ETFs Are Wildly Popular. How Much of Your Portfolio Should Be in Them?

ETFs Are Wildly Popular. How Much of Your Portfolio Should Be in Them?
A Bank of Montreal (BMO) electronic ticker showing the stock prices of certain commodities is seen in the Financial District of Toronto, on Aug. 14, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Exchange-traded funds have become wildly popular among investors, particularly young people who use do-it-yourself investing platforms that can auto-invest client money in ETFs.

But the question remains: is there a downside to holding nothing but ETFs in your portfolio? Not really, according to some Bay Streeters, as long as you strike the right asset composition.