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Already narrowly failed many times and now exceeded for the first time. Half a million 🤩
strong core and the 3 satellites (gold/silver, BTC/ETH and momentum shares) on the way to 20k each.
I'm simply enjoying it today. It's passing quickly at the moment 😅
Happy green day to ALL 🍾
📊 MSCI World facing historic reform - What investors need to know now (in my case the $HMWO (-0,09 %) HSBC MSCI World ETF )
Many investors invest passively in the MSCI World - often via ETFs such as the HSBC MSCI World UCITS ETF. But what many don't realize:
One of the biggest structural changes in the history of this index is due in May 2026.
I have summarized the most important points in an understandable and well-founded way - including a classification of what this means for us in concrete terms.
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🔧 1. the major reform: change to the free-float methodology
The most important change will come into force on June 1, 2026 (after close of trading on May 29)**. MSCI is reforming the calculation of the so-called *free float*.
👉 Until now:
Rough rounding of freely tradable shares
👉 New:
Three categories for more precise mapping of tradability**
* High: >25 % (rounding to 2.5 %)
* Low: 5-25 % (rounding to 0.5 %)
* Very Low: <5% (rounding to 0.1%)
📌 Objective:
A **more realistic and precise weighting** of companies in the index.
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⚖️ 2. Impact on the largest companies
The change particularly affects the heavyweights in the index (e.g. large US tech companies).
Why?
👉 Even small changes in the free float can have major effects:
* slight reduction → weight decreases
* slight increase → weight increases
📊 Consequence:
Weightings shift without price movement
Capital is partially redistributed from mega caps to smaller companies
➡️ Result:
slightly **more diversification
slightly less dominance of the largest tech stocks
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🔄 3. one-off but massive need for reallocation
As a result of the reform, the index (and therefore also ETFs) must be rebalanced.
👉 This means:
Many purchases and sales at the same time
Above-average portfolio turnover
📉 Possible short-term effects:
Higher transaction costs
Slight tracking error
❗ Important:
This is not a permanent disadvantage, but a one-off adjustment effect.
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📅 4. schedule of the index checks
The reform will be implemented as part of the regular MSCI review process:
May 12, 2026 → Announcement (Semi-Annual Review)
May 29, 2026*l→ Implementation (after close of trading)
Further reviews:
* August 12, 2026 / August 31, 2026
* November 11, 2026 / November 30, 2026
* February 9, 2027 / February 26, 2027
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🌍 5. further structural changes
🇬🇷 Greece could return
MSCI plans to upgrade Greece from Emerging Market to Developed Market.
👉 Consequence:
Possible inclusion in the MSCI World
however **very low impact (<0.5 %)
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🌱 ESG model update (5.0)
A new ESG valuation model is introduced.
👉 For classic MSCI World ETFs:
No direct influence on index composition
but:
Better database
Influence on internal ETF optimization
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₿ Crypto rule deleted
A planned exclusion of companies with a high crypto share has been scrapped.
👉 Result:
affected companies remain in the index
* No structural distortion in this area
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⚙️ 6. Special feature: Sampling in the ETF
The HSBC ETF does not use a complete replication of the index, but a so-called **optimization process (sampling)**.
👉 Advantage in this phase:
Not every share has to be traded
Rebalancing can be done more efficiently
➡️ This helps to cushion the costs of the reform
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💰 7 What does this mean in concrete terms for investors?
In the short term (May-June 2026)
Increased trading activity
Slightly higher costs possible
Minimal performance deviations
Medium term
more stable index structure
More precise weighting
Long term
👉 Overall **positive**:
more realistic market mapping
better diversification
structurally robust index
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🧠 Conclusion
This reform is no trifle - but a **fundamental improvement of the index methodology**.
👉 Important for us:
No need for action
No timing necessary
No ETF switch required
📌 The changes are:
Systematic
Plannable
Beneficial in the long term
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📚 Sources
MSCI: Index Review Dates
https://www.msci.com/eqb/pressreleases/archive/ir_dates.pdf
https://www.msci.com/eqb/pressreleases/archive/ir_dates.pdf
MSCI GIMI Methodology (February 2026)
https://www.msci.com/eqb/methodology/meth_docs/MSCI_GIMIMethodology_Feb2026.pdf
https://www.msci.com/eqb/methodology/meth_docs/MSCI_GIMIMethodology_Feb2026.pdf
MSCI Index Announcements
https://www.msci.com/indexes/index-resources/index-announcements
https://www.msci.com/indexes/index-resources/index-announcements
MSCI ESG Ratings Model Update 2026
Analysis reports (aktiencheck.de, extraETF, etc.) on the methodology
reform and ETF effects
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Part. 8
Hello my dears,
even if there are no more questions about my series
"He who has the choice is spoiled for choice".
I would still like to continue the series at Easter.
Anyone interested in further episodes is welcome to leave a 👍da.
Psychology on the stock market
As we have seen again in recent weeks. The stock market is and remains unpredictable because psychology plays a major role. After all, the players on the stock market are people who influence and infect each other with their feelings and moods.
We can also see this every day here at getquin.
The mass media, from the press to radio and television to the Internet, reinforce the moods. The tabloid press in particular, with its fatal penchant for sensationalist reporting, fuels the stock market via private investors in boom times and sparks panic in crash times. And let's not forget our dear finfluencers.
It is true that some of them counter this with serious, measured reporting. But unfortunately, this is not only true in everyday life, but also in our media society:
"He who shouts the loudest makes himself heard the most".
Bulls and bears 🐻
On the stock market, the individual takes a back seat. Like in a large herd, the individual is pulled along, seemingly having little chance of breaking out of this stream. When it comes to the cardinal question of where the herd of shares is heading, up the mountains or down into the valleys, the stock market resorts to animalistic synonyms.
On the stock market, bulls and bears stand for the two major directions:
The bull embodies rising share prices, while the bear represents falling prices. The leading animals of the stock market go back to a betting game played by Californian gold prospectors 150 years ago.
For the fun of it, a bull was pitted against a bear. The bull tried to push the bear up on its pointed horns and the bear tried to push the bull down with its big paw.
This is exactly the battle that takes place every day on stock markets around the world. The bulls, the optimists, never miss an opportunity to take share prices by the horns, so to speak, and drive them upwards, while the bears, the pessimists, do everything they can to push prices down with their big paw.
For the bulls, every positive economic report confirms their optimism and prompts them to buy more shares. The bears, on the other hand, seize every opportunity to draw attention to negative economic prospects that feed their pessimism. Of course, they also try to convince as many bulls as possible of the opposite, to pull them over to the bear camp, so to speak, so that they can sell their shares.
➡️Bullish sein⬅️bedeutet in stock market parlance:
As an investor, you are optimistic, betting on rising share prices.
And ➡️bearish sein⬅️heißt:
You are pessimistic and expect share prices to fall.
The stock market goes up or down depending on who is currently calling the shots on the stock market, the bulls or the bears. Although this duel is fought anew every day, once one camp on the trading floor, for example the bulls, has clearly prevailed, the other side, the bears, may be condemned to watch from the sidelines for weeks, months or even years.
And our friend Captain 🍊 is still fueling the battle between bulls and bears every day.
It's all a matter of nerves
Just like the economic cycle, the stock market also goes in cycles. Every upswing is followed at some point by a downswing before a new upswing can begin. On the stock market, such phases can be prolonged due to mass psychological phenomena. One such phenomenon is ➡️Self-fullfilling prophecy⬅️. This means that forecasts are self-fulfilling. Simply because almost everyone believes the same thing and acts accordingly, the expected event actually occurs.
In Germany, for example, after the Wall came down, everyone believed that Western companies would now make big money in Eastern Europe. Investors bought shares in the companies in question on the basis of this Eastern European fantasy, driving share prices to unimagined heights. A bull market emerged, driven by exaggerated optimism and even euphoria at times.
Whenever there is an upward movement on the stock markets without the economic and profit prospects being able to keep pace, the financial market detaches itself from the real economy and the stock market begins to take on a life of its own for a certain period of time. Such speculative bubbles will inevitably burst one day, unfortunately without warning. The cleansing stock market crash, as painful as it is for all of us, brings the value of companies on the stock market back into line with their real value in the economy. This is how the receipt for the euphoric East German fantasy on the German stock exchange in the mid-1990s came about.
My dears, do you also see a bubble forming somewhere at the moment?
Upswings and downswings or, in stock market parlance, bull and bear markets, are therefore going hand in hand. Unfortunately, the recurring question remains unanswered:
"When does the baton change, the so-called trend reversal".
Because if you buy at the end of the boom or at the beginning of the crisis, you will make a loss.
➡️The trend is only your friend if you don't follow the trend verpennt⬅️,
is a local but apt saying of stock market players.
Ideal, but almost never achieved: buy shares at the end of the downturn, when prices are virtually at the bottom, and sell them again at the end of the upswing, when prices have peaked.
Here too, the human psyche often throws a spanner in the works of the stock market, because let's be honest:
"Who likes to leave a party when the mood has finally arisen.🥳🎉"
And who has the nerve to buy shares when the whole world is relieved to have got rid of them?
A lot of things on the stock market are just a matter of nerves!
Always between fear and greed!
Every newcomer to the stock market involuntarily embarks on a mental journey of discovery, during which moments can occur in which the stressed private investor rightly wonders whether he or she is definitely crazy. The personal experiences unfold an astonishing range, from elation to grief, depending on how your own shares are doing. In the worst case, they can literally rob you of your last sleep. In addition to material exhaustion, there is also psychological exhaustion.
So, my dears, let me take this opportunity:
➡️Für everyone should bring a good dose of coolness to the share business.⬅️
The first mental stress test begins with having to choose a few shares from the many on offer, especially from my own ideas. At the same time, this excludes many others that could also be considered. If these stocks turn out to be the real favorites afterwards, the annoyance is twice as great. Perhaps one reason for my large number of positions 🙈😂.
Constantly monitoring share prices quickly becomes a test of patience for a beginner. If prices fall instead of rising, the first signs of panic appear. Self-doubt spreads:
Have you backed the wrong horse after all or caught the completely wrong time?
You tensely follow all the economic news, secretly scanning it for factors that could influence the share price. But even if your own share price is rising, there are of course always shares that are doing better. Instead of a sense of victory, this can still lead to a hangover 🙈.
To make matters worse, we often remain alone with our heartache. While others in the community post their successes here. We don't want to bother friends and acquaintances for fear of gloating and we don't want to worry family members unnecessarily. The most difficult decision is still to come:
When is the right time to sell your shares again?
Even if you make a profit, something is bound to go wrong in the end. Either you sell too early and the share price simply continues to rise. Or you sell too late, i.e. some of the accumulated profits have already been taken by others before you. In either case, you are annoyed instead of enjoying the first price gains. But there is a consolation for all newcomers to shares - even for those who start with losses:
"After all, more self-knowledge is already a gain"
My dears, it's gotten a bit long again. But maybe you'll find some time over the holidays. Of course, I would also be very happy to receive comments on whether you liked it.
On Thursday, I sent the bulls from the community (@Simpson
@Max095
@Dividendenopi
@Get_Rich_or_Die_Tryin ) to the stock exchange in Frankfurt to chase away the bears.
But now I wish you a few stress-free Easter days!
I've been investing for about ten years now and to be honest I just don't feel like it anymore
In the beginning it all went quite well with a classic ETF savings plan, little stress, just let it run and that worked, I was happy with it
At some point, however, I thought I needed to get more out of it and started experimenting with individual stocks, taking more risk here and there and yes, at some point I ended up with altcoins, which in retrospect was probably not such a good idea
Since then I've somehow completely lost my way my internal rate of return is currently around minus 14% so I've been investing for ten years and in the end I have less than I put in - you have to manage that first
What annoys me the most is not just the money but this feeling that I fucked it up myself, made bad decisions, was too greedy, wasn't consistent enough or just tried too much
In the meantime, the whole thing just isn't fun anymore, it doesn't feel like investing but more like gambling and that's exactly how it works.
I'm really thinking about selling everything and just quitting and leaving it all behind me.
Has anyone here ever felt the same way or am I simply unsuitable for it?
Hi everyone
Probably will have a few friends less after this post but...
I’ve been a member of this community for a while now, and I’ve always valued Getquin as a place to share portfolios, discover new stocks, and gain unique market insights.
The core idea in my eyes...helping each other grow our wealth through solid research, is what could makes this forum great.
However, lately, I’ve noticed a shift in the content.
The feed is increasingly filled with political statements and AI-generated cartoons/Analysis that don't add much value to our investment goals.
It feels like the original purpose of the community is being diluted by "noise."
Can we all agree to get back to the basics?
I’d love to see us focus again on:
Let’s leave the politics and low-effort content for other platforms and focus on helping each other become better investors.
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