Top 20 Core ETF Pick List

Get our Top 20 Core ETF pick list. Ultra-low-cost, liquid, and easy to trade. Simple capitalization-weighted stock and bond ladder portfolios. Create a custom, no-nonsense capital markets ETF portfolio. Our picks include exchange-traded funds managed and sponsored by Vanguard, Blackrock iShares, State Street SPDR, and Charles Schwab.

Five Ways to Avoid Probate on Your Estate

If you’ve experienced the probate process, you probably don’t need to be told that avoidance is the best strategy. Here’s five smart ways to avoid probate on your estate.

Hype Alert: Matt Damon Touts Bitcoin

At Successful Portfolios, we advise ignoring paid celebrity endorsements. Serious investing is hard. Over-the-top hype and exaggeration are not your friends. Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are risky. Investors can and do lose money.

Vanguard ETF Strategic Model Portfolios

The Vanguard ETF Strategic Model Portfolios, including the Core Series, are available to clients of Successful Portfolios LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. The Core Series Model earns the highest possible rating by Morningstar.

BlackRock Target ETF Model Portfolios

The BlackRock Target ETF Model Portfolios are available to clients at Successful Portfolios LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. The Models earn Morningstar’s highest rating. See the recommended allocations.

ARK Big Ideas – Investments with Conversational Alpha.

Check out the remarkable ARK Big Ideas 2022 slide deck. ARK’s big investment ideas include artificial intelligence (AI), battery technology, electric vehicles, green energy, blockchain including cryptocurrency, bitcoin, fintech, robotics, and automation, including 3D printing, gene sequencing, and biotechnology. It’s chock full of fun and informative futuristic factoids and tidbits.