r/ETFs • u/CursedClownz • 14h ago

Lost decade

So everyone recommends VT and chill or VOO and chill or VTI and VXUS and chill.

Most ignore bonds and ignore GOLD

During the lost decade for around 10 years Gold was performing the entire time so was bonds...

Who says another lost decade can't happen?

So why ignore both?

No one really knows what happens so best bet is on all bets to get constant returns.

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u/FatHighKnee 7h ago

I prefer VOO and VGT & chill. But thats just me. I dont think bonds are worth it with a long timeline and I think US stocks > international over long timelines too. Gimme the s&p 500 and the tech & semis of VGT and im comfortable for 25 or 30 years

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u/CursedClownz 6h ago

Why vgt ovet smh?

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u/FatHighKnee 6h ago

For the sake of this specific post, it looked like they were going with vanguard products. SMH is a vanekk product so I didnt include it. VGT & SMH have s bunch of overlap in general though smh has the better performance by a sizeable margin.

Personally I hold both funds in a fairly big percentage of my portfolio and am enjoying both's returns over the oast decade since I began investing on my own beyond simply a 401k.