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What's your go to mutual funds recommendation

Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:08 am
Posted by 756
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:08 am
Go
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
55139 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:11 am to
VOO and VTI

Pretty much all you need
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:31 am to
VOO and VTI are both excellent choices, but they are ETFs. They are traded differently than mutual funds.
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
55139 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:52 am to
You are technically correct.

VFIAX and VTSAX if you must use mutual funds, as they have identical structure as voo and vti. The ETFs have slightly lower fees
This post was edited on 9/15/26 at 7:53 am
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
12622 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 8:16 am to
VTSAX
Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
96047 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 9:46 am to
VIGAX
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
14973 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 9:58 am to
FTEC. That is all for me for the foreseeable future. Once I get closer to retirement I may move some into VOO or VTI, but the broad market is not experiencing gains at the same level as concentrated tech stocks since the internet and now A.I.
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
6056 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:33 am to
FXAIX is my go to mutual fund.

There are ETF that I prefer over it, but if you're locked in on a mutual fund, that's where I land.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
45643 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:44 am to
FXAIX
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56853 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 12:18 pm to
quote:

but the broad market is not experiencing gains at the same level as concentrated tech stocks since the internet and now A.I.


Likely won’t experience similar losses in a correction, either.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
16213 posts
Posted on 9/16/26 at 4:29 pm to
Prefered etf?
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
14973 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 4:43 am to
quote:

Likely won’t experience similar losses in a correction, either.


Perhaps. But FTEC is up 991% since inception in 2013. VTI is up about 307% in the same time. Been waiting on this often predicted correction since the inception date in 2013 and really since 2010. Absent a few months for Covid, it hasn’t happened. So, the massive gains over the last 13 years will still outpace the broad market by a wide margin in the long run even if the market correction gets priced in.

At a 50% fall in FTEC from current levels, it would still significantly outpace the broad market if the broad market did not drop at all. It seems unlikely tech will fall 50% if the broad market does not fall at all, but even if that did happened, tech will almost certainly recover at a more rapid rate than the broader market.
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
36686 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 5:45 am to
The 2000s were brutal for tech. It was all energy, metals, value etc with a weakening dollar. Not saying we’re going to replay that exactly but these things run in long cycles and it’s worth keeping in mind.
This post was edited on 9/17/26 at 5:46 am
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
14486 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 5:47 am to
quote:

FXAIX is my go to mutual fund.


Mine as well.
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
6056 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 9:51 am to
quote:

Prefered etf?




I like BKLC and FNILX, both are large cap and free of fees and it's gross and net expense ratio is 0.00. Both perform well, FNILX has slightly better returns, BKLC has a slightly better dividend. Returns compared to FXAIX are pretty much the same, so performance wise there's no true difference going with any of them.

There are others that I like such as FTEC and SMH if you're looking for tech and semiconductor growth oriented funds. But those aren't really the same profile as FXAIX. Other ones that I like are pretty commonly discussed on the board.
This post was edited on 9/17/26 at 10:11 am
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
86535 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:05 am to
VFIAX
VIMAX
VSMAX
VTIAX
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