Top 5 ETF / Funds for 212 members

[CCT212]

The ‘Top 5 stocks for 212 member’ thread seems to be very popular- so i thought i’d create a thread for ETFs & Funds
Top 5 stocks for 212 members - Investing - Trading 212 Community

I’ll start:
SPDR S&P 500 UCITS ETF (Acc) SPXL
iShares S&P 500 Information Technology Sector UCITS ETF IITU
JP Morgan American Investment Trust JAM
Future of Defence UCITS ETF (Acc) NATP
iShares Physical Gold SGLN

[topher]

SPXL’s the only fund I have now.

I used to hold JAM, and other trusts, but I got out before the managers left a year or two ago.

It did exceptionally well for me but I didn’t have tonnes of confidence it would continue to outperform the S&P in the long term.

Gearing will amplify losses but I’m surprised JAM’s not held up better against the index lately:

[CCT212]

@Topher Yeh - i’ve been thinking about cutting my losses with JAM.

Where is your chart from? is that on T212?

[topher]

Google Finance.

You never know: JAM may come good. S&P 500 is a hard index to beat though.

[CCT212]

I agree, most of my money is S&P 500 - I thought id diversify slightly - but for me, even now with Trump; it’s still the long term best option

[Angus]

Oh thanks! I’ve been using VUAG before now - I see SPXL has a lower TER (0.07% vs 0.03% respectively.)

[CCT212]

My experience is SPDRs and iShares often are good value versus the much more ‘visible’ Vanguards. It’s worth doing research. I’ve found ChatGPT / CoPilot can help if you ask it questions in a well worded way (always do your research afterwards though, dont take AIs word for it!). Here’s an example: