How to buy ETFs for FREE in Europe (S&P 500)

I’ll show you how to buy ETFs in Europe commission free. We will place an order on a Vanguard S&P500 ETF, with the symbol VUSA. However, there are hundreds of different ETFs you could buy, depending on your needs and strategy.

An ETF is a type of investment that lets you buy many different assets at once.
ETFs are just collections of stocks, and the main reason to invest in them is to spread the risk over multiple individual stocks, instead of betting everything on one stock.

For this video. I’m going to use the Degiro trading platform to trade S&P500 ETF, there are a few other brokers you can do this with, like Interactive brokers; however, I like Degiro, as it has so many ETF options, and the fees are low. Also, Degiro is a Dutch company, and I like to support locals.

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📝 TABLE OF CONTENTS
(00:00) What to expect
(00:13) What is an ETF
(01:20) 1. Choose broker
(01:53) 2. Find the right ETF
(04:09) 3. Understand the numbers
(06:27) 4. Distributing or accumulating ETF
(07:46) 5. Place an order
(10:11) 6. Set investing strategy

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[glugluuuuuu]

thank you for taking the time and efforts! very informative video and easy to understand

[mamatejko]

4:52 Isn't TER something else from the broker's fees? I understand that there is a list of ETFs on Degiro for which it has no charges (including that Vanguard S&P500 ETF), but each ETF has its own separate fees you can read about in the KIID. I understand the TER of 0.07 means your return will be approximately that of the S&P 500 index minus 0.07% of the ETF's fees, excluding Degiro's fees, excluding currency differences.. correct me if I'm wrong. (BTW the fund you're showing doesn't show up for me, maybe for the reasons other commenters mention here, I'm a Polish user too)

[FarPlayzYT]

Are we able to purchase the S&P500 ETF with leverage in Europe? For example, the SSO ETF?

[Polski]

What if I don't see Vanguard S&P 500?
if I type "vanguard", all I see it's only: American Vanguard Corp

[DarkoFitCoach]

30% more a year later. Incredible sp500 and thus index growth. Return to the mean also dictates a period of lower return has to come to balance it all out to 10% yearly average which is superb for long term

[DeeBee]

Do you think the stocks will go down now the debt ceiling is raised? I want to buy wonder if I should wait till the market drops a bit.

[mekjanics]

Question if you decide to sell all your etf stocks and transfer all your balance to your private bank account is there any income tax?