in your back testing that's your choice. I'd rather see a bigger picture and more accurate to my investing time horizon.


I really don't care which is held. I own both.
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Re: I cant find anything better than S&P

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bertilak wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:09 am
dcabler wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:51 am
bertilak wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:56 am
Watty wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:54 pm
newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
A total stock market index fund is broader and includes some some small and mid cap stocks in addition to all the S&P 500 stocks. A total stock market index fund is generally considered to be a better choice even though it is something like 70 or 80 percent(??) the same as an S&P 500 index fund.
I remember hearing 80% but what's more important is that the returns correlation (proper term?) is closer to 99%. If you superimpose growth charts of the two, the lines, despite occasional fluctuations, are so close together it is hard to tell them apart.
Correlation just means that they move in the same direction around some mean. It has nothing to do with the magnitude.
Thanks.

Then it is more than correlation as they move by the same magnitude. In other words $X of one gets the (nearly) exact dollar growth as $X of the other, according to a Morningstar growth chart.

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Correct. You have to look at the actual holdings in the end. And since both are cap weighted, then then the percentages of the same stocks they hold of the largest caps will look very similar, then decreasingly similar as you go down the list of decreasing market cap. But by definition as you go down the list of decreasing market cap, the indices are holding less of those stocks, so their influence on the total return also diminishes.... A long sentence to say that the returns for both are dominated by the largest market caps, so no surprise that there isn't a lot of daylight between the performance of the two..

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Any of these other indexes is just substantially similar to SPX. Even the leveraged version is merely a way to scale the same underlying investment. But anyway, I think the fact that few real alternatives have been suggested just demonstrates how efficiently risk can be transferred to investors through equity markets nowadays.

With that being said, I would propose that interesting investment alternatives start to arise as your net worth increases to quite high levels, and your investor network becomes very developed. I suspect that Peter Thiel and similar people are able to "beat" the SPX due to insider investment connections to VC and PE. You'll also have more freedom to make speculative bets if your net worth is very high.

If you are rich, you can also afford to speculate on alternative investments like art, wine, or rights to songs and films, even if it is more of a hobby.
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newyorker wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 pm Just putting money in S&P is what I am doing.

I tried to look into buying real estate

Buying individual stocks and etc.

But everything seems like a lot of hassle and more risk than just cruising with DCA into the market.

Do you guys have any other suggestion where to put money?
Sounds good to me. It’s what I do. Every single week.
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Megacorp restricts me to SP500 for the 401k, so I use that for the tax deferred/exempt accounts and use VTSAX for taxable. This hopefully will prevent any unintended wash sales. The unfortunate part is that it restricts me to using SP500 in the Roths and HSA since I want to use auto reinvestment in all tax deferred/exempt accounts.

Not that I'm worried about loss harvesting complications after a week like this.
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