Which tech ETF to invest in now - Allianz or Vanguard?

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Which tech ETF to invest in now - Allianz or Vanguard?

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Hello,

Keen to invest 5k in a tech ETF this week. I've identified Allianz Tech Trust and Vanguard IT ETF as two of the best, but I cannot decide which to invest in. Would really welcome any views, reflections, comments from others on this.

Thanks so much in advance.

C
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How do their ERs compare?
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What made you conclude that those two funds were the "best"?

If cannot decide, why not buy 50% in each?

Why not Zoidberg?
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Welcome.
Glossboss wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:57 am Keen to invest 5k in a tech ETF this week. I've identified Allianz Tech Trust and Vanguard IT ETF as two of the best, but I cannot decide which to invest in. Would really welcome any views, reflections, comments from others on this.
Allianz Technology Trust is a UK domiciled investment trust, and the Vanguard Information Technology ETF is a US domiciled ETF.

Which country do you live in, and do you hold US citizenship or a US green card? Depending on your answers, one or the other of these two funds could be a US tax nightmare that you would very much want to avoid.
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welcome to the group. if you invest in the total stock market you have tech in it. that's the beauty of owning the total market.

Right now tech makes up 25.5% of the total market. Do you want more than that?

If 25.5% of every dollar invested in the total market is in tech already, and you are putting more than 25.5% of your money in tech, do you think you know something the market doesn't?

If tech has gone up in value is there a good reason you want to buy assets that have already gone up? Does buying high usually lead to high returns or low returns?
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L&G Global Technology Index Trust I Acc

I have a smattering of the above. Its 0.32%OCF

Bit naughty I suppose but it is at least an INDEX fund 😏
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Give these a research and decide

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Glossboss wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:57 am Hello,

Keen to invest 5k in a tech ETF this week. I've identified Allianz Tech Trust and Vanguard IT ETF as two of the best, but I cannot decide which to invest in. Would really welcome any views, reflections, comments from others on this.

Thanks so much in advance.

C
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RYT
FTECH
IUIT
WITS ?

So many ways to spin the wheel 😏

A pertinent question is what % of the OP's portfolio does the proposed 5k in tech represent?
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Glossboss wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:57 am Hello,

Keen to invest 5k in a tech ETF this week. I've identified Allianz Tech Trust and Vanguard IT ETF as two of the best, but I cannot decide which to invest in. Would really welcome any views, reflections, comments from others on this.

Thanks so much in advance.

C
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TedSwippet wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:14 pm Welcome.
Glossboss wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:57 am Keen to invest 5k in a tech ETF this week. I've identified Allianz Tech Trust and Vanguard IT ETF as two of the best, but I cannot decide which to invest in. Would really welcome any views, reflections, comments from others on this.
Allianz Technology Trust is a UK domiciled investment trust, and the Vanguard Information Technology ETF is a US domiciled ETF.

Which country do you live in, and do you hold US citizenship or a US green card? Depending on your answers, one or the other of these two funds could be a US tax nightmare that you would very much want to avoid.
I'm curious to hear the answer to this myself. It seems weird that someone's first post would ask for a decision between an investment not readily available to US investors and one not readily available to UK investors.

Let alone what he expects to hear about a choice between an actively-managed fund with an 0.80% expense ratio, and an index fund with an 0.10% expense ratio that's associated with the firm founded by John C. Bogle.

Unless this is a ploy to get us to find out for ourselves how much better the Allianz fund has done.
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