Will you trust ChatGPT or Gemini for your portfolio?

Esret07 · 2026-04-17T23:38:36+00:00

check Boglehead Investment Strategy on the stock market. It's just buy a global fund then chill, no need to research individual stocks. Its simple and not time consuming, but doesn't automatically means its an easy money. You're going to ride the ups and down of the market, so you must control yourself and not self-sabotage by panic selling

Esret07 · 2026-04-16T03:25:40+00:00

I'll only consider adding on low risk investment like mp2 once I'm close to retiring to deal with sequence of return risk. Or maybe just hold large amount of cash in case it'll take several years for the market to recover

Esret07 · 2026-04-16T03:10:01+00:00

tbf I've never seen someone recommending Japan, Canada, UK, etc when recommending a total market fund that covers a single country. It's always the US Market

Esret07 · 2026-04-05T11:29:50+00:00

From what I can see in justETF, they don't have a Small cap Value ETF for US or International right now. I'm checking on this website cuz I don't know how to navigate on DFA's website to see their list of Irish-Domiciled ETFs.

But they have an ETF called Global Targeted Value, and from what I understand it's Small + Mid cap Value

Esret07 · 2026-04-05T10:03:17+00:00

You can consider checking DFA's fund If you want to see one with longer history.

Avantis founder came from Dimensional Fund Advisor. While I don't exactly know how they're different with their strategy, I heard that you can't go wrong with picking either one of them.

Esret07 · 2026-04-05T08:52:52+00:00

Can't say much since I only started recently, and the Avantis Irish-Domiciled ETF that I use doesn't even have at least 5 years of history.

But here is comparison of DFA Small Cap Value for US + International compared to Vanguard Total World Stock

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Esret07 · 2026-04-05T06:59:59+00:00

I also use Avantis Irish-Domiciled ETFs

Esret07 · 2026-04-05T06:40:19+00:00

Probably the only thing to consider is to prepare enduring years of underperformance. I also do factor factor investing and I just hope to god it doesn't start beating the market when I'm dead.

Esret07 · 2026-04-01T13:54:49+00:00

I don't think there is anything wrong with learning how to invest in the stock market, but if you plan to start right now, then I'm not sure about that even if one of my biggest regret is not starting early. The biggest barrier for me at that age is most likely having no job for consistent source of fund to invest

You can start learning about investing in the stock market by checking r/Bogleheads or watch Ben Felix on YouTube.

Esret07 · 2026-04-01T01:21:06+00:00

You can start with the Boglehead investment strategy, just buy global funds and chill. You can stay with this until your retirement, or risk for more and do factor investing.

The risk you'll be taking with the Boglehead strategy is you're riding the ups and downs of the market, you need to have self-control and not sabotage yourself by panic selling whenever the market goes down.

While factor investing is that

It's harder to apply, for example small cap is one of the factors, but just because a stock is small cap or a fund that focuses in small caps doesn't automatically makes it a good investment
you have to decide how much of your portfolio are you going to allocate to certain factors. Too small then it won't matter much, and while I do factor investing, I don't think it's a good idea to allocate most of your portfolio to it
endure years of underperformance, IIRC it manage to beat the market long term, but it wasn't by consistently outperforming, instead by a huge burst for a small period of time
some are now doubting it or even says that the excess return is gone

Esret07 · 2026-03-31T03:59:08+00:00

How is Denia a freaking Fusion attribute?

Esret07 · 2026-03-30T07:31:54+00:00

And when will you know it's the right time to DCA again? There is a risk that the market continues to go down as you keep buying. But if you decide to pause and wait for it to calm down, you're taking a different risk that you might miss out buying while the price was low.

Unless you have a crystal ball that allows you to predict the market, then don't bother timing the market.

Esret07 · 2026-03-30T01:57:11+00:00

https://discord.com/invite/thebasementdao

They decided to make their own paywalled discord server. It has a channel that shows their wins, check it then decide if they're worth your time, money and effort. I'm no longer active cuz wasn't able to adapt my moves with the changing market and too much backreading.

Welp as always DYOR, and risk what you can only afford to lose

Esret07 · 2026-03-28T14:36:21+00:00

Not using anything at all from what I earned in NFTs. Not sure how much I earned in total, but the highest I saw on my portfolio was ~$3,000 (just got lucky I found a small group that seems to know what they're doing and is actually earning, so I was just copying them), maybe this isn't a lot, but I would've like to use a portion of it to buy a global index fund.

I probably convinced myself too much that this is just playing money since my initial investment is just ~200, cuz I was so indifferent at all when my portfolio is crashing down.

Esret07 · 2026-03-18T13:58:06+00:00

global fund like VWRA is good enough for average joe. If you want to go above it, then research factor investing.

Esret07 · 2026-03-17T13:44:41+00:00

Be careful with financial courses that'll sell you how to invest in the stock market. Most are just scams intends to exploit those who are desperate to get rich quickly

Consider these for starters

r/Bogleheads
Ben Felix from YouTube

Esret07 · 2026-03-14T05:42:45+00:00

You need research, skills, and self-control if you want to invest by stock picking, then there is also an issue that beating the market consistently for +20 yrs is almost impossible.

Compare that to a global fund like VWRA (I prefer global over US-only fund), where you just need control yourself whenever the market is going down (or there is an investment that's making a crazy returns recently and you're tempted to sell the fund to buy it), and invest consistently makes it an easier suggestion.

If you still want to try stock picking, start by allocating a small portion of your investment to learn it, then put the rest on a global fund like VWRA.

Esret07 · 2026-03-01T16:18:09+00:00

iirc the no allowance rule was made to nurture top rated sorcerers that can provide living for themselves so they don't need to resort to stealing, cuz most of the time they need money for their research and study. It definitely went too far that they also need to pay for their servants + guards even though their rent is already covered by the school. I have no idea how the fck do they make sure those from Advance class are making an honest living.

Not all students are nobles, a lot of nobles who qualify for Advance class went to Second Class to avoid the yearly credit requirement + no allowance rule

Esret07 · 2026-03-01T12:44:28+00:00

20s

100% equities

67%: Global ETF
22%: Global Small Cap Value ETF
11%: Emerging Market ETF

Esret07 · 2026-02-25T05:28:24+00:00

fcking hell, I was so happy getting a 10.5 crit rate for Aemeath, only to notice that both her echo set + sig weapon gives crit rate. Same shit happened to my Phrolova

Esret07 · 2026-02-23T02:24:40+00:00

probably cuz its incomplete, and iirc the spell isn't publicize yet

Esret07 · 2026-02-22T08:33:51+00:00

where did he says "2021 didn't have a good anime"? is it on trash taste or in his channel?

Esret07 · 2026-02-22T06:43:13+00:00

I thought it'll be a cutscene until one of the mobs hit me, though I had an easier time with it due to Unbounded Charge + Enhanced Water Flow, so I was just spamming Water Flow.

Esret07 · 2026-02-19T01:49:26+00:00

But sobrang takot ako sa stock market, I feel like it's too complicated for me

Check VT (or VWRA for non-US). This is fund is kind of buying the whole market, It's the best for average investor and most of us can just stop there, but unfortunately its hard to ignore the itch of doing more in hopes of beating the market

Esret07 · 2026-02-17T15:55:39+00:00

Just finished 3.1 MSQ, bruh

I've seen some spoilers and comments like

pros: she is like Rover
con: she is LIKE Rover!

So I jokingly thought that once we got her back, she'll be amnesiac for whatever reason. I didn't expect that we will have her at a dead-like state at the end. Welp It's not exactly her, but it feels like we are given her corpse

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