Currently, the global investment environment is undergoing complex and profound changes. The breadth and depth of these changes may exceed people's expectations,including:

Economic Transformation: Moving from sustained inflation decline to dualdirection inflation risks.
Policy Transformation: Transitioning from ultraloose monetary policy and slightly tight fiscal policy to more traditional monetary policy and proactive fiscal policy.
Technological Revolution: The potential of artificial intelligence is beginning to emerge.
Climate Transition: Shifting from traditional energy to renewable energy.

Faced with the opportunities and challenges brought by these changes, investors should adapt to the times, be flexible, and construct investment portfolios that can adapt to global changes in a more scientific and rational manner.

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Global Market ETFs

ETFs are an ideal investment category for most investors. Unlike stocks, which focus on individual companies, ETFs are a type of fund that holds a variety of underlying assets, including stocks, commodities, bonds, or a mix of various investment types.

In the realm of global investment, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have become a popular investment tool, offering advantages such as diversification, low costs, flexibility, and low entry thresholds. They have become the ideal choice for investors looking to diversify their assets globally.

Global investment through ETFs provides investors with extensive asset diversification. By investing in ETFs that cover different regions, industries, and asset classes around the world, investors can access a broader range of investment opportunities, reducing the risk associated with specific regions or industries.

Here are some popular global ETFs:

(1) Nikkei Index ETF (03153.HK):

This index tracks the 225 largest Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with impressive performance in recent years and a positive trend.

(2) Cryptocurrency ETF:

A cryptocurrency index is calculated by weighting a basket of cryptocurrencies in a certain way, adopting a portfolio investment strategy with different types of digital currency assets. On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 Bitcoin spot ETFs, providing investors with a regulated investment avenue to participate in the cryptocurrency market without directly managing digital assets, such as IBIT.US.

(3) India's ETF:

India is considered one of the most promising stock markets globally. The main index of the Indian stock market is the Nifty 50 (INDF.US), which includes the 50 largest and most active companies in India.

(4) NASDAQ Composite Index:

The NASDAQ Composite Index includes all stocks listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, covering industries such as technology, biotechnology, and the internet. The NASDAQ index is often seen as a representative index of technology stocks.

(5) S&P 500 Index:

The S&P 500 is an index consisting of 500 large U.S. companies' stocks, representing the broad market performance of the U.S. stock market. The S&P 500 is typically considered one of the key indicators of the overall performance of the U.S. stock market, with a historically significant long-term holding return.

uSMART Intelligent Investment Strategy

Still unsure how to allocate your global assets? Quickly check out the uSMART Intelligent Investment Strategy Portfolio - a global allocation ETF strategy. Let the experts help you with just one click. The strategy is based on the principles of diversified global asset allocation and dynamic stock-bond-gold ratios. We select excellent stocks and bonds as targets, striving to create a well-suited, long-term holding portfolio tailored to different investment goals.

Strategy	Target Annualized Volatility	Stock/Bond Ratio	1-Year Return	1-Year Max Drawdown
Global Conservative Allocation ETFs	6%	20/80	24.36%	-8.03%
Global Balanced Allocation ETFs	8%	40/60	21.51%	-7.41%
Global Growth Preferred ETFs	12%	60/40	13.49%	-5.75%
Global Aggressive Allocation ETFs	15%	70/30	4.71%	-5.30%

(The main investment targets include stock and bond ETFs, as well as bulk commodities, foreign exchange, and gold asset ETFs.)

Furthermore, with the impressive growth rates in emerging economies and the global shift of manufacturing, resilience is expected to be maintained in the future.

Strategy Q4 timely cleared Chinese and Hong Kong assets, replacing them with ETFs from emerging regions, while continuing to hold assets in the United States and Japan, increasing the weight of high-yield bonds.

The global aggressive allocation ETF portfolio yielded 24.99% in the past year, surpassing the benchmark (Core Aggressive Allocation Index return in the past year was 17.19%) by approximately 5.1 percentage points.

The global growth preferred ETF portfolio yielded 21.71% in the past year, surpassing the benchmark (Core Growth Allocation Index return in the past year was 14.05%) by approximately 5.3 percentage points.

(Steps: Smart Investing - Select Strategies)

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