2007-12-09 02:31:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
i'm investing 100 dollars a month in each.
2007-12-09 02:32:46 · update #1
I'm using sharebuilders, my monthly investments are free.
2007-12-09 05:09:19 · update #2
You'll do just fine...if anything you are just slightly " conservative" ( NOT a bad thing ) You've got two Index funds just seeking " an average" return EFA & SPY...and only one being " risky". So let's say you're 66% "cautious"... like one other answer said EEM has nice potential ....could you see going 50% "cautious"? Drop either SPY or EFA ...put 50% in the one that is left...then go 25 and 25 in the BIK and EEM.
Just a thought...
P.S. Or 25% in each of the four...still 50% cautious...
2007-12-09 05:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by jebediabartlett 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spy = gotta have
efa = gotta have
bik = I like eem better. Although I believe in the continued growth of the BRIC economies over the long term, we might just have a nasty correction over the shorter term. I would wait and buy on the dips if investing in emerging markets. Also, I don't believe most investors really understand what they are getting themselves into when they invest in some of these markets. Just because China and Russia are growing rapidly doesnt mean these businesses are up to US standards. They certainly don't have the free markets we have here but are currently trading at p/e multiples equal to US stocks.
But why are you dollar cost averaging into etfs? You must be paying a trading fee when you buy. Why not use Vanguard Index funds instead and avoid the trading charges altogether?
2007-12-09 02:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by ck-cfp 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but I don't give advice on any financial matters,
nor should you take the advice of strangers,
as they might want you to buy (or sell)
just so that they can do the reverse and make money on it.
In other words, lots of people ask such questions
(or give such answers) just to make someone think
that the given stocks (or whatever) are viable
and worth sinking money into,
though I'm sure that wasn't your intent! ;)
Just go to any stock market website,
such as Yahoo Finance,
and research and stocks or Exhange Traded Funds, etc.
(BTW, if you have to ask such questions
on this or any other website,
then you probably shouldn't invest at all. Seriously.)
2007-12-09 02:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by skaizun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋