hey all
does anyone hold etf’s that do not have a 25%+ weight on either of:
- north america / usa
- europe / ch
- china
- japan
- australia
and is tradable via a standard broker?
You can find many ETFs on stocks of various small geographic segments or single countries. What is your actual question?
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If I understand you correctly, you mean an ETF that still covers the whole world.
Quite tricky to find one with less than 25% USA.
I don’t know much about sector ETFs, but maybe it’s easier to find one there.
This one comes closest to your requirements, as far as I can tell.
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If it doesn’t cover the whole world, it’s even more difficult not to exceed the 25% limit. 
So you are talking rather about ETFs with alternative weightings?
I don’t hold it but I might consider to do it in retirement
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I owned FEET from Fundsmith which I believe would have satisfied your constraints. I say “owned” because alas it was closed down late 2022, after not finding a way to outperform.
I have been thinking about this one.
https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239649/ishares-msci-frontier-100-etf
BUT I don’t like:
40% Financials
30% Vietnam
0.8% TER
If anyone something same same but better, please share. 
But I believe in most Frontier Countries the stock market is heavy in Financials.
I’d prefer most weight in commodity producers/materials, RE, consumer staples, stuff like that.
I bought some Unilever from the cashing out of FEET, for EM and Frontier exposure. I believe a Unilever would satisfy your constraints, except that it’s not an ETF 
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This would be a post for another thread, but basically underweighting “growth” (reinvested earnings) and overweighting “value”/“yield”/“quality” (earnings are distributed) to have a significant passive and simple stream of income without even selling anything. Just an idea for now.
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Thankfully, this 245€ security account is not a substantial position for me.
That said, that fund savings plan has just begun.
Yes. Most global ETFs have a heavier weighting for US stocks than I am comfortable investing in just one country/region. I also like to have the option of divesting from an individual region if it ever makes sense to do so (e.g. major regional crisis, etc.) without resetting my entire portfolio.
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