The 2008 inception of the Vanguard Total World Stock Index fund makes it easy for investors to invest in a simple two-fund portfolio, using a combination of the total world stock index fund with a total US bond index fund.…
The 2008 inception of the Vanguard Total World Stock Index fund makes it easy for investors to invest in a simple two-fund portfolio, using a combination of the total world stock index fund with a total US bond index fund.…
The Taylor Larimore three-fund portfolio is a portfolio design consisting of three “total” market index funds covering the US stock market, the international stock market, and the US taxable investment grade bond market. Newspaper columnist Scott Burns has suggested a…
The Taylor Larimore three-fund portfolio is a portfolio design consisting of three “total” market index funds covering the US stock market, the international stock market, and the US taxable investment grade bond market. However, investors with large taxable accounts and…
The Taylor Larimore three-fund portfolio, is a portfolio design consisting of three “total” market index funds, covering the US stock market, the international stock market, and the US taxable investment grade bond market. Investors were able to implement this portfolio…
In the past decade, a specialized type of fund gained increased popularity, funds implementing leverage over a given benchmark. The most popular benchmark being the S&P 500, this article will quantitatively explore the outcome of such leveraging technique in the context of a long-term buy and hold approach.
Mutual funds that buy and sell stock incur costs on these transactions. These transaction costs are not included in a fund’s expense ratio. Transaction costs include brokerage commission expense, buy and sell spread costs, and market impact costs, Among these…
The spreadsheet links below contain annual per share distribution data for Fidelity index funds and Charles Schwab index and index exchange-traded funds. These distributions include dividend distributions, capital gains distributions, and return of capital distributions. The data is derived from…
The table below contains links to spreadsheets containing Vanguard mutual fund and exchange-traded fund annual per share distributions. These distributions include dividend distributions, capital gains distributions, and return of capital distributions. Data derived from the EDGAR data base of fund…
John Bogle, in various writings, argued that his decision to create value and growth index funds was based on meeting the tax, risk, and return needs of investment clienteles during their investment life cycles. Growth index funds were designed for…