What would everyone have if they could only have 1 stock in their portfolio ? Topping it up weekly or monthly.
In my opinion you couldnāt go wrong with MSCI World.
Iām thinking of a 3 stock ISA.
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Depends on what kind of risk you are willing to live with.
You could go very wrong with Robo Global (ROBG), but that would be my high risk pick.
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Amazon for me, no other alternative 
MSCI World excludes emerging markets, which you might consider a pretty big deal, since various metrics predict China having the highest growth in the coming decade.
A safer pick for a single stock would be VWRL, Vangardās All-World index tracker, which includes EM.
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I did not realise this Sendu. I assumed Emerging Markets were there. Never assume 
MSCI China will definitely be alongside it in that case.
The other significant country missed by MSCI world is Korea (ever heard of Samsung?), so rather than just topping up with China, why not MSCI EM (I havenāt checked what Freetrade offer)?
Other than country categorisation and minor weighting variation, there isnāt much between MSCI and FTSE indexes.
VWRL is a lot easier to deal with since you donāt have to worry about picking an appropriate weight for a separate China or EM stock in your portfolio.
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Is South Korea included in IWDG?
No it does not include South Korea, other alternative of this IWDG is Vanguard FTSE Developed World with South Korea included and 0.12 OCF. Tired of asking it to be added in the forum.
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VWRL is a lot easier to deal with since you donāt have to worry about picking an appropriate weight for a separate China or EM stock in your portfolio.
True, but you can push down the cost, by combination of 88% FTSE Developed World and 12% FTSE Emerging Market to reach same allocation like VWRL and cheaper OCF.
Is this VEVE? I kept asking for VEVE last year.
Maybe, just maybe they will fast track add it to the platform.
I use JPMorgan EM Trust so do not require VWRL. Just VEVE is ideal.
Would be great if VEVE could be added before the end of 2020.
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Why would Roboglobal be risky? Automation will be a key growth sector in the coming years.
The risk is if the growth will come from the companies not on the index. This is a very fast moving field with potential for small companies to make big advances very quickly. If those companies are not on the index or not even public, then it could make life very difficult for the old guard.
Imagine a SpaceX in the robotics industry (that company might be Covariant). Roboglobal has competition in the private sector.
Yeah VEVE. Itās the cheapest tracker for developed world as far as I know.
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You know me Buddy Tesla 
Considering that you can have an ETF that includes literally everything i am not sure if your question makes sense.
If you mean non ETF stock then it can work but itās not an āinvest and forgetā deal, youād need to monitor the company and even then one day we may find out something shady about it and it will loose 50%.
I believe IWDG is GBP hedged, that is a factor I would need to consider.