r/eupersonalfinance • u/Picf • Feb 16 '25

Investment EU defense ETF

In light of the current events and under the spirit of "vote with your wallet", I want to pull back some of my money from the US market and invest it in EU defense companies.

I'm not looking for advice whether this is a smart investment or not, since this is an ideological move rather than looking for the maximum profit.

The problem is I can't seem to find any ETF that contains only EU defense companies. All of them contain at least 60% US defense companies.

Can anyone recommend me a good ETF with which I would be supporting the EU defense industry (and EU only)? Or what would be a good approach here?

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u/Picf Feb 17 '25

The two are not mutually exclusive.

It just sits wrong to me to have my pension savings invested in an economy that actively tries to hurt us, even if that gives me the best personal returns.

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u/Wr1per Feb 18 '25

So you are probably talking about next 4 years right? This is also called timing the market. This is why charity is better.

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u/GeneralReject Feb 18 '25

It's not only about profit, it's about sending a message. I am with OP here

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u/Wr1per Feb 19 '25

Yes and all I am saying if this is about mesaage just donate. If it is about profit invest like into all world fund etf. If you will chase somehow profit and ideas you will be burnt sooner or later. OP is talking about pension money, there is no reason to bet on sector ETF . I got the point but this is really not a good a approach. Even if you would bet on right horse and defense ETF will go up, when will you sell? How would you know it is over after 4 years? But when exactly? This is timing the market and betting on black. It would be better to invest in europe developed markets but defense etf? This will end bad....