Title. It occurred to me that despite not wanting to support musk or some other American businesses because of their recent change in policies, I’m still holding a stake in those companies.

    • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      yep! if you want to have a future in hell world, if you are invested in having a future in hell world, you are a piece of shit, and you have invested in being a piece of shit.

      sorry. I didn’t make it this way, I’m just not being paid enough to lie and go down on you about it.

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    1 day ago

    If it makes you feel better, you probably also hold a stake in their direct competition.

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      A lot of their direct competition is not in the S&P 500 because they are not American companies. Hyundai, Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan, BYD, etc. American automakers let the EV market languish so long that they are only now becoming legitimate competitors in that space

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          Yep, or any other etf or fund that tracks an ex US index, if folks don’t want to give their money/share votes to Vanguard. I’m unfortunately not well versed in brokerages outside the US, so no fund suggestions, but VXUS tracks the FTSE Global All Cap Ex US index, MSCI also has a World ex US index, it shouldn’t be too hard to find an ex US index tracking fund at a reputable brokerage of your choice

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    one of the reasons isn’t tanking faster, comes bundled up in many institutional accounts, retirement accounts, etc

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    If you’d like to hold a large cap blend that doesn’t include Tesla, you might like VTV (Vanguard Large Cap Value ETF). I didn’t see Tesla listed in it and I really doubt it’s any of the 339 companies it holds.

    Edit: I just traded all my retirement shares of VTI for VTV. Fuck Tesla. And Facebook. And Amazon.

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    American is kind of a central point for the market. Sure there are plenty of non American exchanges but if you want to do business with the “big boys” it is in New York.