S&P 500 vs Total US Market for Australians? Proof! IVV vs VTS.

Which U.S. ETF should Australians buy? Proof! Is S&P 500 (IVV) better than U.S. Total Market (VTS) on the ASX? Original research on which ETF is best for Australians.

Chapters
0:00 Is S&P 500 (IVV) better than U.S. Total Market (VTS)
0:21 Buy a broad-based index fund
0:38 ASX IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
1:25 ASX VTS Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF
2:05 VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF
2:23 Choosing the best ETF based on attributes
2:41 Australian vs US domiciled
3:22 Converting US ETF dividends into Australian dollars
3:56 W-8BEN form for Australians
4:50 Claiming back US withholding tax on your Australian tax return
5:22 US estate tax
5:55 Is holding a US-domiciled ETF worth it?
6:14 Is VTS safer than IVV?
7:07 Rumours about Sebastian
8:49 Do the small-cap stocks in VTS perform better than the S&P 500?
9:00 VTS vs IVV - 1-year graph
9:23 VTS vs IVV - 2 years graph
9:38 VTS vs IVV - 3 years graph
9:55 VTS vs IVV - 5 years graph
10:05 VTS vs IVV - 10 years graph
10:39 VTS vs IVV total return
12:04 VTS vs IVV: the winner is?
12:22 Risk profile of VTS and IVV
13:14 Conclusions
13:46 Should you buy the Nasdaq-100 instead of the S&P 500?

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