Not exact matches
Over recent years, more and more plans are offering a suite of low - cost
index funds covering domestic equities, foreign equities, U.S. taxable
bonds, and cash.
There are
index funds for international stocks (
covering the developed countries), emerging markets (Southeast Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe), small company stocks, real estate stocks,
bonds, and other types of investments.
If you're really risk averse, Adam suggests a basic
index fund that
covers the US or global stock and
bond market.
This two
fund lazy portfolio invests in one stock
fund which
covers the entire worlds stock markets and one
bond index mutual
funds.
For the stock exposure he investor could buy a total stock market
index fund, for the
bonds a total
bond market
index fund, for the commodities a commodity
index fund and a real estate investment trust (REIT)
index fund to
cover the real state.
Selecting a few
index funds covering all of the major asset classes (domestic and international stock, risky
bonds, savings, maybe inflation protection) is as good as you can generally do.
You can get pretty much
cover all the sectors of the stock and
bond markets with just two or three broad
index funds or ETFs: a total U.S. stock market
index fund, a total
bond market
index fund and a total international stock market
index fund.
Bonds, REITs, and other non-equity assets will not fall into a block while mutual and
index funds may
cover more than one block in the box.
Investors searching for long - maturity
bonds will also find them in the Vanguard Long - Term
Bond Index Fund Investor Shares (VBLTX), which provides access to a low - cost, passively managed fund covering long - term investment - grade bo
Fund Investor Shares (VBLTX), which provides access to a low - cost, passively managed
fund covering long - term investment - grade bo
fund covering long - term investment - grade
bonds.