Hi, since there is no community dedicated for investing from EU out there I will ask here!

How do you approach investing for retirement?

All the US-boycotting movements suggests avoiding ETFs with US exposure but it also limits opportunities. From other hand we don’t like major corporations here on fediverse so I shouldn’t hope and profit from their growth. I guess euro stocks are more aligned with buy from EU movement and small cap stocks ETF may be more ethical choice. But I’m still not ready to do that move, as I have most of my savings in EUNL (Core MSCI World). I also have some exposure to gold and Apple specifically.

Or do you simply not pay attention to investing in stocks and more to investing in community/friends/skills?

I would love to read some your takes 😊

  • dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Beware of ESG ETFs… a lot of them are just greenwash. For example, ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) holds Nvidia, and ESGE(emerging variant) holds Tencent or Alibaba. Those are not really environmentally friendly.

    • AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Yep that is correct, but imo it’s a “perfect is the enemy of good” situation as I mentioned. And “ethical investing” could be an oxymoron anyways depending on who you ask.