How to Buy VHYL in the UK
VHYL is Vanguard’s global high dividend yield ETF, a popular choice for UK investors who want a regular income from their investments. This guide covers how to buy VHYL in the UK, step by step: which account to use, how to place the order, what to do with the dividends, the costs, and the mistakes […]
SWDA Review: iShares Core MSCI World ETF Explained
In short: SWDA is the iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, accumulating share class. This SWDA review covers what it tracks, how concentrated it is, and how it stacks up against its Vanguard rival. It tracks the MSCI World index, around 1,350 large and mid-sized companies across 23 developed markets in a single holding, for […]
How to Buy ETFs on Trading 212: A UK Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide
If you’ve decided which index ETF you want, whether that’s an S&P 500 tracker, a FTSE All-World fund, or something else, the last step is buying it. This guide covers how to buy ETFs on Trading 212 from start to finish: choosing the right account, opening it, adding money, finding your fund, placing the order, […]
How to Buy the S&P 500 in the UK
The S&P 500 is the most popular index in the world, and UK investors can track it easily and cheaply through a single ETF. This guide explains how to buy the S&P 500 in the UK, step by step: which fund to pick, which account to hold it in, how to place the order, the […]
VWRL vs VWRP: What’s the Difference?
The short answer: VWRL vs VWRP is the “one fund for the whole world” decision, and there is very little separating them. Both are the same Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF, roughly 3,800 companies across developed and emerging markets, with the same 0.14% ongoing charge. The only fork is the dividends: VWRP accumulates them inside […]
How to Buy the FTSE All-World in the UK
A FTSE All-World tracker is about as close as investing gets to buying “the whole world” in one fund, and UK investors can hold one cheaply through a single ETF. This guide explains how to buy the FTSE All-World in the UK: which fund to pick, which account to use, how to place the order, […]
VEVE and VFEM Portfolio: How to Build a Global Two-Fund Split
One popular do-it-yourself approach to global investing is to combine two funds, a developed-world tracker and an emerging-markets tracker, instead of buying a single all-in-one world fund. In Vanguard’s range that means a VEVE VFEM portfolio: VEVE for developed markets, VFEM for emerging markets. This guide explains how the two fit together, how to set […]
VHYL Review: Vanguard’s Global High Dividend Yield ETF Explained
In short: VHYL is Vanguard’s FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF. This VHYL review covers what it holds, the income it pays, what it gives up and how it compares. It holds around 2,400 companies from developed and emerging markets that pay above-average dividends, for an ongoing charge of 0.29%. It is a distributing […]
VUSA Review: Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF Explained
In short: VUSA is Vanguard’s S&P 500 UCITS ETF, distributing share class. It tracks the S&P 500, giving you around 500 of the largest US companies in one holding for a very low 0.07% ongoing charge. The VUSA ETF pays its dividends out as cash rather than reinvesting them. It is one of the most […]
How to Buy the Nasdaq 100 in the UK
The Nasdaq-100 is where UK investors go for concentrated exposure to the big US technology and growth companies, and it is easy to track through a single ETF. This guide explains how to buy a Nasdaq 100 ETF in the UK: the concentration to understand first, which fund to pick, which account to use, how […]