RetireJapan

goodandbadjapan wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:19 am Then I look at mine and I have just a few index funds - a global, an emerging, a Japanese - and also bonds. That's basically it as far as stocks and bonds go. My reasoning is that I still know very little and don't want to step out of my comfort zone, but I do question whether or not I should be doing something else!

I haven't checked for a few years but in the UK there used to be around 2,000 different funds to choose from which could fit into an ISA. Funds focused on; Individual countries (Korea, Eastern Europe, China etc…), Property (real estate), Commodities etc…..

I remember my Legg Mason Japan fund (smaller Japanese companies) was often either in the top ten best performing funds or the worse performing funds. As was my commodities fund (which actually consisted of mining companies and the like). Having such funds keeps things interesting.

I Agree, Keeping it simple is probably best especially for a newb like me. still looking at just one fund at the moment