Newbie help on ETFs

[NoviceTOP]

Hey Everyone!

Great forum, delighted to be a part of it, I was wondering if anyone could help a newbie 🙂 a little bit of background on me:

28 years old, left college at 20 to start working on a Fintech Start up done quite well, currently most of my assets are in property while also owning 2% of the company.

Having only just moved to the US (L1A Visa holder) It means that I cant invest in property due to visa constraints, therefore, I have become very interested in buying stocks as I hate seeing my cash earn no interest! I've particularly been interested in index funds, as frankly, I don't have the time nor mental capacity at the end of the day to invest hours making well thought out educated stock picks. Far too busy with work!

I have circa 100k in cash in my account, and I wanted buy:

• Schwab S&P 500 ETF (Low risk?)
• Vanguard High Dividend ETF
• Some type of Tech based ETF? (Targeting Growth)
• Some type of emerging market ETF (Targeting growth)

My issue is, I'm very concerned that I'm buying at the market top, and that if I just hold out to buy in the next 12/18/24 months I'll be able to acquire them at a better rate, I do understand that I shouldn't be trying to time the market, but at the same time as I am not already invested would it be wise to time my market entrance at where the S&P seems to be finding some sort of support, at circa 2350?

If anyone can help me clear this fog that would be brilliant!

Cheers!

 

[ARBinstruktor]

Hi! No idea, whether you still have your entrance problems.

My advice - triple -betting: Buy 1/3 of your target now, put a buy limit around 33% below current price level for another
third of your money and spend the final third 0n a time discipline; eg buying each of the following 6 months in 6 equal installments.
After the 6 month without having triggered your price limit you can decide whether to wait another x months, prolong your investment plan for another x months or to spent full sum on a single purchase.

Emerging Markets might be interesting from a diversification or timing aspect, for long term investments they are suboptimal.My favourites are
MOAT, PDP, PKW, SPYD, SPLV and some tech tilt: SKYY, FDN and in case of sectors; XLP, XLV
nothing fancy but solid quality