The Vanguard Total
Bond Market Index Admiral fund has an expense ratio of 0.08 %.
Mutual fund buyers can invest in Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Premium Class (0.05 %), Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund (0.04 %) and Vanguard Total
Bond Market Index Admiral Shares (0.05 %).
Not exact matches
I ended up going with a portfolio that took advantage of Vanguard
Admiral Shares... VTSAX — Vanguard Total Stock
Market Index Fund
Admiral Shares — 40 % VSMAX — Vanguard Small - Cap
Index Fund
Admiral Shares — 10 % VTIAX — Vanguard Total International Stock
Index Fund
Admiral Shares — 35 % VGSLX — Vanguard REIT
Index Fund
Admiral Shares — 10 % VBTLX — Vanguard Total
Bond Market Index Fund
Admiral Shares — 5 %
Even if you are willing to accept some credit risk, and invest in something like the popular Vanguard Total
Bond Market Index fund, the SEC yield is only 2.05 % (2.17 % for
Admiral Shares, $ 10K minimum), still lower than the federally insured CD which has no credit risk.
The
bond fund returns are for the Admiral shares class, with a minimum investment of $ 50,000 for all funds compared here, except the Total Bond Market Index fund, which has a minimum investment of $ 10,
bond fund returns are for the
Admiral shares class, with a minimum investment of $ 50,000 for all funds compared here, except the Total
Bond Market Index fund, which has a minimum investment of $ 10,
Bond Market Index fund, which has a minimum investment of $ 10,000.
The reported expense reductions include different classes of fund shares, such as Investor,
Admiral ETF, Institutional, and Institutional Plus, for the 12 months ended Oct. 31, 2015; they also encompass seven fund categories — international stock
index, international actively managed stock, international
bond index, domestic stock
index, domestic actively managed stock, target - risk and tax - exempt money
market.
I have a plan to get
Admiral shares of Vanguard Total US Stock
Market (ER of 0.06 %), then use the
bond fund and international
index fund in my 401 (k)(ERs of 0.04 % and 0.14 %) to round out my portfolio.
We have the following Vanguard options — > Vanguard Dividend Appreciation
Index Investor VDAIX Vanguard Small Cap
Index Admiral Class VSMAX Vanguard Developed
Markets Index Admiral VTMGX Vanguard Emerging
Markets Stock
Index Admiral VEMAX Vanguard Long - Term
Bond Index Investor VBLTX Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Investor VSCGX Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Investor VSMGX