Recommend me a mutual find

[nogenius]

Hi,

Currently I have about $9,250 in Vanguard funds, 44% of it in VGSTX (Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund) and the remaining 56% in VGHEX (Vanguard Global Equity Fund).

I am looking to add about $7,000 more, and would like advice on solid Vanguard funds. I am not too worried about risk, as I'm fairly young and won't need the money anytime soon. From what I've seen so far, VFINX (Vanguard's S&P 500 fund) is a good option, but I'd like some other options.

Also, if you have any recommendations outside of Vanguard, I'd be glad to hear about them.

Thanks!

[bdams19]

i was told to look at trowe price and american funds before vanguard actually but havent compared them

[gull]

Vanguard is objectively better than trowe price and american.

You could just add the money to those currect funds.

If you want to add some risk/return, you could put it in Vanguard's emerging markets fund.

[Mondogarage]

Vanguard's good, for their cost structure.

I'm not making any recommendations, per se, but if you are interested in staying in the Vanguard family, I've seen good performance by Vanguard Wellington (basically a large cap value fund), which has consistently outperformed its category by a couple percentage points over all significant time periods.

Also, their LifeStrategy Growth Fund (VASGX) is worth a look. As a "life strategy" fund, it's a fund that invests in other Vanguard funds, to achieve the results of a balanced portfolio in a single fund. In fact, I note VASGX actually has some of its portfolio (around 15%) in Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund.

[Messiahkid]

Do not get american funds, whatever you do.

[steelhouse]

I would recommend eventually transfer your mutual funds to a stock account. You can buy closed-end funds on the exchanges.
Mutual funds have too many fees and rarely beat indexes.

[chaz64]

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Mutual funds have too many fees and rarely beat indexes.

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So you could consider these index funds:

Lazy Portfolios Beat Benchmark

[Bicycles_Biatch]

American funds by capital group have a track record that out-shines their NO-load counterparts.

If you don't care at all about risk... you might want to go with some emerging market type funds.

[Chapter7]

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