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What are your Favourite ETFs?
« on: October 20, 2017, 10:09:06 am »
Hi, please share your favourite ETfs with us.

Most popular on this forum seem to be:

- Satrix Indi [STXIND]

- CoreShares Dividend Aristocrats ETF [DIVTRX]

- Stanlib SA Property ETF [STPROP]

Some more to consider...

Here are the 'ETF tax-free portfolios' from JustOneLap:

// Short term < 5 years
CSEW40 15%
SYGWD 15%
PTXTEN 15%
NFILBI 25%
NFTRCI 30%

// Mid term ~ 10 years
CSEW40 25%
SYGWD 25%
PTXTEN 25%
NFILBI 25%

// Long term > 10 years
CSEW40 40%
SYGWD 40%
PTXTEN 20%

And the 'Lazy Trading' ETFs from JustOneLap:

South African indices / ETFs:

Indi25 (STXIND)
Fini15 (STXFIN)
Resi10 (STXRES)
MidCap (ASHMID)

Offshore indices / ETFs:

S&P500 (CSP500)
FTSE100 (SYGUK)
Euro Stoxx 50 (SYGEU)
Nikkei225 (SYGJP)


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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2017, 01:41:31 pm »
You know my totally boring ones already, Vanguard world-VWRD in my foreign account and Satrix World-STXWDM (I previously told you SAWEF but that was a mistake) in my tax free savings account.

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2017, 06:13:16 pm »
STXWDM
STXEMG

PTXTEN
GLPROP

CTOP50

If, however,my brother one day opens his TFSA account I'll set it up 50/50:

MAPPSG
ASHGEQ


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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2017, 09:13:17 pm »
If you had R1m to invest now would you put it all in ETF's or something else?

If ETF's which ones?

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2017, 09:42:50 pm »
I hold STXIND in my private portfolio and my TFSA, and in my TFSA I also hold SYGWD

As to having  R 1.0 million to invest I would create a reasonable portfolio of small industrial shares, retailers and healthcare/pharmacy such as Clicks, Dis - Chem and also maybe some Discovery -especially since they seem to be getting into other business operations like insurance etc.
My view is that when the economy does recover small business will lead the way and prices will rise the quickest as they are nimble, and retail will also benefit but people having more to spend on discretionary items and feel good purchases
However if Zuma departs soon and the exchange rate improves significantly then I believe funds will exit the country quite significantly through Saffers taking funds off shore
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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2017, 04:11:34 pm »
Thanks gcr have looked at that top 100 companies list and a few are consistently on there would you invest in the likes of Finbond, Fortress, CML, Capitec, Calgro?

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2017, 12:02:08 am »
Non of those listed are my favorites and I don't hold any of these counters. I think I hold some of these companies but via funds invested in U/T's and ETF
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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2017, 05:42:10 pm »
I have NFEMOM and STXRAF in TFSA and SYGEU, SYGUK, SYGJP and SYGWD in my ETF ONLY account.

my annualised growth for them is between 12 and 36% so far, but i'm looking for some other ETFs to buy at this stage - I prefer ones that track foreign markets, seeing I have a share portfolio of local shares already

« Last Edit: Tomorrow at 06:13:55 PM by Bundu »

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2017, 11:16:21 am »
Jeez, STXWDM has taken a beating the past month. Good time to buy I guess?

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2017, 11:40:01 am »
Jeez, STXWDM has taken a beating the past month. Good time to buy I guess?
It hasn't actually, what happened was the rand got stronger which means it's now cheaper to buy. In dollar terms it actually got slightly stronger over the same period thanks to Trumps tax cuts.

Trying to tell if it's a good time to buy or not depends on how well you can tell the future to see how the Rand will move. The best I can say is that it's a much better time than it was a week ago!

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2018, 01:22:57 pm »
Jeez, STXWDM has taken a beating the past month. Good time to buy I guess?
It hasn't actually, what happened was the rand got stronger which means it's now cheaper to buy. In dollar terms it actually got slightly stronger over the same period thanks to Trumps tax cuts.

Trying to tell if it's a good time to buy or not depends on how well you can tell the future to see how the Rand will move. The best I can say is that it's a much better time than it was a week ago!

Appreciate the insights.

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2018, 10:57:29 am »
Local (TFIA Only):
- PTXTEN
- Divtrax

Offshore:
VCR (Vanguard Consumer Discretionary)
VGT (Vanguard Tech)
VSS (Vanguard Ex-US Small Cap)
CXSE (WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprise)

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2018, 11:07:17 am »
NFEMOM
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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2018, 02:07:24 pm »
At this point in the race its Coreshares S&P500 and PropTrax 10

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Re: What are your Favourite ETFs?
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2018, 09:54:14 am »
Top ten ETF of 2017, at least proptrax 10 is on this list.

https://www.moneyweb.co.za/investing/the-top-etfs-and-etns-of-2017/