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$10,000 In 5 ETFs
@jacobdoesmoney2
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The video provides a clear, data-driven comparison of investment returns for popular ETFs, making complex financial information easily digestible and visually engaging. The dramatic performance of SMH, in particular, creates a strong hook and encourages viewers to watch until the end.
Summary
The video compares the 10-year returns of five different ETFs: BND, VXUS, SCHD, VOO, and SMH. It shows how an initial investment of $10,000 would have grown in each ETF, highlighting SMH as the top performer despite a recent drop.
Structure
- 1Introduction of the topic: $10,000 invested in 5 ETFs over 10 years.
- 2Presentation of returns for BND, VXUS, SCHD, and VOO.
- 3Detailed breakdown of SMH's performance, including its significant growth and recent volatility.
- 4Comparison of SMH's performance against VOO.
- 5
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Put $10,000 into five popular ETFs 10 years ago and here's what you'd have: BND $11,446, VXUS $24,760, SCHD $34,612, VOO $41,416, SMH $183,068. Every number is the 10-year total return through August 24, 2026, with dividends reinvested: BND 1.36% a year, VXUS 9.49%, SCHD 13.22%, VOO 15.27%, SMH 33.74%. None of this predicts the next 10 years. BND's $1,446 gain is 14.5% over a decade, and prices rose almost 40% in that same window per the BLS, so that $11,446 buys less in 2026 than the $10,000 did in 2016. Chips fell about 18% in July. On June 30, VanEck's own 10-year number for SMH worked out to $252,677 on the same $10,000, so that one drop cost about $70,000 in two months. In 2022 it dropped 34% in a single year. I hold VOO, SMH, and AIS. No bonds at 26. That changes as I get closer to living off this portfolio. Follow for more real numbers like these.
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