Best Vanguard Mutual Fund??

Question

I am looking to drop 15 to 30k on a Vanguard Mutual Fund. I am in my mid 40's and will not need this money till retirement. Willing to take risk. Any recommendations??

Thanks,

Alan

Answer 1

If you're stuck with/on Vanguard (many other mutual funds have well outperformed them - see morningstar.com / fund screener) here are your best prospects, not too shabby. I wouldn't recommend 1 fund, you need some diversification across sectors/countries:

VGPMX - Precious Metals/Mining - avg'ing ~ +40%/yr
VEMIX or VEIEX - Emerging Mkts - avg'ing ~ +35%/yr
VGELX - Energy - avg'ing ~ +30%/yr

Answer 2

As long as you have $10k in a fund you won't have to pay any "extra" fees. So you could do as many as 3 if you wanted to spread out and diversify a bit. You could do something broad like S&P500 fund (VFINX), An international fund (VEURX), and maybe a sector specific fund or more conservative bond fund.

disclaimer - I do own both above-mentioned funds, they've been good to me, but may not be best for you. I'm not a professional investor, just an individual one.

But here are some links to choose for yourself
index funds https://personal.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/funds/vanguard/index
all funds - includes index funds https://personal.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/funds/vanguard/bytype

Answer 3

50% VTSMX Total Market Index
20% VGTSX Total International Index
20% VBIIX Intermediate Term Bond Index
10% VMMXX Prime Money Market

Answer 4

Right now, I would look for a diversified large-cap growth fund where the holdings have international exposure.

Answer 5

a million) purchase immediately by leading edge. you'll reduce expenditures that way. 2) in case you purchase by yet another broking service, you would possibly want to pay added expenditures over and above what leading edge would charge.