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$FWRG (-4.67%) is currently not tradable on TradeRepublic/ Lang&Schwarz Exchange and ScalableCaptial/Getex.

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Hello everyone

Lately I've been asking myself fundamental questions about investing again and questioning my own portfolio a lot. 🤯

One of the triggers was the book "The little handbook of sensible investing

" by J. C. Boogle.

Investing is a journey, and over time not only the markets grow, but also your own insights. In this context, I have looked at some portfolios here (thanks for sharing) and worked out a few questions. With this post, I would like to explore the questions on low cost diversified ETF portfolio and successful dividend strategy.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

The Simple ETF Portfolio 🌎

Some rely on low-cost, broadly diversified ETFs as recommended by Gerd Kommer to participate in the global market returns. Some even focus on a single ETF, such as the Vanguard FTSE All-World (or this $FWRG) (-4.67%)

Meanwhile, I believe that those who consistently invest in a few or even just one ETF over the long term must be of above-average intelligence. 🤓 These people probably have an IQ of over 200 to choose such a strategy from the beginning or very early on and stick to it consistently.

To all those who invest in this way, such as @DonkeyInvestorI have the following questions:

• Given the opportunities today, which probably didn't exist when you started, and considering the knowledge and experience you've gained over the years: How would you build your ETF portfolio today?
• And how would you trade if you could start all over again?

Living off dividends 😎

Until now, I was firmly convinced that a growth strategy was the best choice in the long term, as companies that pay out "no" dividends reinvest their capital more efficiently and thus achieve a higher total return. Dividends seemed to me to be a "secondary" source of return compared to the potential share price growth of strong growth companies.

But recently I've seen some very successful portfolios here that rely heavily on dividend stocks, both in the form of classic dividend aristocrats and strategies that rely on a combination of growth and distributions. That got me thinking: Have I possibly had too one-sided a view? Is there perhaps a balance between growth and dividends that I haven't sufficiently considered so far? After all, my goal is to live off distributions/dividends. A very nice example @Dividendenopi. Hence my questions to you and those who specifically focus on dividends:

• How would you describe your strategy and what principles have proven particularly successful for you?
• What criteria do you use to select the stocks in your portfolio? Do you attach more importance to high dividend yields, dividend growth or do you have other criteria?
• Which key figures are most important to you when evaluating the quality and sustainability of a dividend strategy?
• How do you deal with market phases in which dividend stocks perform worse than growth stocks?
• Have you made any adjustments to your strategy over the years? If so, why?
• If you were to start from scratch, how would you build your portfolio and what mistakes would you avoid?

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion and have a great weekend everyone

As a student and with a savings rate of just €40, I have few opportunities to achieve much on the stock market.

After a bit of research (especially on Finanzfluss), I decided on an ETF on the FTSE All-World index from Invesco ($FWRG (-4.67%) ). However, because I am not necessarily afraid of risky investing, I wanted to add another ETF to my portfolio. The choice of this additional ETF then fell on the Nasdaq100 from XTRACKER ($XNAS (-5.45%) ). I weight these two ETFs 70% low-risk and 30% risky.

I am aware that you have to set your investment strategy for the long term and should remain true to it, but I would be interested to know how experienced investors evaluate such a portfolio and whether and what changes they would make.