Forget Dogecoin: Follow Warren Buffett’s Advice and Invest in These 2 TSX ETFs (2024)

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Elon Musk’s U-turn related to his view on bitcoin should be an eye-opener for Dogecoin investors.

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Dogecoin, Musk and Warren Buffett

But do you really think these returns will sustain in the future? Also, whom would you follow as a financial expert, Elon Musk or legendary investor Warren Buffett? Musk has been a terrific innovator. But we saw his due diligence regarding Bitcoin recently. It could be highly risky if you are placing your bets on instruments like Dogecoin just because Musk supports it.

On the other hand, Buffett has been there, preaching the power of compounding interest and the importance of long-term investing, for the last more than five decades. His disciplined investing and fundamental analysis skills have created a huge fortune for Berkshire Hathaway investors.

Dogecoin’s price surge, fuelled by mere popularity, does not make it a sustainable fortune maker. It does not have a fundamental value and was never designed to be a payment system, unlike Bitcoin.

Buffett has been long promoting index funds

Warren Buffett has always asserted that you need to invest in businesses that you understand. But researching and analyzing companies and their financial statements is not everyone’s cup of tea. So, Warren Buffett has a solution for those types of investors: index funds.

Index funds are a basket of stocks that give exposure to the asset class at large. So, instead of picking one or two stocks of your liking, index funds represent an overall index of stocks. Index funds are relatively low risk, stable and offer diversification benefits.

As markets are trading close to all-time highs, it makes sense to invest in index funds at these levels.

Top index funds in Canada

The investing conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has invested in the S&P 500 Composite Index funds for long. Canadian investors can get exposure by investing in iShares Core S&P 500 Index ETF(TSX:XSP)(CAD hedged). It has Apple, Amazon, Facebook and many other blue-chip stocks as its top holdings. You will get to invest in all the top companies in S&P 500 at once with the XSP index fund.

The important advantage with index funds is investors’ stock-specific risk gets significantly reduced. If one stock in the index underperforms, another one could make up for it, keeping the overall portfolio performance relatively stable.

If you want to bet on Canada’s top stocks, there is a fund called iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF(TSX:XIU). It represents 60 biggest Canadian stocks that include Shopify, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank, etc. These three top stocks form approximately 20% of the XIU fund.

Index funds are generally less volatile and offer average return prospects.

However, investors should note that returns of index funds are based on economic growth and corporate earnings and are not driven by popularity, as in the case of Dogecoin. And that’s why they are more reliable.

This article represents the opinion of the writer, who may disagree with the “official” recommendation position of a Motley Fool premium service or advisor. We’re Motley! Questioning an investing thesis — even one of our own — helps us all think critically about investing and make decisions that help us become smarter, happier, and richer, so we sometimes publish articles that may not be in line with recommendations, rankings or other content.

John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool’s board of directors. Randi Zuckerberg, a former director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and sister to its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Fool contributor Vineet Kulkarni has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Amazon, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway (B shares), Facebook, Shopify, and Shopify and recommends the following options: long January 2023 $1140 calls on Shopify, short January 2023 $1160 calls on Shopify, short January 2023 $200 puts on Berkshire Hathaway (B shares), long January 2022 $1920 calls on Amazon, short March 2023 $130 calls on Apple, short June 2021 $240 calls on Berkshire Hathaway (B shares), short January 2022 $1940 calls on Amazon, long March 2023 $120 calls on Apple, and long January 2023 $200 calls on Berkshire Hathaway (B shares).