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Simplest etf's balanced portfolio

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Let's have a few suggestions for a simple low cost balanced etf' portfolio, actual ones you have used, not just examples from the likes of monevator please

Cheers. fj

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  • bigsy
    bigsy Posts: 178 Forumite
    OK. UK heavy? Light on bonds.

    VUKE 15%
    HMCX 10%
    VWRL 45%
    VFEM 10%
    HPRO 10%
    VGOV 10%
  • ChesterDog
    ChesterDog Posts: 1,143 Forumite
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    I have set one up for my father that consists of...

    VWRL.

    That's pretty simple isn't it? :-)

    Having run a portfolio for my mother that ended up stuck in probate for six months, I thought I would do something rather more straightforward this time, just in case...
    I am one of the Dogs of the Index.
  • Glen_Clark
    Glen_Clark Posts: 4,397 Forumite
    ChesterDog wrote: »
    I have set one up for my father that consists of...

    VWRL.

    That's pretty simple isn't it? :-)

    Having run a portfolio for my mother that ended up stuck in probate for six months, I thought I would do something rather more straightforward this time, just in case...

    I like it :cool:
    But the 'industry' won't - not enough buying and selling to generate commission.:mad:
    Although you could help them a little by switching some into VUKE, VUSA or VEUR if necessary to utilise Capital Gains Tax allowance :)
    “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair
  • Having read Tim Hale a couple of years ago, and having recently read "Investing Demystified" by Lars Kroijer I'm now using

    IGLT
    XBUI
    XMWO
  • bigfreddiel
    bigfreddiel Posts: 4,263 Forumite
    Thanks everyone
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