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How does this mixture look for my 14yo son’s Roth IRA?
Where would you put $100/mo if you want some volatility but not a full YOLO?
Am I spreading my portfolio too thin without actually adding any diversification?
Consolidate (VWO, VEA) into VXUS and (VTV, VOT, VB, VOE) into VTI?
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It's literally not beating SPY [https://advisors.vanguard.com/investments/portfolio-construction-tools/compare-products/result?selection=VOT,SPY#performance](https://advisors.vanguard.com/investments/portfolio-construction-tools/compare-products/result?selection=VOT,SPY#performance) Earliest inception of both is 8/31/2006 VOT: 560% SPY: 705%
This is just untrue, and easily disproven. Look at the total return of say, VOT (vanguard midcap growth) vs SPY since inception. Midcap growth is beating SPY by like 200%. So either the market is wrong and bidding up shitty stagnant midcaps, or you're wrong.
Mr Lewis from Brooklyn.... bro cmon now theyre clearly just dragging on for the lulz. Yes sir im from Brooklyn. OK haha what a story Mark. GO VOT3 NOW?
ok for real now, how long have we been stuck at 59? 15mins? GO FUCKING VOT3 U DUMB FUCK AND END THIS. Its 5am my heart cant take this, i got a peacemaker. Also i wanan make, pls thx
The market is omnipotent. https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/VOT6eMVE31
Geez, I keep hearing peeps complaining about not being able to buy fractional shares on Schwab. so why not just use another brokerage? It's so easy to setup and you can request of your assets "In Kind' to be transferred to the new account. SWPPX is fine, FXAIX. You want something more aggressive, you'll need to look at a large cap growth fund. There's actually more ETF options than mutual funds I think. SPLG, IVV, VOO, SPY, SPYG, SCHG, TCHP to name a few large cap growth. VOT for mid cap growth, etc.
My understanding is that if you are married filing separately, and either you or your husband has access to a workplace plan such as a 401(k) or 403(b), you cannot contribute directly to a Roth IRA if you make more than 10,000 per year. You should confirm that with a CPA or CFP though. However, you may be able to do a [backdoor Roth](https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/personal-finance/backdoor-roth-ira). If it turns out you aren't actually allowed to contribute directly to a Roth, you will need to go through a process to retrieve the money and start over. Is your account at Fidelity (you mention buying a Fidelity mutual fund so that is my best guess). If so, you can make an appointment with an advisor at your local office who can walk you through anything you need to do with your account. And btw I think buying into FXAIX is a great plan :) With the rest of the 60,000, I would think about using some to pay down the car loans (depending on the interest rates), set aside more of an emergency fund, and use a bit of the leftover for a regular brokerage account. For regular brokerage accounts subject to capital gains taxes and so on, I believe it is best to have low expense, passively managed index funds. So FXAIX would be another good pick here. For my brokerage account, I have a mix of FTIHX, FNILX (only available to Fidelity customers), IUSG, and VOT. But whatever you pick, I encourage you to get in the habit of passively investing -- set up a regular direct deposit from each paycheck, or a regular fund transfer from your bank to your brokerage, for investing. I think you are doing really well to have bought a home, have significant equity, and cash savings! Don't be down on yourself, really.
This is actually a lot of large growth (and overweight in tech specifically) with a little mid cap mixed in. In this case, I do think you are overthinking it, and just simplify it with total market index fund, like FZROX, and then add some VOT if you want some more mid cap.
I like VO and also VOT which are Vanguard mid cap and mid cap growth. I figure that everyone is chasing the same 500 companies of the SP 500 index, and mid cap offers another area to invest in.
Why mess with a stock that is going sideways? You can make great money right now with stocks and etfs. Invest in tech, ai, space, PLTR, BBAI, LUNR, CRNC, RCAT, NBIS..take a chance: ACHR. ETF: VGT, VOT.
100k. 50 VGT 20 VOT 10 PLTR 5 RCAT 5 BBAI 5 NBIS 5 CRNC
I agree, I would look at VOT and VONG
Personally I’m a big believer in index funds tracking the s&p 500. I work in finance and it’s extremely difficult for growth managers to beat the s&p’s performance YoY, so I like VOO. Passively managed so expense ratio is super low, and just DCA whenever you can. In addition, while beating the S&P is hard for managers, beating mid and small cap indexes is less of a challenge, there’s more room for mid/small cap funds like VOT or AVUV (ones that I hold) to perform better than their underlying benchmark. Another fund I’m also a very big fan of is SMH, very solid fund tracking the largest semiconductors such as Nvidia and TSMC. I’ve been buying in my Roth since 2020, it’s up almost 250% since my OG entry. Lastly, stay the fuck away from international shit. With the new admin coming I don’t see overseas companies performing well in a high-tariff environment. Plus fuck every country that isn’t America. This is just my input, I could be totally wrong and the market absolutely tanks tomorrow, but I really don’t see any major dips in the next 6-12 months when Trumps admin are projected to introduce major breaks to big corps like he did in his first 4 years. We’ll see 🤷🏽♂️
I tend to do 40% in VOO, 10% in FTEC, 10% in FDIS, 5-10% in both Small and Mid-Cap ETFs (VOT and VB) and then everything else is technology because I know that the inside and out. I scrapped dividend stocks because I’m not sure where I’ll be able to write off long-term investment gains down the road in life (I’m 29) and don’t want to pay taxes on those dividends now. With that being said, a set of corporate bonds may be wise to make things more conservative (SPHY).
First thing’s first: Max out your 401K. I personally do 40% S&P ETF (VOO), 7.5% Mid-Cap ETF (VOT), 5% Small-Cap (VB), 10% Consumer Discretionary ETF (FDIS), 10% Technology ETF (FTEC), 10% Government Bond ETF (SPHY), and then 10% or so in single stocks, of which almost all are Mid-Caps. 10% FTEC is probably sketchy in some people’s eyes because that’s considered risky, but this is my personal account in addition to my 401K. I probably should have some international stock ETFs, but I don’t know enough about it and my 401K has plenty of them natively. I’m 29 for reference. Keep in mind, everyone’s situation is different. Biggest thing I would recommend is investing a small portion everyday, whether it’s $1 or $100. Of course, if the stock market tanks, then drop that theory and increase the antes haha.
Your portfolio is indeed tech-heavy, especially with funds like VUG, MGK, and VOT, which focus on growth stocks dominated by tech companies. While this can drive growth given your long investment horizon, adding some diversity could help balance it out. Consider including a value stock fund or an international stock ETF to reduce overlap and bring in other sectors. This way, you can still benefit from tech’s potential without relying entirely on one sector, which can help keep your portfolio resilient as you approach retirement.
So if I do VOO, VOT, and SCHG I’m triple dipped in some stocks? Hm. Why VXUS? I know it’s international but it’s only up 16% over a 5y span. What makes it worth putting 15% of my $ in?
There’s too much overlap and SCHG is more highly concentrated in the Mag 7 than VOO. 56% of the stocks in SCHG are in VOO and 70% of the stocks in VOT are in VOO. If you’re just getting started, you don’t need this many funds. VOO (or any good SP500 index fund) - 70% AVUV - 15% VXUS - 15%
My fixed income portfolio (60% of my overall portfolio, I'm retired) is comprised completely of corporates bonds and treasuries. Over the last 2-3 years I loaded up on 4.5% to 5% yielding instruments. My bond ladder is 12 years out and overall the fixed income portion is giving me about a 4.9% yield. I do have some Ford S&P rated BBB (Moody's rated Ba) giving me about a 7.4% YTM, maturing in 2047, but I'm keeping an eye on that in terms of business conditions at Ford. That's propping up the yield a bit. I've simulated (included inflation) interest rate risk over the next 12 years by assuming yields dropping on 10-15 year maturities to the 3.25% range (included some BBB rated bonds in the mix). And assuming a 3% annual return on my stocks (in addition to dividend payments yielding about 1.4%, which I'm currently reinvesting), I'm still ok. What I mean by that is at the end of the next 24 years, my IRA is still healthy. I've dabbled a little in derivative based ETFs (JEPI included). It occurred to me that I was trying to get fixed income "security" (I use the term loosely) with the benefits of owning equities and it wasn't happening. When treasuries popped over the last 2 years, I said forget that stuff. So my stock portfolio is now: SPY, DIA, FTEC, XLC, VOE and VOT. The last two are a total of 5% of my overall portfolio. The bulk of it is in the first three. The FTEC is an IT ETF but it contains all sub-industries of IT (e.g. software, software services, hardware, semis, materials...). The FTEC position will probably move to QQQ as I sense the AI hype comes down to earth and hopefully manifests itself in real benefits outside of tech itself. That along with the Ford bonds are the only "market timing" aspects currently in the picture. Pretty basic and nothing fancy. But it works for me.
F, RKT, HITI, INTC (LOL), VBK, VOO, VOT For a crand total of up 1.6% in 3.5 years on 110k invested
Just buying S&P is fine. VOO would probably be the one. You’ll do fine. In fact maybe even better than other portfolio mixes. I like bond right now so I think mixing in like 10% BND or some other bond fund is good. You could also add in small cap and mid cap domestic stocks. There’s vanguard ETFs for them like VIOG and VOT for growth stocks. You could get VTI that would give you the total market including mid and small cap but you’re rebuying the S&P there as well Foreign stocks are maybe worth owning as well. VXUS would be a total foreign stock etf but there’s tons of foreign stock ETFs. But if you didn’t want to mess with any of that shit you could just buy VOO and probably be fine. You are biased towards large cap companies here though so if for some reason they take a big shit you will feel it more than a portfolio diversified into some bonds and foreign stocks or small/mid cap stocks.
Ok based on some comments and advice I got earlier this week here I have a new strategy: 300 dollars a month 75 in s&p 500 (large cap) 135 in MGK (mega cap) 67.5 in VOT ( mid cap growth) 22.5 in VUG (mid and large growth) basically 75 in sp500 and the rest in a 60:30:10 split in large and mid cap growth ETFs. I actually want to put that 22.5 in a small cap etf any suggestions? Context: I am a 22 yr old international phd student in the US. My goal is long term: look at this when I am like 50 or 60 and say wow type of investment. Let me know what u guys think
Correction: 20% IWM 20% VOT 20% QQQ 20% SMH 20% VTI
Looks like VUG inception was like 2004 So it enjoyed basically the entire bull run of the 2010s with low rates Will growth continue to out perform the broader market? Hard to say. If you believe that do vug Here is the truth nobody knows. You just make the best judgement. It’s unlikely that there will be a massive difference between one broad index or another When I started I bought VOOG VOT VIOG Now I buy VOO and VTI bc I feel like my growth stocks can DCA themselves through dividend and I like diversifying So do your own thing my man
you should not long term hold SPY. VOO would be better. theres others and theres tax advatanges and disadvantages to them and you could look into it. also you should consider for long term holding that the S&P are large cap companies. owning mid and small caps have benefits. so something like VTI or breaking it up like VOOG/VOT/VIOG are ok moves as well.
the best thing you can buy as a beginner is going to be broad indexes VTI, VOO, VT BND you can do this for growth too. VOOG, VOT, VIOG. broad indexes for growth stocks in the large cap, mid cap, small cap. much safer than buying individual stocks
Is it still a good time to get mid-cap growth exposure? I’m contemplating IVOG and VOT. Which would you choose? Is it wise to just split investment into both?
Opened an account around 2019 with a weekly auto invest and didn't really know much about investing/stocks. I forgot about it for the most part and recently have checked it out and noted that my two main holdings are too similar. I don't mind (I don't think I do anyway) the taxable situation I guess, is it worth selling one to buy more of the other, as well as a little more of the other holdings? I was thinking of selling SPY and splitting it across the other three holdings or opening opening a $3k position of SCHD and spreading the other 1.4k across the other three. Thoughts? Account balance ~$9,800 55% of whole account is in the following: %50 SCHG $2.7k %25 VBK $1.3k %25 VOT $1.3k Rest of the 45% of account is in SPY $4.4k
my options are VEXRX, RNWGX, CSEIX, VOT, VSIAX. doesn’t look like i’m able to choose any other funds
my options are VEXRX, RNWGX, CSEIX, VOT, VSIAX. after further investigation these don’t seem ideal. doesn’t look like i’m able to choose any other funds.
Hi all, I have a question and then would like your opinion on my proposed portfolio. A vanguard target date fund has an expense ration of 0.08%. I'm considering this or doing my own portfolio with 5 index funds each one has a small expense ratio - the 5 totaling 0.27%. So- am I correct in thinking that doing my own portfolio will be .19% higher in fees? Yikes- that's not good right? My personal proposed portfolio is: VOO -60% VXUS-15% VBK-7.5% VOT-7.5% BND-10% Does that seem like a good portfolio? Is it better than the target date fund (approx. 2050)? Do I have the right information regarding the difference in fees (.19%) and is that something to consider? Many thanks! 37 yo, male, single, 70k salary. Goals- just to have success seeing a portfolio grow slow and steady.
Large cap growth ETF is VUG. There is also mid cap growth VOT, and small cap growth VBK. There are also value ETF's based on market cap so that you can tailor your ratio of growth to value. Personally, I like the mid cap (VO), small cap (VB), international (VXUS), and emerging market (VWO) funds with very small allocations. And then large cap (VOO) and large cap growth (VUG) in very large allocations.
What do you guys think about a n IRA composed of VUG, VOT, and VBK (Vanguard large, mid, and small cap growth ETF)? About $300k invested and still 20+ years away from retirement.
I have a few index funds in different accounts. Roth IRA has a small cap index fund IJR. My HSA has a mid cap index fund VOT. My taxable brokerage account has VOO. If I were you I’d put it all in VOO. You can not go wrong with it.
Yes and no. What I've learned is that it is easier to manage with a 3 or 4 positions. Look up Rob Berger on Youtube, he has a good explanation. If you go with VTI, then I would take out VOT and VBK. Happy Investing, you'll do well in life.
Rate my Vanguard Growth Portfolio: **Large Cap ETFs - 40%** * VUG - 28% * VTV - 12% **Mid Cap ETFs - 15%** * VOT - 11% * VOE - 4% **Small Cap ETFs - 15%** * VBK - 11% * VBR - 4% **International ETFs - 15%** * VXUS - 15% **REIT ETFs - 15%** * VNQ - 15%
Looks fine. I just don't get the VOT. You could simplify the Roth with VTI or VOO and VXF if you want to overweight the extended market. I'm "cooking" small value in my Roth. Not sure mid cap growth fills the role you want. You already have REITs and emerging markets. One of the benefits of real estate investment is the ease of leverage, which you don't really get with the REITs.
Mostly just that in three different accounts I have three different sets of funds that all basically add up to the same thing, VTI, Large/ Small-Mid Index, VFIAX+VB+VOT. Almost seems needlessly complicated, even though the accounts have different purposes. Is that a bad thing? i.e. am I over-engineering my portfolio by doing this?
I have said this before but my Roth IRA is heavily waited towards tech and growth. It is VGT, VUG, and VOO. I have the luxury of a 403B, so I use my Roth IRA to pick what I think will out perform for the next 30 years so when I retire I collect, hopefully, slightly better gains. I have also started a small position in VOT
VOT, VB, VTI, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble.
Check out VBK and VOT. Overall I like Vanguards expense ratios.
I'd look into some mid cap growth ETF or small caps ETF from vanguard. VOT or VB? Haven't looked closely into them but that'd be a start.
argh, i just added VOT to my auto invest ETF's. I have a horrible tendency to want to diversify the hell out of my ETF's. I cant help it, its a sickness. I probably end up with the same return/risk as VTI in the end.
Totally agree, although you can buy growth stocks without buying into Cathy’s shenanigans… would recommend VOT for a more balanced growth etf.
VTI is basically VUG/VTV/VOE/VOT/VBR/VBK You can manage the sub asset classes if you think you can do it better than they can. Probably wont benefit you any more than just buying VTI though. Buying individual stocks is not smart, experts who have done 9-10 years of advanced schooling with credentials on par with a doctor, then spend 40 hours a week 2080 hours per year picking stocks, and still underperform markets in most cases. VT includes international which tends to add big diversification and return benefits over very long time periods, but although international stocks have underperformed the US for 15 years, that has started to change recently with the US dollar weakening.
Alexa play something from DJ PÌVOT
Ok so it looks like you need to create an asset allocation for yourself. At 28 you are what would be considered a long-term investor meaning your investment horizon is at least 30-40 years (age 58-68 years). Now keeping that in mind you want to have a growth-oriented asset allocation. Reason being that over such a long time horizon you are able to ride out the down years. As you grow older the asset allocation would change. First thing - calculate what you need as an emergency fund (normally people do 6 months worth of expenses for this). Put this in a high-yield savings account. Next decide on your asset allocation. I would suggest at least 80-90% in stocks. The allocation to stocks would be in ETFs following various strategies. If I were in your position I would build my portfolio like this - 45% in an S&P500 ETF (tickers IVF, VOO have low expenses and should be easy to trade), 20% in a mid-cap growth ETF (ticker VOT), and 25% in a covered call ETF - these are basically income ETFs with dividend yields averaging 11-12% (tickers QYLD, JEPI, NUSI), and the final 10% in a bond ETF, or in cash if you are expecting some expenses. This asset allocation should cover at least 90% of the market. Also keep in mind you should review it every year and as and when your financial situation changes.
Investments Hello. My current holding in Roth IRA. My investment strategy is to be more aggressive since I have between 25-30 years before I actually need it. Also I have a moderate salary, so I figure I can be more aggressive in my investments. I understand some of the ETFs are overlapping in some stocks but overall are these good picks? VB 15% VOT 15% VTI 30% VWO 6% VYM 30%
Go to Portfolio Visualizer and backtest it. 50/25/25% MGK/VOT/VBK (rebalanced annually) beats 100% VOO by about 1.3% (final total return) over the last 10 years. It started to massively outperform during the COVID bubble, but now it's right back to about par. It performed slightly better with no rebalancing. Overall, doesn't look worth the effort. It's like an extra $900 from an initial $10k over 10 years.
What are your guys thoughts on VUG 50% VOT 25% VBK 25%
I’m long $VUG, $VOT, $FTEC, and Meta. My portfolio which includes my Taxable and Roth accounts are down by 68k. I don’t planned on selling anything, especially my badly wounded position in META.
Can someone help me choose which Index Funds to invest in? I gathered some of the ones that caught my attention but I have no idea which ones overlap and are useless if I already have another. Currently looking at, VTI VOT SPHQ XLP XLV XLU SCHD QQQ
Even though I have a long time horizon I heard the talking heads mention small and mid cap markets, so I bought a couple of ETFs(VOT and VBK) as well as took advantage of Alphabet and Amazon’s stock splits. It was a smart play.
Thanks for the help. For the small and mid cap etfs, should I invest in the growth portion or just the default funds? ie VO vs VOT and VB and VBK
Still a lot of overlap. VTI and VUG are basically VOO, but VTI adds a lot of companies at tiny weightings and VUG overweights companies designated as "growth companies". Which is okay as long as you realize that you're getting the S&P 500 in three different pieces, and making much smaller bets on either (stocks that aren't in the 500) or (growth vs. every other strategy). I don't keep both VTI and VOO because they don't deviate over time and picking the right day to arbitrage them would be too much work. I did add VUG to my VOO as the downturn happened because it does have a higher beta and I expect to make more in the recovery from it than if I just added more VOO. But I'll be shedding the VUG once I think the recovery is done. The caveat to this is that the reasons for the recovery include a reduction in Fed money in the system, and the excess cash was preferential to growth companies, so if that money isn't there during the recovery it might dull the beta of growth companies a bit. But so far, as this bear-market rally continues, the beta of VUG seems robust, so I'm sticking to the plan for now. VOT and VBK will duplicate things that are in VTI. Which may make sense in a recovery situation, if we're actually in one, which I'm not completely convinced of. But they do make VTI even less necessary, since its weightings of small- and mid-cap will be way lower than VOT+VBK gets you. Again, VTI is just VOO with more steps. VXUS is def not overlapping VOO or VTI. So it's a good arbitrage of world vs. US.
Typically small- and mid-cap growth funds would be classified as ‘most risky’ in terms of ETFs. VOT is their Mid-Cap Growth ETF, VBK is their Small-Cap Growth ETF. The two are down about 22% and 21% YTD, respectively. I’m biased towards VOO as a long-term core position, but understand the resilience of mega cap tech this year makes for arguably more opportunistic entry points in alternate funds. Hope this helps.
Huge dump there, TSLA be liek, VOT?
Spot on. Say it with me y'all, PI-VOT
Getting better. Though "large cap" and "mega cap" are not the separate and distinct categories you are assuming. They are basically synonyms. MGK is Apple + Microsoft + Amazon + Google + Tesla + Facebook + Nvidia + Visa. SCHG is Apple + Microsoft + Amazon + Google + Tesla + Facebook + Nvidia + Visa. You might as well just do SCHG+SCHG instead of MGK+SCHG. Again, use the "portfolio" tab at the Morningstar website like the links I gave to check for overlap, or use [https://www.etfrc.com/funds/overlap.php](https://www.etfrc.com/funds/overlap.php) >MGK Vanguard Mega Cap Growth (0%) SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth(35%) VOT Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth (10%) VBK Vanguard Small-Cap Growth (10%) > >SCHV Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value (16%) MGV Vanguard Mega Cap Value (0%) VOEVanguard Mid-Cap Value (8%) VBR Vanguard Small-Cap Value (8%) That portfolio is functionally equilivant to the portfolio you listed but with less complexity.
Nooooo! Please don’t screech, I’m trying I promise! If I get what your saying correctly basically the portfolio I suggested would not give me the diverse exposure I’m trying to gain to Lg, Mid and Sm cap holdings so Ive reworked it to get more specific. I know your getting to the edge of your rope but please know I am EXTREMELY thankful for the feedback! I’m learning I swear! MGK Vanguard Mega Cap Growth (20%) SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth(15%) VOT Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth (10%) VBK Vanguard Small-Cap Growth (10%) SCHV Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value (8%) MGV Vanguard Mega Cap Value (8%) VOEVanguard Mid-Cap Value (8%) VBR Vanguard Small-Cap Value (8%) How bout this? More specific I think?
I recently opened positions in VOT, VBK, and AMZN. So, will keep averaging down in those. My Apple and NVDA stocks are on sale as well.
What about both VOT and VTI together?
VOT, vanguard mid cap growth. Buy the basket
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Biggest investing regret selling when market is falling, especially while watching CNBC. Now, I buckled up and buy when the market is falling. If anyone was buying the Dips of QQQ, VUG, or VOT from January to now, your future self will be happy in the Lon run. Don’t listen CNBC Pundits, even my favorite CNBC contributor Josh Brown.
Yeah, because high risk comes with higher returns. I would much rather lower my risk in something like VOT and pay less in the expense ratio as well. But, whatevs it's your money if you think Cathie knows what she is doing then don't paper hand and pay your 0.75%
Not really? When QQQ is 95% large/mega cap and her fund is 75% small/mid they aren't really a fair comparison. It's much more apt to compare her to a mid cap growth index or ETF like VOT.
I buy cap-related ETFs. SCHG, VBK, and VOT. Only have 1 individual stock that might either hit it big or go to 0.
I invest $100 to $200 a month with 50% in SCHG, 30% in VOT, and 20% in VBK. Also put extra in Mynaric in case they explode in th next 10 years to 15 years.
That’s more complicated than you need. For example, VTI contains all the companies held in SPYG, VOT, SLYG, and SPYV (and spy too). I’d honestly just do 100% VTI.
Currently across all my portfolios I’d say 10-15%…my biggest holdings will get me shunned on here(VUG and VOT about 65% of my portfolio is in these 2…and not even LEAPs just shares)
Currently across all my portfolios I’d say 10-15%…my biggest holdings will get me shunned on here(VUG and VOT about 65% of my portfolio is in these 2…and not even LEAPs just shares)
In my taxable brokerage account, I have 70k in VUG, 20k in VOT, 8k in FTEC(since 2016), and put 21k in Facebook(buying the dip in December 2021). Roth IRA: 32k FNCMX(fidelity NASDAQ index) and 16k in IHI(Ishare medical device equipments). You don’t to follow everyone in putting your in the SP500 index, because there thousands ETFS out there that will fit your risk appetite. I love growths ETFs, and I am willing to step out to buy large cap growth individual stocks like Facebook if I am confident there’s an opportunity.
Thanks, that makes sense and now I also see the sticky in this sub! Looks like they had a bonanza of a year. I also see that the ETF, VOT, does not distribute like this. I may change that over. I didn't realize this key difference before now.
Personally, I'm looking for a good entry points to buy into international growth (VWIGX), small-cap growth (VBK) and mid-cap growth (VOT).
Since my portfolio ATH back on 11/05, I am down 7.5%. So what am I doing today? Adding to positions in QUAL, XSVM, and VOT. And opened a small position in FIW. What are you folks doing?
Many of the ETFs have the same 10 stocks as the top 10. They just differ in what the weighing is (20%, 25%, 30%, 50%). I just recently got into the following Vanguard ETFs: VIG, ESGV, MGC, and VOT. Just going to dac into them and play the long game. Too frustrating to babysit and watch the manipulation on individual stocks especially when the market is up and your own stocks are down. I like to use the Vanguard site for comparison of funds so that I don't buy the same thing for the most part. Investor.vanguard.com/mutual-funds/list#/etf/asset-class/month-end-returns
Not really my style, but you could get a trial membership with Zack's, get a feel for their recommendations and the metrics they quote. You could set your own screener filters on Finviz if you get a feel for the criteria of interest (I don't know where their forward-looking data comes from, though.) I really don't have any edge in that part of the market myself. Unless you have a solid background in finances and/or technicals, you're probably better off just going with a "midcap growth" ETF like [these.](https://money.usnews.com/funds/etfs/rankings/mid-cap-growth) You can look up the portfolios of lot of these ETFs too; can always skim them if you want to dig into specific stocks. VOT would be a good place to start https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/overview/VOT/portfolio-holdings
VOT ETF will give you the exposure you need without the singular risk of failure.
I like MGK, VUG, VOT, VBK. Exposure to growth stocks across cap sizes in an index.
First I would question the premise. Do growth stocks really have "momentum" right now? Let's check their YTD performance from January through the end of September. Small cap growth [VBK](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/performance/vbk): 5.0% Mid cap growth [VOT](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/performance/vot): 11.8% Large cap growth [VUG](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/performance/vug): 14.9% If you take a look at the link I provided, you'll see that the US small cap value fund I recommend is [AVUV](https://www.avantisinvestors.com/content/avantis/en/investments/avantis-u-s-small-cap-value-etf.html). The YTD performance of this fund is 34.1%. Vanguard's fund [VIOV](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/performance/viov) has not done as well, with a YTD return of 25.1%. The US mid cap value fund I recommend is [RFV](https://www.invesco.com/us/financial-products/etfs/product-detail?audienceType=Investor&ticker=RFV), which has YTD performance of 25.0%. Vanguard's fund [VOE](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/performance/voe) has returned 18.9%. The large cap value fund I recommend is [AVLV](https://www.avantisinvestors.com/content/avantis/en/investments/avantis-us-large-cap-value-etf.html), but its inception was too recent to have YTD performance. Vanguard's fund [VTV](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/performance/vtv) has returned 15.7% this year. I also recommend overweighting small cap value the most, because the value premium is strongest in small cap stocks. This would've provided great YTD returns. Even if the most recent performance suggested that growth had momentum, there's no reason to think that someone would be able to hop between value and growth funds as each have periods of outperformance. Value outperforms in the long run, so an evidence-based investor should overweight value stocks. See the link in my first reply for more.
i have mostly VT in my portfolio but i noticed small and mid cap growth stocks outperformed these past two years. ETFs like VB and VOT have had 80 and 130 percent growth over two years should i start buying these?
I'm 39 yo, i've been just buying shares of VT (total stock market) etf over time. but i cant help but look at the gains of ETFs like VB (small cap) and VOT (mid cap growth) which are far better. should i be focusing on more growth oriented ETFs at this point in my life? or are those big gains in those funds just a product of the last 2 years. Will small and mid cap growth stocks continue to outperform? Every time I look and see that happening i think "ahh its just a fluke thing" but it keeps on happening.
VO and VOT just hit 52 week highs
$30 strike in Jan. VOT ZE FOCQUE, this stock bout to get gamma squeezed or what.
There's not really any one right answer, as Vanguard/Schwab/Fidelity all offer good, well diversified, low cost index funds. Even within each of the three brokerages that I listed, they all have multiple funds that would serve you well. Indeed, the only RIGHT answer is to *consistently* do as you have written above - continue to fund the account and buy low cost, well diversified index funds, regardless of what the market is doing, and to not sell in a panic. This consistency with any of the below funds will work out in your favor. Good on you getting started before your thirties. Future you will thank you. If you want only ONE fund to hold, for simplicity sake, I would look for an index that gives exposure to large cap companies in the US (essentially SP500), as well as some international and emerging markets exposure. Vanguard - [Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT)](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VT) - Expense Ratio 0.09% Gives exposure to mainly large cap stocks, 61% US, 17% Europe, 10% Emerging markets (china, india, vietnam, etc), 11% Pacific (south korea, japan). If you can handle a 4 fund portfolio, at your age, I would do the following, which is more aggressive considering your young age and long time horizon (time until you plan to sell funds/withdraw money): 50% Directed to [**Vanguard SP500 (VOO)**](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VOO) - Tracks SP500, Expense Ratio 0.03% 20% Directed to [**Vanguard Total International (VXUS)**](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VXUS) Broad exposure to non-US stocks in both developed and emerging markets. Expense Ratio 0.08% 15% Directed to [**Vanguard Small Cap Growth (VBK)**](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VBK) Exposure to US Small Cap stocks, growth oriented (more risk/more reward). Expense Ratio 0.07% 15% Directed to [**Vanguard Mid Cap Growth (VOT)**](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VOT) Exposure to US Mid Cap sotcks, growth oriented (more risk/more reward) Expense Ratio 0.07% No bond allocation until you're in your 30's, IMO.
VOE isn’t bad. I also like VOT, which is mid-cap growth.
My general investing approach is to hold long because I'm 26 and can weather volatility. However I recently noticed that VWO (emerging markets) has really underperformed compared to VTI (total stock market), VBK/VOT, and other ETFs I have on 1, 5, and 10 YTD returns. My intuition when I built this portfolio was that I should diversify outside of the US. Now I'm concerned that my money is in the wrong spot, though I am aware that it could also be that this will spike at any moment. It is supposed to be high risk, high reward. My question is whether I'm just reading the YTD returns wrong? If not, I'd love to have someone gut check my logic above, or to make the recommendation that I move my funds out of VWO.
I'm the same age as you and have around 5-8% of my portfolio in small cap plays such as yours. The rest of my portfolio is a mix of blue chip stocks and low fee growth orientated ETFs such as FXAIX, QQQ, VBK, VOT, VGT. I try to value invest and buy blue chips on dips such as HD, V, MSFT, JPM and lots of others. I might not have the potential for insane 100% growth in a year, but I also don't have the risk that my portfolio will drop 50% when one of these small companies misses earnings. Im going the long game of slow continuous increases in stock price to grow my portfolio. I try to invest into established companies that have great financials and will continue to grow into the future.
Well I have VOT, but I also have QQQ and VGT so I am not sure I need VOO as well, especially since I also have SCHD & VUG too.
I own VGT, VOO, VBR, VBK, VOT, VUG.