When we invest it's wise to avoid making hasty decisions as they can often result in costly mistakes. So it's useful to have a checklist of criteria that funds or stocks have to satisfy before they make it into our portfolio. In this video, I go through my checklist of criteria for choosing funds for my portfolio and outline the requirements they must meet. This video is sponsored by Trading 212. Trading 212 provides an execution-only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise. Capital at risk. 💸 Get One Free Share Worth Up To ‎£⁠100! Create and verify a Trading 212 account, make a minimum deposit of £1 and use our promo code "RAMIN" https://www.trading212.com/promocodes/RAMIN Data Sources for the video: All price series come from SharePad. Long-term series for the S&P 500, Treasuries, & US CPI come from Robert Shiller's Irrational Exuberance spreadsheet. What Else PensionCraft Offers: 💡 Become a pensioncraft.com member and learn how to be a better investor. To find what we offer and how you can join our friendly community click here https://www.pensioncraft.com/investor-education/membership/ ❓ Book a coaching session with Ramin so he can answer your questions in a one-to-one video call via Zoom: https://pensioncraft.com/power-hour/ 📰 Sign up for our free weekly market roundup to get news and views about what's going on in the stock market and wider economy https://pensioncraft.com/market-roundup/ 📖 Understand investment in more depth with my online courses https://pensioncraft.com/courses-we-offer/ Where Else You Can Find Me 🎧You can check out my weekly podcast all about investing here https://many-happy-returns.captivate.fm/listen 🌐 Website - https://pensioncraft.com/ 📱 Twitter - https://twitter.com/PensionCraft 👨 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pensioncraft/ 🔗 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/pensioncraft Tools I Use To Create My Videos ✔️ My primary data source is SharePad and an affiliate link for this is here https://sharescope.co.uk/pensioncraftsp (This link provides new users with a special offer and gives me a small commission) The rest of the tools I use are free open-source software: ✔️ ggplot2 package in R for my plots ✔️ RStudio to edit and run R code ✔️ OBS to record my videos and live streams ✔️ Kdenlive to edit my videos Take A Look At Some Of My Other Videos & Playlists 📹 Investment Strategies playlist    • Investment Strategies   📹 Economy & Investing playlist    • Economy And Investing   📹 Behavioural Investing playlist    • Behavioural Investment   📹 Investing Strategies From Beginners To Advanced video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY86PS2ow74 DISCLAIMER All information is given for educational purposes and is not financial advice. Ramin does not provide recommendations and is not responsible for investment actions taken by viewers. Figures that are quoted refer to the past and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. #StockMarket #Investing #PensionCraft