Great post here and I have learned
a lot about index funds.
I have heard
a lot about index funds but I was more interested in building a diverse portfolio using Sharebuilder.
I talk
a lot about index funds in this video series.
Not exact matches
Turner: One of the things that people in the industry often talk
about when it comes to money management is this barbell, where as you said you have low - cost, passive
index tracking
funds and at the other end you have higher fees, higher active share, things like private debt which you mentioned, and it's those in the middle that are charging higher fees for something that looks quite a
lot like beta that are really going to struggle.
There's a
lot to like
about index funds.
Since Vanguard isn't known to be a company that does a
lot of over-the-top sales marketing, it doesn't shock me that they don't have a ton of content on the benefits of automatic investing — but it's something they should consider, especially since the crux of everything we talk
about falls within their investment philosophy: investing in
index funds, dollar cost averaging and keeping your fees low.
What I would worry
about — and I would worry a
lot about this — is how your
fund performs against its benchmark
index over time.
«I've been doing
lots of reading
about investing, and things I've read suggest using
index funds.
John Bogle, the father of
index funds, has expressed skepticism
about whether fundamental
indexing adds a
lot to traditional
indexing.
There is a
lot to like
about index funds â $» low costs and low taxes, for starters.
You speak a
lot about investing in both retirement accounts (401K, 403 (b), Roth, etc. using VTSAX if possible) and a separate taxable
index fund.
I would like to get involved in
index funds or low cost start up stocks I do not have a
lot of money but have been eggar to learn and praying
about this.