Archive for May, 2010

Vanguard Life Strategy Income Fund Review (VASIX)

This Vanguard Life Strategy Income Fund review (VASIX) takes a look at this fund’s objectives, risks, and performance over recent history of the fund. This is one of the Vanguard Funds that has all of its holdings in other Vanguard mutual funds. This one takes a conservative approach to investment for those in the later [...]

Vanguard Explorer Fund Review (VEXPX)

This Vanguard Explorer Fund review (VEXPX) is an honest look at this fund from an outsider’s perspective. This fund seeks investments in small companies with long term capital appreciation. Both fundamental and quantitative analysis is used when determining which companies should be invested in. The growth potential, along with the judgment of the fund’s manager, [...]

Vanguard Payout Funds

The Vanguard Payout Funds is a selection of three different funds. This is the Managed Payout Growth Focus Fund (VPGFX), Managed Payout Growth Focus and Distribution Fund Investors Shares (VPGDX), and the Managed Payout Distribution Focus Fund Investors Shares (VPDFX). The minimum to invest in any of these funds is $25,000.
Each one of these funds [...]

List of Vanguard Funds

The list of Vanguard Funds includes 110 that are open to investors. The 500 index VFINX, Asset Allocation VAAPX, Balanced Index VBINX, California Intermediate Term Tax Exempt VCAIX, California Long term Tax Exempt VCITX, Developed Markets Index VDMIX, Diversified Equity VDEQX, Dividend Appreciation Index VDAIX, Dividend Growth VDIGX, Emerging Markets Stock Index VEIEX.
Energy VGENX, Equity [...]

Vanguard STAR Fund Review

This is a Vanguard STAR Fund Review (VGSTX). This fund is an investment in 11 Vanguard funds all at once. It is considered a large growth blend fund that has great potential for long term profits for your investment.
This fund has a balance of stocks, bonds and short term investments from 11 actively managed Vanguard [...]

Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund

The Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund (VEXMX) is a fund that attempts to track the midrange and small companies against the index of the Standards & Poor Completion Index.
The fund manager since December of 1997 has been Donald Butler. His investment strategy closely mirrors the investments by sector of the S&P with very slight modifications. [...]

Vanguard Small Cap Index Review

This Vanguard Small Cap Index Review (NAESX) looks at the forgotten stocks by most investors. This fund attempts to mirror the MSCI US Small cap 1750 Index that measures the investment returns of small capitalization stocks.
This fund currently has an expense ratio of 0.28% which is 0.80% lower than the industry normal for similar types [...]

Vanguard 500 Index Investor Fund Review

This Vanguard 500 Index Investor Fund Review (VIFNX) is unbiased and no compensation is received for publishing its contents. This is a mutual fund that attempts to mirror the S&P 500 index. This index represents the largest 500 domestic companies in America. The attempt to outperform the index is by investing in the same companies [...]