I took a few interesting screenshots comparing $QDEV (-0.61%) with other popular indexes $IWDA (-0.23%) , $CSPX (-0.29%) , $FGEQ (-0.31%) and $VWRL (-0.28%)

It is about the annualized 10-year total return (price + dividends)

World Quality Aristocrats: ≈15%

MSCI World: ≈11%

S&P500: ≈13%

FTSE All-World: ≈10%

Fidelity: ≈11%

Why buy the entire world ETF when you can just pick the 100 best quality companies that outperform the MSCI World and S&P500? The same applies to the top 100 stocks from the S&P 500 -> $QUS5 (-0.56%)

Very interesting article on the topic of quality shares by $SPGI (-0.04%) Exploring the Principles of Consistency and Efficiency in Free Cash Flow Metrics

https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/education/education-the-sp-quality-fcf-aristocrats-indices.pdf

I myself invest in the two indices launched by SPDR via DCA.

$QDEV (-0.61%) and $QUS5 (-0.56%)

After much deliberation and a lot of tax calculations, I have decided to sell my long-standing Nasdaq ETF $CSNDX (-0.32%) to sell. The P/E of ~40 was just too hot for me and the ever increasing weighting of bubble-like stocks like $PLTR (-0.7%) and $MSTR (-6.26%) (and a few others that don't excite me at all) really got on my nerves. In my X-Ray Holdings analysis, I saw how they kept creeping up - that was enough for me. What's more, my US and tech allocation has continued to grow in recent years. Not dramatically, but more than I would like.

So I completely liquidated the Nasdaq and reallocated the money: 75% into an S&P 500 Quality Aristocrats ETF $QUS5 (-0.56%) and 25 % into an S&P Global Quality Aristocrats ETF $QDEV (-0.61%) . I want to invest in companies that really make money and not just sell fantasies. The two ETFs are still fairly new and currently have little volume and AUM (I am aware of the risk). But they fit my strategy perfectly: only companies with at least 10 years of positive free cash flow (FCF), high FCF margin and strong ROIC. Exactly my thing! 🎯

Sure, the ETFs might take a while to get bigger, but I'm all about long-term quality and stable cash flows - no hype, no gambling! 🚀📈