Re: Index fund decision: Vanguard or Fidelity Target Retirement
FWIW, you can surely build a comparable asset allocation with a lower expense ratio and w/ likely v. similar performance using Fidelity Funds:
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Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund (VTIVX)
Allocation To Underlying Funds as of 02/28/2007
Ranking By Percentage Fund Percentage
1 Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund 71.9%
2 Vanguard European Stock Index Fund 10.4%
3 Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund 10.2%
4 Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund 4.8%
5 Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund 2.7%
Total — 100.0%
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Fidelity has a solid Total Market Fund and International Fund. I'm sure they have a bond fund too. They don't have an Emerging Markets fund, but the 2.7% is trivial anyway.
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