I have vti right now , but I know with small growth component there could be some zombie companies. Am wondering since those companies are small would it even matter. I was looking for something in particular to complement my scv tilts with avuv and avdv .
For the us portion of my portfolio I have been eyeing dfus mostly. It seems to be the most like a regular broad index but it filters out most zombie companies. The other ETFs I thought about were avus and sptm. Avus I think tilts too much to value in addition to profitability filter. Sptm also filters but not sure if it’s enough as it’s not as extensive as Avus or dfus.
I have backtested but past performance doesn’t really tell me how much zombie companies will matter in the future. Here is the back test for curious going back to dfus inception date.
Have also thought of using dfaw for world allocation to make life easier.