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Best index funds
Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:30 pm
Is VTSAX the only index fund to go with or can you recommend others?
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Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:42 pm to Silverback911
Depends on where you do your investing. If you’re with Vanguard, then go with VTSAX. If you’re with Fidelity, then you can go with FSKAX or FZROX. Schwab has an equivalent as well, SWTSX. These are all apples to apples and will have basically the exact same results over an extended period.
An S&P 500 index fund is also a good option. Fidelity has FXAIX
An S&P 500 index fund is also a good option. Fidelity has FXAIX
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:15 pm to Silverback911
Didn't you just start a thread? Don't you and your DDD wife make 250k+/year? Big ballers hire financial advisers.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:57 pm to Silverback911
That is my favorite.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:07 pm to Silverback911
Research 3 fund and 4 fund portfolios. That’s all you need.
SCHB - Total Stock Market equity
SCHF - International equity
SCHE - Emerging market equity
And then a bond fund like BND depending on your age and risk profile.
Some folks like adding a real estate or dividend generating slant so there are funds like SCHD.
You can use ETFs or Mutual Funds. Just make sure they are low cost which there’s no shortage of in todays competitive financial world.
SCHB - Total Stock Market equity
SCHF - International equity
SCHE - Emerging market equity
And then a bond fund like BND depending on your age and risk profile.
Some folks like adding a real estate or dividend generating slant so there are funds like SCHD.
You can use ETFs or Mutual Funds. Just make sure they are low cost which there’s no shortage of in todays competitive financial world.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:44 pm to Silverback911
I only do SP500.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 10:02 pm to Silverback911
You clearly didn’t take the advice from the other thread 
Posted on 1/10/23 at 7:52 am to Silverback911
I do about 60% of an S&P fund (tend to use SPY), 20% of a small cap (IJR or VTWO), and 20% international (VXUS).
This accomplishes a pretty similar set of stocks as the total market (but not a purely equal exposure) with about 10% more exposure to the smaller companies than the bigger companies because, over time, there has been a slight outperformance of small companies to big companies (though once that data were published, it didn’t appear again. I think it did actually “show up” amidst the small cap boom just before and in the middle of COVID, but I actually am too lazy to look and see which has outperformed the other for the last 5, 10, 20, and 30 years.
This portfolio also exposes me to international funds. There are some arguments that currency exchange and international investing is expensive- this is fairly true. There are some arguments that US companies do enough global business that the need for investing in international companies that aren’t on the US Stock Exchange is not very high/fruitful. This is probably also true.
Just to highlight how many right answers there are, here is an article called 150 Portfolios That are Better than Yours which is provocatively named and written for relative newcomers to investing who are just learning about the concept of broad-based funds and a passive approach.
This accomplishes a pretty similar set of stocks as the total market (but not a purely equal exposure) with about 10% more exposure to the smaller companies than the bigger companies because, over time, there has been a slight outperformance of small companies to big companies (though once that data were published, it didn’t appear again. I think it did actually “show up” amidst the small cap boom just before and in the middle of COVID, but I actually am too lazy to look and see which has outperformed the other for the last 5, 10, 20, and 30 years.
This portfolio also exposes me to international funds. There are some arguments that currency exchange and international investing is expensive- this is fairly true. There are some arguments that US companies do enough global business that the need for investing in international companies that aren’t on the US Stock Exchange is not very high/fruitful. This is probably also true.
Just to highlight how many right answers there are, here is an article called 150 Portfolios That are Better than Yours which is provocatively named and written for relative newcomers to investing who are just learning about the concept of broad-based funds and a passive approach.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 7:53 am to wheelr
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Didn't you just start a thread? Don't you and your DDD wife make 250k+/year?
Be nice to him. It’s not his fault they don’t make that much.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:22 am to HarveyBanger
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An S&P 500 index fund is also a good option. Fidelity has FXAIX
that's my main fund
Posted on 1/10/23 at 3:52 pm to wheelr
quote:
Didn't you just start a thread? Don't you and your DDD wife make 250k+/year? Big ballers hire financial advisers.
That’s actually a good idea. I should hire somebody. I have an old buddy who works for Merrill Lynch. I’ll holla at him. That will make things easier.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 3:59 pm to Silverback911
SPY
Posted on 1/10/23 at 6:00 pm to TigerintheNO
Same
Posted on 1/10/23 at 6:01 pm to Silverback911
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This post was edited on 4/29/23 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 1/11/23 at 8:24 am to Silverback911
DRLL and ORFN are what I’m buying now
Posted on 1/11/23 at 8:31 am to Drizzt
What does the boggleheads portfolio consist of?
Posted on 1/11/23 at 9:11 am to tigersint
The low cost index funds mentioned in here.
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