Got money to invest? Start with a core.
Build a simple core and satellite portfolio in four steps: one diversified ETF for the long run, plus a few satellites that add what the core is missing. See it in dollars, the way ETF Adviser does it.
📝 Example only. The ETFs shown are examples of the kinds of funds used in a core and satellite portfolio, not recommendations. Swap in your own.
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Why core and satellite?
The core does the heavy lifting. One all-in-one ETF such as DHHF, VDAL or VDHG holds thousands of companies across 50 or more markets. Adding more broad ETFs on top mostly buys the same companies again.
Satellites add what the core misses. Gold, Bitcoin, South Korea, copper miners or semiconductors barely register in a broad index. Satellites are smaller, so one going wrong doesn't sink the portfolio.
Two different decisions. "Do I own the world's markets for the long run?" and "Is now the time to own gold?" need different rules. Keeping them apart is the whole point.
Watch the key moments
How core and satellite works from $10,000 to $10 million, which satellites we use and why, and how we time entries with base and trend.
