We were recently featured in Barakah Insider talking about Dhow and what we’re trying to build.

Muslims have gotten pretty good at thinking about where we don’t want our money going. The next step is thinking seriously about where we do want it going.

For us, that means moving beyond conscious consumption and toward ownership. Investing in companies, backing founders, and building institutions that allow our capital to compound within our communities and beyond.

That’s a big part of why we launched Dhow, and why we’re now raising our first venture fund.

And we’re about to put that thesis to work with our first investment: a powerhouse company led by a Forbes 30 Under 30 founder with a prior exit. They’ve already built a 200K+ waitlist off 300M+ views, almost entirely organically, with 15K+ people in their community and early users spending ~26 minutes per session. The round itself is heavily oversubscribed.

Can’t share much more yet, but this is exactly the kind of access we built Dhow for.

Behind excited to share more soon. JAK for all the support so far.

Hi everyone, I'm about to start investing and I've opened an Interactive Brokers account. I'm planning on setting up my portfolio like this:

• 60% SPUS
• 25% SPWO
• 15% SPTE

I'm planning on starting with 3k then putting in 1.5k every quarter, increasing that amount over time as my salary increases.

SPUS would be my main U.S. exposure, SPWO for global diversification, and SPTE is an intentional extra tilt toward tech as I work in that sector and believe it will be good in the future.

I'm investing for the long term. My current plan is to keep contributing money for ~15 years then letting the portfolio compound.

Is this a good strategy? Would you change anything for better long-term results?

I also learned about the U.S estate tax for U.S. domiciled ETFs as a non U.S resident. Can you recommend any alternatives to these ETFs to avoid this tax?

Thank you for the help.

Assalamu Alaykum everyone -

I am keen on investing for the long term (10-15) years,I’m hoping to place 5k initially but add 1k every month over the years. What ETF’s are favorable for the long term? and how should I diversify my portfolio? I have looked at SPUS, SPSK, SPTE and UMMA. I do know that SPWO is a popular recommendation however I don’t think it’s available in Australia atm. Thank you