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[Video] Ultimate Guide to ETF Investing Pt. 2; Community Meetup on 27 Apr 25
Community Meetup on 27/4/2025!!! We are experiencing the change in world order, and if you are not comfortable to only invest in the S&P500, here are your options! This guide will show you how to invest in China and World ETFs.
DoitDuit | Your Investing Friend
April 17, 2025
Hello! The details for our next community meetup is confirmed, details as below:
Date: 27 April 2025
Time: 10am-1pm
Venue: Common Ground @ Jaya One PJ
Ticket (1 light meal included): FREE for paid subscribers // RM30 for everyone
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfc0hB2yNNXPD2fOtypRtRPYDARgU0M01GYGfJnGhKhBp2FqA/viewform?usp=dialog
💡 What to expect:
📊 Live analysis of CHAGEE IPO + Valuation
🎯 Sharing session on the market (quite bad I know)
🥂 Mingling with the community
This is a good chance for you to learn the process of how we analyse business and value a company! CHAGEE is IPO-ing in the US so we will use it as the case study!
Recently, there are more and more of you asking us how to invest in markets outside of the US, because you experienced extreme volatility from Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff policy.
In today’s content, we will go through the alternatives, essentially ETFs outside of the US index fund S&P500, which we explained in our Ultimate Guide to ETF Investing Pt. 1.
Caution: If you think you dont like the volatility of the S&P500 ETFs, investing in the other markets, will not be better although you are more “diversified”. Please be reminded that:
Price fluctuation is a feature of investing, not a bug.
When in doubt, zoom out.
Historical chart of S&P500 (SPLG) since 2006
There are only 5 times in history the S&P500 ever dropped more than 10% in 2 days:
2-days period ended | S&P500 Decline |
|---|---|
19 Oct 1987 | -24.6% |
20 Oct 1987 | -16.2% |
20 Nov 2008 | -12.4% |
12 Mar 2020 | -13.9% |
4 Apr 2025 | -10.5% |
History has shown that the US market make a come back, every single time. We are here to witness whether the 2025 crash will repeat the history.
Also including another chart (as below) of worst single day % drop to demonstrate how market recovered over time, for comparison:
How market perform after the worst 1-day drop (%) in S&P500
Ok now you already have the context, let’s look at the alternative ETFs that you can invest, outside of the US.
Investing in China 101
Assuming you think that China will be the next biggest economy, overpowering the US in the global world order, here are some basics you need to know first before investing in China.
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