Following this model, you could invest your funds in Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund.
Mr. Bogle believes that a simple portfolio including only two funds, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Total Bond Market Index Fund would be sufficient for many investors.
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To show this, I created and rebalanced several portfolios using the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares (VTSAX) and the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares (VBTLX).
Nearly one-third of Jacobs' portfolio is in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index ( VTSMX) , with the rest split among small- and mid-caps, including Baron Small Cap ( BSCFX) , Berger Mid Cap Value ( BEMVX) and Artisan Mid Cap Value ( ARTQX) .
If you invest in single asset class index funds like the Vanguard Total US Stock Market index or the Spartan International Index at Fidelity, you can easily compare the performance of your individual holdings to the market index they track.
Just two index funds like the Vanguard Total Stock Market and Total International Stock Index provide effective, economical, tax efficient global equity diversification.
Perhaps you should go all the way to a cheap index fund, like Vanguard Index Total Stock Market, which has both low expenses (0.2% annually) and rock-bottom turnover (3% ).
The Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF (VT) provides a global mix of stocks based on market capitalization.
Since then Vanguard's Index 500 is up 60%, while its Wilshire-like Total Stock Market Portfolio is up 52%.
If you want to play it safe, one smart choice would be to buy the Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund, which, as the name implies, tracks an index of the global stock market.
The Vanguard Total Stock Market Admiral Shares (VTSAX) with an expense ratio of 0.06 percent was selected as his market index fund proxy.
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