As with actively managed mutual funds, you can choose whether you want your investments geared toward the possibility of higher returns with
aggressive growth indexes, or if you are more interested in slower growth and less risk.
I hear great things about Vanguard; any suggestions on
an aggressive growth index?
Not exact matches
TDFs should choose a more
aggressive mix of equities for younger investors, giving them more opportunity for
growth; as funds get closer to their target dates, the equity mix should stick more closely to broad market averages like the S&P 500
index SPX, -0.76 % Because most TDFs have only one mix of equities for investors of all ages, they miss an easy opportunity to do more good for their younger shareholders.
His two
Growth Portfolios (one an
index portfolio) compounded at 6.9 % vs. our
Aggressive Portfolio at 6.4 %.
I have taken a bit of a more
aggressive stance with their RESP as they have the US
Index and bond index, but I have also put in a dividend growth fund (you know
Index and bond
index, but I have also put in a dividend growth fund (you know
index, but I have also put in a dividend
growth fund (you know me!).
Kotak Asset Allocator Fund -
Growth, * Name of the Benchmark - CRISIL Hybrid 35 +65 -
Aggressive Index, Scheme Inception date is 09/08/2004.
One is a US
Index Fund, 0.72 % expense, and the other fund is one of these «balanced
aggressive growth funds» at 2.2 % expense.
The reason the
index fund wins statistically is because it can be run by a simple automated set of rules — no need to pay $ 350M salaries to the hotshot traders running the «
Aggressive growth fund» down the street.
* The Age - Based Fidelity Funds, Multi-Firm, and Fidelity
Index portfolios take a more
aggressive approach during the early years of saving for college to take advantage of potential
growth opportunities, while investing to preserve capital as the need to pay for qualified higher education expenses approaches.
More
aggressive large - cap
growth funds have also been bringing in good returns, particularly funds that track the NASDAQ 100
index, like PowerShares QQQ (QQQ).