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Fractional Shares Now Supported For Ireland-Domiciled ETFs

As the title states, trading fractional shares for Ireland-domiciled ETFs with Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is now possible.

This is huge news – up until IBKR made this change, it wasn’t possible to trade fractional shares for Ireland-domiciled ETFs.

While fractional … Read more

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Are Synthetic ETFs Better Than Physical ETFs?

Synthetic ETFs have become the preferred choice of ETF among some investors.

They have an edge over physical ETFs in various aspects, but all these come at a price that not every investor is willing to pay.

In this post, … Read more

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Index Investing For Beginners: Everything You Need To Know

Index investing is a popular investing strategy among retail investors because of its simplicity and effectiveness in building wealth.

It is also the strategy that I use myself and would personally recommend to anyone who’s looking to start investing.

When … Read more

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ETF Investing: A Beginner’s Guide To Expense Ratios

If you’ve started investing or are learning about investing, you’ve probably heard of the term ‘expense ratio’.

But what exactly is an expense ratio?

How does it work and why does it matter?

Keep reading to find out the answers … Read more

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CSPX vs VWRA – S&P 500 vs World Index: Which Is Better?

Which is better – the S&P 500 or a World index?

Or, more specifically, is CSPX (representing the S&P 500) or VWRA (representing the FTSE All-World index) better?

If you’re thinking about investing in global ETFs, this dilemma is Read more

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How Do Accumulating ETFs Work?

If you’re familiar with ETFs, you probably know that they can differ in the way they handle dividends depending on whether they’re Distributing (Dist) or Accumulating (Acc) ETFs.

I wrote a post going through some of the differences between Read more

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The Best World ETF: VT vs IWDA vs SWRD vs VWRA vs V3AA vs ISAC

Disclaimer: All data in this post is accurate as of 15/11/21.

In my beginner’s guide to ETFs, I talked about how there are often multiple ETFs that track a single index.

For example, the S&P 500 index has many Read more

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Is Syfe Select Worth Using?

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post, but this article contains referral codes that allow me to earn referral rewards at no cost to you if you choose to signup with my codes, which helps me maintain the blog.

Syfe, Read more

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Should You Invest In CSPX And Ireland-Domiciled ETFs?

Check out my updated post on US-domiciled ETFs VS Ireland-domiciled ETFs here.

Earlier this year, I wrote a post about why I wasn’t investing in CSPX or other Ireland-domiciled ETFs.

This was mainly due to the fact that at Read more

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What Should Your First Investment Be?

If you’re new to investing and looking to get started, one of the biggest questions you have is probably: what should your first investment be?

When it comes to dealing with something as sensitive as your real money, the thought Read more