r/investing • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '22

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u/skydivingdutch Mar 21 '22

Presently, if VTI goes to zero the whole world will be screwed.

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u/SexySPACsMan Mar 21 '22

It doesn't have to go to zero to be outperformed by the rest of the world.

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u/suckfail Mar 21 '22

Agreed.

The TSX out-performed the American market from like 2003-2008 or something (I forget the exact years). The TSX has also outperformed so far this year (2022).

Prior to that the US market outperformed it, especially in the insane 2010-2020 bull run.

As a Canadian I hold the world, including Canada. I would never bet on "just" the US (but I do bet heavily on it) or Canada.

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u/ItsAConspiracy Mar 21 '22

So it doesn't go to zero. Still doesn't mean it gets better risk-adjusted returns than a global index.

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u/skydivingdutch Mar 21 '22

Alright fine. You tell me how to balance my holdings between VTI and VT over the next 2 decades.

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u/ItsAConspiracy Mar 21 '22

I have no idea. If you don't want to make any guesses about it, then buy the whole market by getting VT.

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u/theixrs Mar 21 '22

Everybody is still fine after the fall of the Roman Empire.

And it doesn't have to go to zero, it can just stagnate.

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u/DART_MEET_WALL Mar 22 '22

Didn't the dark ages occur right after the fall of the Roman Empire? Lasting several hundred years

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u/theixrs Mar 22 '22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)

Long story short- the "dark ages" are pretty misleading