Archive for the 'Vanguard Mutual Funds' Category

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 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 [...]

Vanguard’s Best Mutual Funds

These are rated Vanguard’s Best Mutual Funds by Morningstar, Forbes and Money magazines and myself.
11 of the Vanguard Funds in the retirement sector made it to the Money top 70 lists and top of the list for retirement funds. Forbes liked 4 of them with the retirement term at 2015, 2025, 2035, and 2045.
Of the [...]

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) Review

This Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) Review will take a close look at this mutual fund and report on the facts so you can decide if you wish to make an investment in this fund. This is a large cap blend fund that only invests in companies that have 10 consecutive years of paying increasing [...]

Vanguard Target Retirement Funds

There are many Vanguard Target Retirement Funds. The right one for you is dependent on when you wish to retire. There are ten different ones to choose from. This type of mutual funds considers the investor’s age and time until they plan to retire.
The time till retirement are set at 42 years, 35 years, 30 [...]

Vanguard Lifecycle Funds

The Vanguard Lifecycle Funds are intended to be used as part of a person’s retirement investment strategy. This strategy changes over time and starts with an aggressive investment approach in the beginning when retirement is far away. As the retirement age approaches, the investment strategy becomes more conservative.
The reason for the creation of this type [...]

Vanguard REIT Mutual Fund (VGSIX)

The main objective of the Vanguard REIT Mutual Fund (VGSIX) is to invest approximately 98% of the fund’s total assets into stocks issued by equity real estate investment trusts. Simply translated, it invests in companies that buy hotels, office buildings, and other real estate property. This fund attempts to mirror the performance of the Morgan [...]