...and as of today, my portfolio stands at just under 310k (rounded up a bit), as a purely passive investor in those boring but tried-and-true ETF structures (from which I’ve strayed every now and then without taking a nasty fall—the IZF is hovering around 14% 😮‍💨😄). $VWCE (-0,13 %)
$WSML (-0,74 %)
$XMME (-0,4 %)
$IWDA (-0,01 %)
$BTC (-0,17 %)

Is this a good result? Is the performance over this period a success or just average? Just 3–4 years ago, questions like these would have kept me up at night. But something has changed in my experience and mindset since then. I’ve fully embraced mindlessly automated investing, and I’m absolutely thrilled about it. No event on the stock market fazes me anymore. Instead, I’m calm, content, and proud that I’ve maintained my discipline. Investing does something to you—definitely not in a bad way. And you’ve always played a part in that, which is why I’d like to thank all of you for this consistently motivating and pleasant community here. You’re all great.

And somehow it’s also funny that in real life we’d all just pass each other by, even though the tone here is always friendly and welcoming—at least that’s been my experience here 😄

Thanks to everyone—here’s to continued sparkling returns.

And always remember that we’re all living in a very luxurious bubble.

True happiness often only comes when you use material wealth (as well) to do good for others :)

Best regards

Yours, _EvD_🤓

Long-term buy-and-hold portfolio focused on a core of global ETFs, supplemented by small-cap stocks, India, and selected high-quality companies. Certain portfolio holdings are locked in and are therefore intentionally excluded from ongoing optimization.

Current savings rate: €1,950/month

€1,000 FTSE All-World $VWRL (-0,2 %)
,

€450 MSCI World Small Cap $WSML (-0,74 %)
,

€150 FTSE India $FLXI (-0,83 %),

150 € Euro Government Bonds $SEGA (-0,02 %)
,

€100 Linde $LIN (-0,29 %),

50 € Gold $SGBS (-0,17 %) and

50 € Bitcoin $BTC.

My goal is to build a broadly diversified long-term portfolio that is continuously optimized. I welcome constructive feedback, alternative perspectives, and engaging discussions on asset allocation, individual securities, and long-term strategy.

May was dominated by strong figures and a massive rally in the tech and cloud sector. While April was still characterized by a general recovery, excellent quarterly figures and the unbroken AI boom continued to fuel the markets in May. The Nasdaq in particular benefited greatly from this and reached new highs. Even though volatility was noticeable in isolated cases, investors made strong gains in growth stocks.

My portfolio was able to take advantage of this strong momentum and achieve an outstanding performance, but was narrowly beaten by the extremely strong performance of the Nasdaq 100:

📊 Monthly performance: +9,33%

📊 Portfolio value: ~43.345 €

📊 Performance max. (06.01.2022): +43,84%

📊 Performance YTD: ~+10,44%

Performance & comparison 🚀

Performance in May was exceptionally strong, driven by my high weighting in US tech stocks. While European indices such as the DAX made rather moderate gains, US stocks dominated the action. My portfolio did extremely well with a whopping gain of over 8 % and clearly outperformed the broad market.

Performance in comparison (01.05.-31.05.2026):

My portfolio: +9,33%

NASDAQ 100: +11,20%

S&P 500: +6,47%

FTSE All-World: +5,93%

DAX: +3,27%

Buying, selling & allocation 💶

In the month of May, € 300.00 flowed into the MSCI ACWI USD (Acc)
$ACWI and € 50.00 in the MSCI World Small Cap
$WSML (-0,74 %). In addition, smaller savings plan tranches were invested in Solaria Energia
$SLR (-7,87 %) (150,30 €), Rheinmetall $RHM (-2,65 %) (14,00 €), Ferrari
$RACE (-0,26 %) (€6.00) and Hermes
$RMS (+0,93 %) (€ 3.01) were invested.

Top movers in May 🟢

The list of winners in May is led by outstanding developments in the cloud and cybersecurity sector - an absolute feast for tech investors.

The absolute frontrunner was $SNOW (-0,59 %) with a veritable price explosion of +83,65% (+€ 527.53), closely followed by $DDOG (+1,7 %) with +82,71% (+592,11 €). Both values showed incredible momentum. Also $CRWD (-0,89 %) was convincing across the board and delivered a strong +66,91% (+€ 930.15), which was the biggest gain in the portfolio in absolute terms. $IREN (-1,85 %) continued its strong trend and recorded a further +40,45% (+344,17 €). The outstanding tech performance was rounded off by $NET (+1,21 %) with a solid +13,60% (+€ 257.29), while Keyence also $6861 (-1,85 %) with +12,08% (+€83.94) also developed extremely positively.

Flop movers in May 🔴

Despite the generally extremely strong sentiment, there were also some stocks that consolidated or showed weakness in May.

American Lithium was the worst performer, falling by -13,16% (-46.03 €), still unable to find a bottom in the current market environment. With $1211 (-0,31 %) the minus of -12,13% (€ -190.62) was due to falling EV sales and the ongoing price war in China. $NU (-0,58 %) After the strong previous months, the share price fell by -8,90% (-99.30 €) after the strong previous months. Also $TEM (+7,05 %) also recorded a slight setback of -8,49% (-7.90 €), similar to $BABA (-0,1 %) with -5,15% (-40,59 €). $RHM (-2,65 %) also lost ground and lost -4,60% (-77.14 €), indicating further profit-taking in the defense sector.

Conclusion 💡

May was an outstanding month that impressively demonstrated how much a targeted positioning in the tech and cloud sector can pay off.

❓ Question for the community

This was my month in numbers, what was your best buy in May? Which stock surprised you the most?

👇 Write it in the comments!

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Hello everyone,

On the way to the next milestone of EUR 50,000, I have just made two purchases. $WSML (-0,74 %) and $EXI1 (-0,17 %) have been added to the portfolio.

All ETFs are now saved on a monthly basis. I am now quite happy with the composition. Now it's time to save constantly until retirement.

In your opinion, is there a sensible ETF addition for my existing portfolio that does not overlap too much with the existing positions?

I myself have thought about a possible single position $O (-0,25 %) to increase the monthly dividends for the future and because I haven't found an ETF in the real estate sector that really makes sense for me.

Any tips and ideas would be appreciated.