JSE Direct 216: A simple diverse ETF portfolio

A simple diverse ETF portfolio

Simon Shares

• Balwin (JSE code: BWN) knocked their results out of the park, but my bigger picture concerns remain.
• Standard & Poors down grade or not is next Friday. I did a Twitter poll that came in split by 1 vote. So nobody knows.

Twitter poll on SP downgrade

• Complexity of costs. Come industry make it simple.
• Mining: Returning to the mean? Peter Major did an excellent JSE Power Hour for us, the video is here.
• On the ETF blog this week we look at the Pref shares ETF (JSE code: PREFTX).
• 2 June at 5.30pm,Keith McLachlan on building a small and mid cap portfolio the right way. Book here.

Nerina Visser, director at ETFsa.co.za

Which ETF if you buying for;

• R300 / month (CTOP50)
• R1000 / month (CTOP50, DBXWD & ASHINF)
• Large lump sum into a TFSA (CTOP50, DBXWD, ASHINF & PTXTEN)

We also chatted about costs, are we missing any ETFs as an industry and how to respond to the potential downgrade from Standard and Poors. 

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