Archive for February, 2010

Vanguard STAR Fund (VGSTX)

The Vanguard STAR Fund (VGSTX) is a diversified fund that has shown to be a solid long term investment as a large blend type of investment. The investment strategy of this fund is to have a balanced allocation of investments with 60% to 70% of the fund being in stocks, 20% to 30% being in [...]

Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares (VFIIX)

The Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares (VFIIX) is an intermediate term bond fund to help provide a moderate level of income. This is mainly a government national mortgage association securities that are backed by the US government to help ensure on time payments of the principals and interest.
This fund has total net assets of $36.2 [...]

Best Mutual Funds 2010

The Best Mutual Funds 2010 will be determined at the end of the year. What needs to be evaluated is which ones have the best prospects of having the greatest returns and which one will be consistent.
The stocks and the funds that have shown the best performances since emerging from the bear market are the [...]

Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares (VFSTX)

The Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares (VFSTX) is just like the name implies, a short-term, fixed-income, midquality investment grade securities. The manager of this fund is Bob Auwaerter. He has been a part of this fund since 1983. In May of 2008, Gregory Nassour was appointed to assist Bob and became a co-manager at [...]

Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund Investor Shares (VMVIX)

The Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund Investor Shares (VMVIX) is a mutual fund that was designed to track and mirror the performance of the MSCI® US Mid Cap Value Index. This is done by investing in stocks that have a mid-capitalization value in the domestic market.
The fund manager is Donald Butler and has been since [...]

Best Bond ETFs

Exchange Traded Funds, known as ETF, are a major investment option though many people do not venture into this trade. ETF are similar to mutual funds but have much dissimilarity as well. The best bond ETF is quite different from the mutual funds for they have low expenses and offer greater trading control that ultimately [...]

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund (VWEHX)

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Vanguard PRIMECAP Mutual Fund (VPMCX)

The Vanguard PRIMECAP Mutual Fund (VPMCX) is a large cap large growth fund that is considered a positive stand out amongst the other mutual funds. The investments made by the fund managers us a strategy of acquire long term capital appreciation from company stocks that show above average growth potential. There are six different fund [...]