So I'm looking at a well-known local gold dealer. Prices per gram (1 g). 34.6 EUR is the current gold price 39.4 EUR is the price I get for buying 20x Vienna Philharmonic coins (3.1103g) - that's 13.8% higher than gold price; their buy price is 36.68 EUR (diff: 7%) 35.61 EUR is the price I get for b...

Same broker. Haven't looked into other options yet. Need to start investing, then when the portfolio grows so will the diversification for all elements.

In that highly unlikely event, I would lose ~14% of the portfolio (but I'm sure the EU part would grow that much more as a consequence). I don't see any of those two extremes happening. That said, if I would have to bet on likelihood, I'd say it's far higher for the EUR to get devalued against the U...

This is exactly done for the case if one day $1=3€.

As far as I saw, the long-term gains are a lot higher on USPP than on EUPP.

Great info, I'll read that in detail. Thanks!

@frugal: I am comfortable with currency risk at 20% in USD, for the benefit of having exposure to US economy. @WhiteElephant: If that's concerning local taxes, we have a fixed capital gains tax on everything so that does not affect me. @stuper1: Thanks, good catch! I've changed that to iShares Treas...

Hi everyone, here's my portfolio I'm looking to implement in the coming weeks. I'm in EU, so it's focused on Eurozone, however with 20% of assets in/related to US. I added symbols since I lost a ton of time looking for the right ones. Stocks - xTrackers MSCI EMU, EUR ( XD5E ) - 20% - Vanguard US Tot...