I've been asking myself a huge doubt for weeks:
The perfect allocation I want would be 50% $VTI (-2,54%) and 50% $VXUS ... 2 ETFs, covering the large, mid and small-cap market, low purchase commissions, very low management costs (0.05% on average) and assets divided into only two securities.
The cons of this allocation are having American distribution ETFs that pay me dividends in $ taxed at 26% immediately (living in Italy).
Perhaps, the most suitable alternative for a European investor would be to purchase 4 ETFs which, applying the right %, more or less replicate the allocation of the two above, with higher but more efficient management costs for passive investments (45% $VUAG (-2,38%) , 34% $EXUS (-2,86%) , 15% $EIMI (-2,32%) , 6% $WSML (-1,91%) ).
Having the possibility to purchase both ETFs domiciled in Europe and USA, what would you do?