Deploying the Cash
I posted yesterday that I had the following investment mix:
- US Index ETFs: 26.4%
- Cash: 18.2%
- World Index ETFs: 12.5%
- High Dividend ETFs: 10.3%
- Preferred Shares: 9.5%
- Actively Managed Funds: 7.8%
- EU Index ETFs: 7.2%
- RRSP: 5.7%
- Single Stocks: 2.4%
After chatting with ChatGPT about it (yes, really), I needed to deploy some of that cash.
- US Index ETFs: 24.3%
- Bonds and Preferred Shares: 14.3%
- World Index ETFs: 11.5%
- Cash: 10.5%
- High Dividend ETFs: 9.4%
- Actively Managed Funds: 7.6%
- EU Index ETFs: 6.7%
- Money Market ETFs: 6.3%
- RRSP: 5.2%
- Single Stocks: 4.0%
Even ChatGPT was alarmed by the high cash position, which was earning no interest. So I decided to allocate some of that money to money market funds (YCSH) and short-term bond funds (XSB). These things pay 2%-4% per year, but that is better than 0%.
I also took the opportunity to reduce my exposure to preferred shares (FFN) and some tech shares (YMAG).
I also bought some single stocks for the public portfolio – Coursera, Alphabet, and Amazon. I like the stock.