Looking at data forVTSAXas a proxy for the total U.S. market reveals a standard deviation of 18.33%. UsingVTIAXas a proxy for non-US stocks reveals a standard deviation (SD) of 20.73%. To use a nice round number, let’s call SD of broadly diversified markets 20%. What does this me...
Everyone is on Zoom. But most everyone’s zoom feed looks and sounds awful — largely because their old laptop wasn’t made for decent videoconferencing. Hence, buy this new LogicTech gadgetry: I haven’t used it yet. But the specs are awesome: It’s $200, but I suspect worth every ...
An example is usually the easiest way of explaining what I mean. Let’s take the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (symbol: VTI). This ETF essentially seeks to track the performance of the overall stock market. So when you buy this ETF, your return will essentially match the return on the...
an ETF:VTI.03% (ETF=exchange traded fund)Note:For most practical purposes you can consider ETFs and Funds as interchangeable. Especially for long-term investors like ourselves. ETFs were created to make it easier and faster to trade mutual funds. Where with a fund when you buy or sell you...
Let’s take the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (symbol: VTI). This ETF essentially seeks to track the performance of the overall stock market. So when you buy this ETF, your return will essentially match the return on the overall stock market. So How Do I Invest in ETFs? There are pl...