Top Vanguard Mutual Funds
The top Vanguard Mutual Funds are the ones that place first of the 118 different options of funds offered by Vanguard. The YTD results are from August 24, 2010, and the first year returns were as of July 31, 2010. These Vanguard Funds listed below are ranked from the data found on the Vanguard’s home site. As with nearly every investment at this time, the conservative approach with treasury bills and bonds is the correct one.
The Long Term Treasury Fund Investors Shares (VUSTX) is the shining star for Vanguard. The YTD performance so far is 20.17%. It requires a minimum of $3000 to invest in this fund which only has an expense ratio of 0.25%. There are a total of 21 bonds in this fund and it has a one year performance of 10.94%.
The next YTD performer was the Long Term Bond Index Fund (VBLTX). Its YTD performance was 17.90%. The one year return was at 13.49%. The expense ratio of this fund is 0.22% and it only requires a minimum investment of $3000 to get involved. There are 974 different bonds in the assets of this fund with an average maturity of 22.8 years.
The Long Term Investment Grade Fund of Investors Shares (VWESX) is the third best for a YTD performance with a result of 16.75%. This fund requires a minimum investment of $3000 to get a stake of. The expense ratio is only 0.26%. There are 364 different bonds in this fund with an average maturity term of 24 years. The one year performance of this fund was at 14.54%.
These are the top Vanguard Mutual Funds at the end of August 2010.
For more reference about investments from Vanguard on this site, please Best Performing Vanguard Funds.
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