(If anyone saw my other thread this week about investing, this one serves to replace it)
I am just starting to invest, and my aim is to track global equities. I'm trying to have a portfolio that meets that aim without too much or too little exposure to certain areas, as far as would be considered reasonable. I've also added property.
The bulk of the portfolio is Vanguard LifeStrategy 100%, and I've basically tried to supplement it in the areas that have low weighting, and to compensate for the large home bias in the UK.
Before i commit to this, would anyone mind taking a quick look at the screenshot and saying if it looks reasonable, or i'm making a massive mistake?
The LS 100 does not have any small cap, so i've added it with a tracker. Japan is included but about 7% so i thought adding some more would be useful but i don't know if that's overdoing it and i would be better off without it completely or adding a different area instead, and there is also no emerging markets so i added that too.
(I know investing aims are personal, but for instance i was on a forum today where a person was considering 30% stocks, 50% bonds, 20% commodities, which was universally agreed as being ridiculous. I just want to know if this allocation is sensible for meeting the criteria of global tracking)