Good ETF or Vanguard fund suggestion...

What are you looking for/what's your situation?

Balanced or sector? Taxable or retirement account? What's the time frame of the investment?

What do you already have?

Investments aren't one size fits all....I can suggest a fund and while it may work for one, but not another.

One blind fund recommendation I like is VSEQX, VWNFX

If you don't already have something geared for the oil industry, pick up the Energy fund first before those two.

I just put some money in

www.betterment.com

basically a manager of managers...

I am going to let it go for a year or so and see what happens.. They charge a small % but its a hands off approach for small savings goals..

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some money into an ETF or fund that I can manage within my scottrade account

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You need to determine which is more cost effective for you in your account, monthly trades on ETF's or mutual fund purchases. If you don't know much about buying stocks or ETF's at least read up on bid/ask spreads, types of orders (limit is often best) and use something that is widely traded to lower the spread until you gain experience. Something like VTI (domestic total market) has a very tight spread, something like VSS (smallcap international market) typically has a fairly wide spread and you will likely pay a premium for it.