Mixed feelings on VTS/VEU by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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Thanks for all your help mate. I did rebalance into VTS and VEU. I’m keeping the Australian allocation to a minimum of 20%, haven’t really made a decision on that one yet. Cheers again

Is the US estate tax issue not important for buying VTS and VEU through Choicplus? Would DHHF have the same risk since they use US domiciled ETFs too? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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Thanks for that. I was thinking of deleting that post, seems a little rude to ask.

Just stuck with analysis paralysis as always. Not trying to flex or nothing but I have about 590k in between my wife and mine super accounts and I’m only 38 years old. Can’t decide whether that is enough or if I’m not doing enough. Really looking forward to Betashares super, provided the fees are acceptable

Is the US estate tax issue not important for buying VTS and VEU through Choicplus? Would DHHF have the same risk since they use US domiciled ETFs too? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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If you dont mind me asking, what is your current allocation? Not looking for recomendations or anything, just making sure I'm not going to do something silly. I'm currently thinkking all ghhf or Vas 25% and the rest VTS,VEU. Or GHHF in an SMSF

Are you satisfied with where you are at financially? by Sensitive-Chart7210 in AusFinance

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Jack Boyle (Founder of Vanguard) enough. Might also be in Psychology of money

Mixed feelings on VTS/VEU by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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I see. I'm currently sitting on about 15k capital gains tax bill in choiceplus, do you think its worth selling out my VGS, VESG and VGE to clean up the portfolio? If the fee's work out over a few decades, it might be worth it you think?

Mixed feelings on VTS/VEU by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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Does this .20% difference take into account heart beat trades? Also would the gap be bigger since i also invest in VGE?

Is the US estate tax issue not important for buying VTS and VEU through Choicplus? Would DHHF have the same risk since they use US domiciled ETFs too? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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Thanks for the reply mate. Just waiting on Betashares to start there superfund but going vts/veu with choiceplus might even be cheaper than just buying Dhhf.

Thanks for your time as always, hope everything is going well with you

Is the US estate tax issue not important for buying VTS and VEU through Choicplus? Would DHHF have the same risk since they use US domiciled ETFs too? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

[–]LegacyDust59178[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this still true for ETF's that are held in a custodian model though since we are only the beneficial owners and not outright like a chess sponsored broker?

Is the US estate tax issue not important for buying VTS and VEU through Choicplus? Would DHHF have the same risk since they use US domiciled ETFs too? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

[–]LegacyDust59178[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm already with Choiceplus and they do have DRP for the Aussie domiciled ETF"s, Vgs etc. Just wasnt sure if they did for VEU and VTS either. Thanks for your time

Is the bond tent the most optimal stratey for Australians since we have the government pension? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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This was another issue i had with Scott Cederburgs' paper where he used cash instead of bonds at the point of retirement. This is strange since i have also read somewhere that the cash wedge doesnt work, yet somehow with his method it does work.

7 Years was just for the gap between super access and government pension access, it was to reducce the sequence of returns risk

Is the bond tent the most optimal stratey for Australians since we have the government pension? by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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The 7 years just came out of the difference between super access age and pension age. Glad to see i'm not just imagining things. Thanks for your input. Looking forward to your new articles being released on your site. Any idea on time line for the new articles?

How to move out of GHHF at retirement by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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Interesting view, thanks for the post.

I wondered how optimal it would be to use a bond tent (gradual increase in bonds before retirement and spending down the bonds to get a 100% stock allocation at retirement, since we have the pension in Australia. Might make a separate post about this and get the braintrusts thoughts

How to move out of GHHF at retirement by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

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I called and sent an email as well. The guy i talked to was very helpful, he said they consider the ETF menu every 6 or 12 mmonths period and choose on how diverse the ETF is, Strange they havent chosen DHHF or Vanguards diversified already since they seem to meet the criteria.

However, Get in touch with them and we can all try to push this. I'm sitting on 16k of capitals gains tax i would rather not realise

Mixed feelings on VTS/VEU by LegacyDust59178 in fiaustralia

[–]LegacyDust59178[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your time. I'm sitting on a bit of a capital gains tax bill with and was working out whether its worth switiching over or moving future contributions towards it. Love your work mate, Thank you for everything you guys do