Bye Bye $VWRL 👎 Hello
$HMWO
and
$HMEF 👋
Take this @Vanguard
I have decided to discontinue my savings plan on the $VWRL and not to invest any more money in Vanguard products in future. The reason is obvious: over all these years as a loyal fan, I have never received a Vanguard sweater. That's no way to treat your best customer, @Vanguard . Someone has to show you your limits 👎.
Instead, I'll be saving in HSBC products from May. Maybe I'll get a sweater from them one day 🤔🧐.
Apart from the sweater, there are a few less important factors that also influenced my decision and which I don't want to withhold from you:
A few weeks ago, I asked about ways to optimize taxes and costs on getquin: https://getqu.in/Ez0kiZ/ . Based on your answers, among others, I made the decision for the following reasons:
- 0.15% TER vs. 0.22% TER
- Splitting the portfolio across several ETFs makes it easier for me to optimize taxes in the withdrawal phase
- In the unlikely event that Vanguard screws something up, ETFs are dissolved / merged, strange laws are passed in the USA, ... the majority of my assets are not held by Vanguard alone
- That $VWRL I will of course keep it, but move from Scalable to DKB. Less hassle with Scalable, less "delay risk" if Scalable goes bust, better service from DKB, ...
- For some, another reason would probably be that I now receive dividends in 8/12 instead of 4/12 months 😅
- The real benefit is of course manageable, but the effort to change the savings plans costs less than 5 minutes (research in advance has already been done anyway)
I will repeat this procedure in the future. As soon as $HMWO and $HMEF (which are saved at low cost with Scalable) together reach the size of the $VWRL I will save in one (or two) new ETFs. Distributions will only be reinvested in the ETF I currently hold. Rebalancing between $HMWO and $HMEF will not take place, as I will not swap winners for losers (besides, I'm lazy). The savings rate will remain constant for both (90/10).
Of course, the whole thing only makes sense above a certain portfolio size. For 10k in $VWRL I wouldn't even invest the 5 minutes it takes to convert the savings plan 😅.
