For my second pick for my new actively allocated, passive ETF portfolio, I’m going to keep working on the equity core. To yesterday’s pick of the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), today I’m adding the SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (FEZ). This ETF concentrates on European blue chip stocks and tracks the Stoxx 50 Net Return Index. This ETF will fill the Non-U.S. Developed Markets slot in the portfolio.
Why a European stock fund?
Pretty simple really.
The EuroZone economy is growing faster than the U.S. economy recently. (And when’s the last time that happened?)
The euro is outperforming the dollar–good news for dollar-based U.S. investors–but not by so much, yet, as to endanger the competitive advantage for exports that comes with a cheaper euro.
And sometime soon, the European Central Bank’s October 26 meeting is a good possibility, the EuroZone’s central bank will announce its schedule for the next step in reducing the size of its asset purchases and maybe (probably) even put a deadline out there for ending the program. That will also strengthen the euro and will be another sign that the EuroZone economy is relatively healthy again.
This ETF is up 26.02% for 2017 as of October 3. It charges an expense ratio of 0.29% and pays a dividend yield of 1.36%. (For comparison purposes, the iShares Core S&P 500 pays a dividend of 2.02%.) Total assets for this Europe-focused ETF come to $4.5 billion.
I’m adding it to my new Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio today. (And, yes, I know about the turmoil in Spain over Catalon demands for independence. I think this is  relatively short-term (if continuing) problem for the euro.)
If you want to catch up on why I’ve started that portfolio or how it will be run, check out yesterday’s post announcing the portfolio.
To catch up on the first pick for the portfolio, check out my post from yesterday.
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