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Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
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Best aggressive investment strategy/fund type (long-time horizon)
Looking for more Risk than my Target Date Fund
What caused the dip in VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF
Is an Investment Account Representative (IAR) worth it for someone who wants to passively invest and can do their own trades?
Full ETF portfolio? (Tips, Advice, Literally anything)
Why is my advisor investing my Simple IRA in RBGCX?
Hello fellow investors I have a quick question about KO
Hi r/stocks I have a question is it a good idea to invest in VOO 25 dollars a month
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You’re simply tilting to growth with the inclusion of VONG. If that’s your intention, that’s just fine.
\> because they've tracked extremely similarly over the last decade You have a bad definition of "similarly". VONG is up +372% the past ten years while VTI is +235%. They are conceptually nothing like each other. Whether either one is a good choice for your portfolio depends on you... but the idea of holding a broad US market and then going heavier on growth is a very common choice.
Your core holding would normally be VTI, which tracks the CRSP total US equity market index. VONG tracks the Russell 1000 (large company) growth-stock index, which goes up faster and comes down faster than the broad index, generally speaking. I'd add something like VONG for spice alongside something like VTI. I would not use VONG alone as my core holding.
Are you just trying to increase your diversification? VT is total world market. You literally cannot get more diversified than that. I get that it feels like you're increasing your diversification by adding more tickers but you're not. VTI is already covering the total US market. Adding VONG has the opposite effect because you're overweighting growth stocks.
VTI is the market. VONG is growth. There is no point to owning both unless you want an extra tilt towards growth. There are two types of stocks, Growth and Value. Growth has outperformed recently. Value has outperformed historically. Since your goal is holding for decades, the correct thing to do without the benefit of hindsight is hold VTI.
Personally I'm a big fan of buy and hold and DCA a 3 fund portfolio. I'd take the 30k and put 10k each in 3 ETFs and hold. It's safer than potentially investing in overvalued individual stocks which can be risky. But also a 3 fund portfolio isn't "too diversified" like a 10-20fubd portfolio so you will be able to maximize your compound interest potential since your investments won't be spread too thin. For example I personally do VOO, VONG, and QQQM. 31%-32% contributions in each with the remaining couple percent in individual stocks for more "Risky" investments. This has been effective for me throughout the years.
There are two ETFs by top tech analysts you can buy and hold for 5-10 years: IVES is Dan Ives (Wedbush) AI ETF. GRNY is Tom Lee’s (Fundstrat) “Granny shots” ETF based on seven long term trends & themes. Many of the stocks in these ETFs are in much lower cost Vanguard growth ETFs like VOOG and VONG.
VONG? can you elaborate? Cause I just set it and forget it in SoFi. I’m not interested in picking and choosing stock on my own. I have enough on my plate with other pressing issues. But do explain I’m open to hearing new advice.
1. The guy needs to show you a stat that says how many of his clients in 2023 and 2024 were in the fund. Pimerica offers dozens if not hundreds of funds. There is no guarantee he would have advised you to actually put your money there. In 2023 fund managers were anticipating a recession and moving their clients into utilities and consumer staples and most of them missed out on the big 2023 gains. In 2023 **Amy Crews Cutts** the chief economist predicted a 50% chance of recession. 2. Pull your money out of State Farm it's probably in a CD or something. Damaging your retirement to help a family member out isn't in your best interest. 3. Move everything to SOFI and build a strong ETF based portfolio that reflects your time horizon and risks. My SO is close to your age and I built her portfolio which is 100% VONG. This covers 500 growth oriented stocks in US large cap and mid cap companies. In 2023 VONG return 42.67% and 2024 33.20%. 4. My personal philosophy is that you don't need international or bonds but you could add some international funds if you wanted too as well. 5. I aim at growth because I feel that the way the US large cap companies operate they have proven to be as recession proof as defensive and value companies due to their massive free cash flows and I think tech will out preform the market as a segment over the next 10 years. Even if I think that I still want to be somewhat diversified, 500 companies to me is an acceptable diversification of companies.
if you're putting your 401k into ETF's at least use ones with the lowest Expense Ratios (SPLG and VONG)
If you are going all in on the US, why not choose a growth fund like VONG? Myself, I am following Ben Felix and Michael Arone and ensuring I have a proper allocation of international funds.
Stay away from risky. Growth Stocks carry more risk. As for Risker, maybe SOXL? VONG would be more ideal. Honestly at your age, just putting it on Spy/Spx would probably earn plenty of long term gains.
I you want growth: QQQ is ETF for the NASDAQ 100. VOOG and VONG are both Vanguard ETFs of growth stocks. Long term performance is very similar. VOOG is more MAG 7 large cap growth. VONG is similar, but includes some small and mid cap.
No it was like 60% VONG, 30% SCHD (which wasn't as egregious a low to sell at) and 10% random things. Bought back at VTI like 267 and when google had that 150 crash but if I had just given up and gotten back into VONG that 1 week later when it all dropped again (but not as low) I'd have been sooo much better off, but I didn't want to give up on the chance or being right. Now I'm like -20% YTD still, weeee
I'd stick with SCHG/SCHD since it's already working well for you. FDVV is solid if you want more international exposure but SCHD's track record is hard to beat. For growth, VUG and VONG are worth considering alongside SCHG but honestly your current combo seems dialed in already.
She's a 10 but she liquidated her nicely DCA'd VONG on liberation day and later went full port into UNH @315.
Look for solid companies that have a reliable business model and consistent earnings. Compare the P/E of companies to the average P/E of their sector, and if it’s a solid company but below market, invest. If it looks overvalued, don’t put your money in it; even if it DOES go up, the returns will be very small compared to investing in good companies that AREN’T overvalued yet. I like Buffett’s advice that you could be an extremely successful trader just waiting for the two or three truly amazing opportunities that you get every year and not wasting your money on other so-so trades (or otherwise just buying an S&P ETF instead) What I’m trying to say is that the next NVIDIA is definitely out there already, and if you can find them before the rest of the market catches on, you’ll be glad you did the research. Or you can put your money into a small-cap growth ETF like VONG that will benefit from smaller stocks like this (although since the market is kinda overvalued overall right now, so I might wait until the next pullback to put your money into something like VONG to mitigate risk). And there are also comparatively undervalued stocks even at the top; for instance, I think that GOOGL and AMZN both look noticeably undervalued compared to other top stocks and are likely to have consistently solid returns in the coming years, even if they’re not gonna suddenly 10x or anything like that
"Takeaway: Buy the total market, and tilt to value (and the other factors) if you are younger and are able to take more risk." Thanks for the suggestion, but I've been perfectly happy with my growth index funds (VUG, VIGAX, VONG) for the last 20 years. They take a bigger hit during a downturn, but the overall return has been higher than the market (SPY, VOO).
I personally run 100% VONG when I buy ETFs. I'm just under 30 though. I only hold high dividend payers in my Roth IRA to take advantage of the tax free gains, but I don't chase dividend gains. I generally only buy dividend stocks for swing trades. Like when I buy REITs during dips to make a 10% gain and get out.
Depends on your ratio and age/objectives. SCHD is typically quite stable. We had a 50/50 between VONG and SCHD for a couple years and then I realized our safe money was in a high yield savings account and our stocks were supposed to be a bit riskier so moved it all to VONG. I'm early 30's though and it was only like 40% of our net worth (vs all in). Just sharing that I considered SCHD as a "safe" place which I would think VOO/VTI/VT types are also somewhat safer since they're so broad. Do with that context what you will.
Thanks - VONG pairs very well with gold/MF/safe-sectors.
My Roth IRA is about to be all in on SPMO. Thinking to drop VONG and XMMO, although they are good and I believe in those ETFs, they aren't as good as SPMO. Fucking love SPMO.
When did y'all get back in? I had $180k in cash and still holding like 80 now after putting 50 in VTI maybe 2 weeks ago and then another 20 in VONG/Berkshire yesterday (lol). Sold at $240 VTI sad I scoffed at buying back in at $243, then $250, now it'll never drop below $270 again haha.
Yeah man, this is not a diversified and is a trading port hedged by the S&P. Not bad, but allocation is humiliating. Build out a portfolio, take overweight positions to swing in single stocks of etf's you hold. Expand those etfs. Allocation wise you'd be served to take 20% (at most) SPY, 20% US diversified (I like VONG for growth), 20-30% total world VT is a popular position, 10% cash like positions (Bonds,JEPQ, Div's in general). You have 20% to trade (decently hedged) and the ability to allocate some overweight positions to singular stocks. Start slow, CC are a good starting point.
I've been holding off on Roth IRA contributions into shit like SPMO, VONG, XMMO, until those super red down days. Got the dips pretty well this past month or so, and now it's paying off. Too bad my 401k gets automatic contributions every Thursday/Friday
I use VONG just because it has more holdings than most of the others. On the other hand, if you want a more concentrated etf, SCHG or VUG. I’m not sure if it’s in those ETFs but VONG contains things like Coke. So it’s really a concentration/diversification issue.
I'd do 40/20/40 on the split, but that's just me personally. Depends on your risk appetite. I currently have 5 VUSD/FUSD/JEPQ/EQQQ/R1GB 33.33/16.66/16.66/16.66/16.66, which is like having VOO/SCHD/JEPQ/QQQM/VONG but it really doesn't have to be that complicated.
Cool, thanks. Right now the Roth is all in on SPMO, XMMO, and VONG. Down 6.39% YTD but only around 4% total since it's still relatively new. Just been tossing $50 a week into it.
My son turns 1 soon and I’ve been buying QQQ and VONG weekly.
In the same boat as you are mate.. lost significant amount, first trading in huge margins back in 2021, and now all of my savings in short term puts and few 1DTE SPY calls. It’s been pretty rough the last week or two (and my spouse doesn’t know). Like you, I’m not sure how to move forward. I sold whatever few stocks I had at massive my loss to keep some cash for emergency. I’m trying to cut household costs (eg. selling a 2nd car, limiting eating out, etc). To relive the stress, I have started to meditate and do yoga.. My wife and I have a 1-yr old so the goal is to give time to family. Daily trading took away my focus both from work and family. I regret this as much as losing my life savings. Btw, also lost all my company stocks as I sold it last year and put all in short term options. It’s been pretty depressing but spending time with family has been a help. I have stopped following the markets. And above all, trying to use this moment as a lesson for future. 1. Only invest money that you’re comfortable losing (keep a healthy savings). 2. Never trade in margin account. You may feel great during a bull run but when you get a margin call, it’s rough. 3. Don’t trade options unless you understand it well. Short term options didn’t work for me and IV crushed me. Also buying both sides of the trade doesn’t guarantee anything. 4. Always take gains. Cut your losses early (use stop loss). And never average down on bad stocks. 5. And I read this in Reddit, there is no shame in quitting trading if you’re not doing well. My advice to you (and to myself) is to spend more time with your loved one, cherish every day and make the most out of it. Work hard, try to save more than you used to and once you decide to get back into the markets, buy ETFs (VONG, VOO, VGT/ SMH, SCHD) and forget. All the best friend!
Maybe not as an economy but for the stock market? Normally it follows the economy but this feels different doesn't it? I don't know I did a ton of research a year ago, picked VTI/VONG and was going to let it ride till retirement until I panicked Monday and now I'm relearning everything so maybe this doesn't feel different. But last week was too wild for me to expect rational behavior anymore.
VONG going to skyrocket Monday because I panic sold last week. Expensive lesson that I'm not nearly as clever and calm as I thought...
VONG, set it and forget it. On sale with the market right now!
Yes thank you yahoo finance I know VOO SPY and VONG are all at 52 week lows appreciate the reminder 
QQQM is a better hold, and I prefer VONG over both.
Down cost average and buy into the dip. Highly recommend etfs related to S&P500, russell 1000, and tech heavy etfs like QQQM or VGT. Currently I am DCAing VOO, VONG, QQQM. Each of these pays a dividend as well so that will help compound when buying the dip and riding the bull market
I started work with a company without a 401k couple years ago and started my own Roth IRA. I do 80% VOO and 20% VONG for a little extra growth.
VOO, VGT, VONG, VYM, SPY are all worthwhile ETF investments to buy and hold. NVDA is also a great but volatile stock/ company with a lot of potential and SOFI has proven to be a solid stock/company as well— as both companies have focused on their infrastructure and continue to diversify their core offerings. Oh and AAPL is a solid stock/ company to buy and hold too. Patience will serve you well if you have the diligence to place money into your investment account then wait and watch the markets paying close attention to your investments’ stock charts then buy those stocks when they dip— just as they did earlier this week. Starting investing at such a young age will pretty much guarantee financial independence before you reach 50.
VONG is growth specific. Tied to the russel 1000 growth index. Been doing pretty well for me.
Diversity, no need to pay house at that rate if you are fine living there and have stable income. This is what I would do: - keep current budget of maxing out retirements - pay off any other debt like cars, boats, whatever - I’d take 80% of the rest and invest. Of that, I’d do 60% in a blend of S&P and NASDAQ, 20% in higher-risk stocks like AVGO, NVDA, or other growth oriented ETF’s like VGT or VONG if you don’t want to do you own DD, 15% in a blend of HY bonds aiming for 7%, 3% in some total fliers and 2% crypto - take the other 10% and put in HYSA - take the last 10% and do something totally memorable like a vacation. You don’t want to save all the fun for your retirement years. Enjoy life while you are young This is just my preference. I’m not ultra-conservative though, and would never park the majority in low yield accounts.
No single stock is worth holding long imo. Especially when there are so many great aggressive growth index funds like QQQ, SPYG, VOOG, VUG, VONG, SPMO, XMMO, XSMO, SSO All of these can easily net 20%+ in a good year
Hello all! (30, Male, Married no kids, USA) Here is my current breakdown. I realize I’m very heavy in the S&P 500 but I essentially use that as a higher growth savings account to buy a rental property one day. I am trying to be in large, mid and small cap funds to be diversified well. I don’t really think international funds tend to do well, but open to hearing about a good one. What would you change either percentage wise or new fund completely? Thanks in advance! Brokerage VOO - 48% FCNTX - 21.8% VONG - 8.7% VIMAX - 8.6% VSMAX - 8.5% FSELX - 4.5% 401k VIMAX - 25% VSMAX - 25% FAVRX - 25% RGAGX - 25%
I'd put 30 bitcoin, 20 in eth and 80 in a high growth ETF like VONG, QQQM, VUG, MGK....all world seems like a waste when you have 49 years of growth ahead of you.
VOO, VONG, VUG all you need for medium to high risk.
VONG is my fave. Goes deeper into small caps with way more holdings than VUG and SCHG.
Yea I have this one as well it’s not bad VONG and QQQ are honorable mentions. Also MGK but after a certain point there is a LOT of overlap so keep it simple and down to your fav few I would say
SPY and VOO are the same thing in a different wrapper. Both are fully in VTI and QQQ is also fully in VTI... You seem to be overlapping everything. I mean you can tilt towards something, but why the huge diversification and then the overlap? Maybe it is on purpose though? All of these are good and if anyone says sell anything be sure you have held it a year +1 day before you do. Also, be prepared for taxes to hit on capital gains. That said.... I would probably clean this up and do VTI + QQQ and call it a day. Or go VTI and one of the following: SCHG, VUG, MKG, VONG, VGT.... depending on how you lean on growth vs large cap vs tech etc. Check the holdings of each and what they track. Etfdb .com is a good start to check stuff out. Best of luck!
Here is the advice I just gave someone new in a different thread: "I took a balanced approach. 50% VTI or VONG. 50% Stocks (with 25% being high market share mega/large caps and 25% being high growth medium/small caps). I did this for 25 years and pretty consistently beat the market. Looking back, I would say I never made out better with the high growth. Lynch, was who I mostly believe in and methods I used, said moonshots are rarely worth it, and I think he was right. I could have stuck with VONG and 5 high market shares and did better. Just buy the stocks above the 200 as close to the line as possible and sell if it goes under it." The first comment back was Vong rhymes with dong so it is a buy. People suck.
VONG rhymes with Dong, its a buy. nfa
I took a balanced approach. 50% VTI or VONG. 50% Stocks (with 25% being high market share mega/large caps and 25% being high growth medium/small caps). I did this for 25 years and pretty consistently beat the market. Looking back, I would say I never made out better with the high growth. Lynch, was who I mostly believe in and methods I used, said moonshots are rarely worth it, and I think he was right. I could have stuck with VONG and 5 high market shares and did better. Just buy the stocks above the 200 as close to the lone as possible and sell of it goes under it.
Yea but the tech sector isn’t as much as VONG. VONG and SPYG has 50% of tech. It still beats buying single tech stocks. With VONG and SPYG I can get all the MAG7s!
VONG is a great one (my largest holding) but it is not the Russell 2000. It is the top 1000 growth stocks
SPYG has more Tech percentage than regular SPY. SPYG is cheaper also. I have SPYG and VONG for my girls Roth. Both are heavily in Tech. I think they are 50% tech SPYG and 50% tech in VONG(RUSSELL 2000)
For every dollar you put towards speculative plays, put 100 towards something less volatile. $1000 in intel means $10,000 should go into SPLG (my pack for an S&P fund. It is exactly the same as VOO, but costs less). Or if you want more growth, SCHG is good. VONG is also good for a slight reduction in tech, but good growth. QQQM tracks the NASDAQ. Don't buy them all. Check their holdings and decide what you like best (google is your friend i.e. "what are the holdings of VONG" etc.). Be careful. I am one of the crazy intel bag holders with around a $24 cost basis and I am holding for a hope at a turn around. It isn't portfolio breaking amounts of money because I manage risk and separate speculative picks from longterm investing etc. Develop a strategy you can stomach and learn lots. I'd recommend the following for starters youtube: Matt Derron, Learn to Invest, Ben Felix, Plain Bagel, FastGraphs, and YahooFinace. Books: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, The Simple Path To Wealth by JL Collins, One Up on Wallstreet by Peter Lynch. Screening tools and sites: Finviz, Macrotrends, ETFdatabase. Good luck out there!
I tried to not be too degenerate with setting up my Roth IRA, I followed the boglehead advice at first but eventually I changed positions into the following four ETFs, do you guys think this is reckless or is it diversified enough and stable for going long? 35yo and this is roughly 5% of income weekly auto buys. Also have 6% weekly going into vanguard target 2055 401k. Honest advice needed SPMO-50% XMMO-20% VONG-20% QQQ-10%
Right, but I calculated for that. The up's make it worth it for the downs, you just have to stay the course and leave emotional decisions out of it. SPMO is actually relatively stable, to go long on. XMMO is certainly more volatile but performs well over time if you're long once again, and the best part is there is zero fund overlap between those two, so diversification is there. VONG and QQQ kind of put the hurt on me because they essentially overweight me in certain big name blue chip stocks which are normally winners and that's good, but to say it one for time for the people in the back, YOU GOTTA STAY THE COURSE, when you go long.
I think I might have fucked up my portfolio. I thought I'd swap out my IVV (considered a safe s&P500 ETF) for something more aggressive, SPMO. Also did that for mid caps with XMMO. Then just VONG and QQQ for growth and tech. Market decided to take a shit so I'm just about wiped out of all my gains from the past 6 months in the Roth IRA. I don't even care, I can't touch it for decades so I'm just gonna continue throwing money at this dumpster fire.
🤣 I adopted this strategy as well, although I do something like 40% into a core s&p500 ETF although fuck that I use SPMO, and then XMMO for mid caps, VONG for more growth and QQQ for even more tech exposure. Aggressive yet diversified technically. Just overweighting the winners is all.
Right, I've done some research that suggested SPMO could replace VOO since it's the top 100 stocks based on semiannual rebalances according to factors such as momentum, think of it like the S&P100. It's outperformed VOO consistently since it's conception. XMMO is the mid cap version. QQQ is tech heavy NASDAQ, and VONG is the Russel 1000 growth ETF. There is a bit of overlap between some of these but it's not extensive, just enough to overweight the winners and limit being bogged down by the laggards.
Ugh. Gonna be weeks before I like looking at my port again. At least I've got what I feel are solid long positions now. Roth IRA, tell me how degenerate does this sound: SPMO-XMMO-QQQ-VONG? It's meant to be diversified but aggressive, momentum based.
While you're at it, look at VONG, VGT and XLK. Two are tech and info tech that have done really well for me, and VONG is large cap growth, which works well in a taxable account. If you really want further diversification then you can go with a boglehead favorite VTI.
If your risk appetite is high, then a 100% equities portfolio will be best-suited for your needs. Go for an asset allocation ETF like XEQT or VEQT for a better risk-adjusted returns using just a single ETF. XEQT or VEQT has every relevant stock across the globe including Emerging Markets which matter. Both of these can be held into TFSA & RRSP as well as Non-Reg if required. If you want to be an actual passive investor and ride the gains from the Market, then both of these ETFs will fulfill that criteria. Additionally, they are canadian-domiciled ETFs which means no need to get bothered by FX conversion fees when buying US domiciled etfs or stocks. Please don’t chase past performance by investing in Thematic ETFs like QQQM, VUG, VONG, SMH, VGT, FTEC, SCHG, etc. or Canadian Equivalents like XIT.TO, TEC.TO, QQC.TO, etc. as they introduce uncompensated risk into your portfolio which may often provide short-term growth but stagnate over long run as compared to broad market ETFs. And their MER is mostly high comparative to an Index Fund ETF which increases your average weighted portfolio MER as a result. Just buying either one of these ETFs would make your life easier by simply DCA’ing or Lump Sum investing into it whenever you have cash available. Wealthsimple offers fractional shares but both of them are on lower end of share price, so it’d be convenient to purchase a full share even if you have accounts in other brokerages and they don’t offer fractional shares. Also, having a 20-30% home bias i.e., for Canada will make your portfolio robust in terms of risk-adjusted returns. Note: This is simply a suggestion. I am not a financial advisor nor have any personal interests vested in iShares or Vanguard. Please do your own due dilligence and necessary research before investing money into the stock market. Lastly, past performance, including current performance doesn’t guarantee equivalent future performance.
I bought LULU, MPC, CELH, UBER, NXT, and ASML in my Roth IRA. I'm down like 15% this year in that account. My regular brokerage account which is mostly VOO, MSFT, VONG, and QQQM is up around 30%. I'm still up a decent amount but I wish it was in my Roth IRA.
Another question, is why invest in BIAGX, it has a higher expense ration than the 500 index, and it underperforms the 500 index. BIAGX has an expense ratio of 0.84%, The 500 index like VOO has a 0.03% expense ratio, and its beating BIAGX in performance. VOO, VTI, or VONG would be better investments than BIAGX. If ETFs are not available to your portfolio, just find their MF equivalent. Expense Ratios are important, and if too high, they can delay your retirement age. [https://www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/biagx/performance](https://www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/biagx/performance) [https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/voo/performance](https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/voo/performance) [https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/xnas/vong/performance](https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/xnas/vong/performance)
I agree, I would look at VOT and VONG
Yea no worries! Stay diligent and stay on it and you will be amazed how much it has grown in 3, 5 and 10 years! Your only regret will be you wished you out more in lol I was talking to a 24 year old intern the other day about this and I was like “dude if you have an extra $17 to put in put it in” because when I was that age I tried to stick to round numbers but the truth is absolutely every dollar counts. One thing I have done and has turned up well is you know the .30 cents or 3 or 4 dollar in interest you get from your checking/savings account every month? Open a seperate saving account just for interest and always transfer that into it. Once it’s enough buy a share of whatever ETF (I use VONG) and you will be amazed how much that grows and that’s money that would have essentially been thrown away. I ended up growing it $9,000.00 before I put it as my down payment on my truck. Been back at that for a year and a half now (I get some interest from bonds I bought) and it’s already up to $3,500. Every cent and dollar counts my man! If I see a dime on the ground I pick it up and it goes to use.
Why is my port taking a shit? It's basically just SPY, well also SPMO, VB, and VONG. What's the reason for this dump
This is actually badass. Congrats, reinvest it all into a safe ETF like VONG or VOO or even QQQ
Excellent to hear! I'm up over 200% since picking up NVDA last year. Also own a bit of MSFT and TGT, but think I'm down overall on TGT. I'm thinking I'll stick to EFTs at the moment. Just freed up a bunch of cash, so will likely pick up VOO, VGT, and/or VONG on the next market drop.
VUG is at 420. Thinking of swapping my VONG shares for VUG just on that alone
VONG/VUG are also great in comparison, near identical performance and same expense ratio
And over that time frame, it has performed 300% worse than the growth funds I mentioned. And for some reason you and others think that’s a down vote which is totally bizarre if COMPARITAVELY SPEAKING, this fund is C. R. A. P. as it performs significantly worse than either SCHG or VONG.
VOO pays great dividends with low cost and beats the index. Growth is dominating value, so look into VONG and SPLG. Small cap value like AVUV is a good choice at a lower %age.
Honestly, I’m extremely bullish on ACHR, joby, and RIVIan, ASTS and LNG ACHR is set to present a maned VTOL helicraft this month. When that happens I expect their stock to jump upwards I think apple is still a safe bet, NVDA is nice still too imo. But I park most of my money in the sandp 500. And play with about 15%. So far my IRA is up 42% in two years. I also like SPMO and VONG. Ohhh, and I think Texas road house and chipotle are good buys right now. Of course these are MY picks.
VOO, VONG, VB, SPMO. These are my holdings right now. I've got some QUAL too but I'm dropping that one soon for more VB I think
ACHR looks incredible, but I'm happy with my relatively safe ETFs like SPMO and IVV, VONG, VB, QUAL, I'm going long. I know Monday is gonna rug pull everything, tis a normal correction.
I know this may sound frustrating, but the short answer is "there is no right answer" per se. I have seen Robinhood's recommendations and surprisingly, they don't actually tend to be all that bad. Especially since they primarily tend to promote more short term investments and want PFOF. That said, here you will find that most find the safe answer to be VOO/VTI starting out. Some will say add a bit of international exposure through something like VXUS. Some are fine with adding a growth fund like VONG or (my personal preference) VUG. You can even go a really simplistic option by going with a target date fund that makes it completely hands off for you until actual retirement. It automatically just chooses the "right" allocations for you as you age as well a you don't want too many stocks the closer you get to retirement. So yeah, I'd just add to VOO/VTI and maybe VXUS (to a much less extent) until you are more familiar with investment options. Id you want true hands off without having to look all through a ton then I personally even am fine with suggesting a target date fund closest to your retirement projected date. The one thing I would add, if you are uncertain as to what the underlying tickers (tickers are just the "letters" representing through funds like VOO, VTI, IVV, etc) are really then ask. I'm a big advocate for understanding wtf you're actually investing in. That way you can make better decisions for yourself instead of too much of a hive mind without even understanding wtf you even have. Congrats on getting started! You also chose one if not THE BEST IRA's on the market currently!
Start with VTI, VOO, or VONG, pick one. VTI or VOO for a more traditional investing strategy. If you want a little aggression then go with VONG. Now is the time to learn about investing and become financially literate.
I’ve got 40% VOO, 25% MGK, 15% VOOG, 20% VONG at the moment.
I’m 50% VOO, 30% VIG, 20% VONG… for now.
VONG has consistently outperformed the other ETFs I used to hold. Moved everything to it and never looked back. Even outperformed Berkshire over the last 5 years.
I only cover the large cap in my brokerage: VIG, VOO, and VONG. They all follow the same trend essentially, but sometimes growth > value, other times vice versa. And I don’t have to worry about it. Small cap is 10% of my 401k so I don’t feel the need to cover it in my personal brokerage.
You really want to invest I suggest some ETFs for diversification and protection against wild dips, IVV is a good one. SPMO for momentum if you wanna get more exposure, VB for small caps, VONG for exposure to even more tech and growth 📈, QUAL for international exposure, that's what I'm doing. It's not as fast but it's good. You're going to lose all your gains if you don't change positions soon.
Damn, hope you sold the top on that, 30% ain't bad at all for a quick haul. I haven't done a high risk high reward fast play in awhile, I miss the rush. I've been doing the boring stuff lately, just watching my 401k and Roth IRA slowly grow, IVV, VONG, QUAL, SPMO, VB, that's the Roth IRA and then the 401k is vanguard target 2055. It's lame but I do expect to be a millionaire eventually, in like 30 years...
Most of the growth performance of index fund some from the small dividend that is reinvested increasing the number of shares you won. Capital gains doesn't result in new shares. For the S&P500 long 75% of the growth is from the 1.3% dividend yield. Only 25% comes from capital gains. Now a pure growth fund like VONG, QQQ, and SCHG have a 0.5% dividend. In my opinion with these funds the best thing to do is at the end of the year harvest the growth over the last year and reinvest the money into other funds. You could this quarterly if you want. I would keep the fund but keep its cash value constant with periodic harvesting. Given the imprint role of dividend in a funds growth I would some of the money in a dividend fund and build up that dividend fund enough to cover your basic living expenses. I would Use a fund like JEpQ and and or PBDC. For most people you want the dividend income to be 50K to 100K.Once you reach the living expenses level put the dividend into index funds. The dividend will help your 401K grow faster. and when you retire you can use the dividends to cover most of your living expenses.
This is great feedback! I might just stop new investment in VONG and move all new contributions to VOO or VTI. I still need to spend some time analyzing which one exactly....
Also realize that selling VONG and buying VOO you are mostly repurchasing the same companies. Go check the holdings of both funds, they have the exact same top 6 holdings: Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta and Alphabet. VOO definitely is the more diverse, less concentrated and safer option of the two, but there is a ton of overlap (and that's okay).. Maybe do it slowly overtime to reduce your tax burden and keep a chunk of VONG to see if you made the right decision in hindsight.
VONG is an index fund, personally I would hold or maybe slowly switch to VOO and then create that bond tent 5-10 years from retirement
Haha how pitiful, begging for a "thank you" for pointing out I didn't clearly state that VONG is an index fund... oh my savior! How did every other person seem to understand the ask? Pitiful dude, I feel sorry for you.
>I'm planning on selling had moving to index funds. You didn't know VONG is an index fund. You literally said you are moving it to index funds when you're already in one. You don't need to be a dick just because someone corrected you. Learn to be more humble. You are paranoid clearly by asking folks "oh no, I'm scared things will crash so please someone predict the market and tell me how to time it" (instead of learning how to invest for long term and not panic). You are panicking. Otherwise you wouldn't be on here begging folks to help you try to time the market. Sheesh...
VONG is a growth index fund "my guy". Lol... nobody is paranoid here bro, seems like you're just making a lot of shit up.
VONG is an index fund my guy. >I know **nobody** has tr he magic answer Then you should know that that question doesn't make sense to ask. Nobody had a crystalballommIndex fund investing is part of long term holding strategies 99% of the time and people shouldn't be caring what happens short term with em. You got it because you were reacting short term and heard someone say get it instead of developing your own long term investment strategy. You need to actually have long term investment strategy and use that so you aren't so darn paranoid about short term crap all the time. Either you add it to your long term strategy portfolio overall and/or you think about how long you hold tings before you buy them in the first place. The super reactionary investor is the reason we tell folks to just stick blank blank index, because most are like you nad panic alll the time. Find something you can stick to and do that.