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12. Warren Buffet recommends Vanguard index fund

Reply to Foggy Head (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 09:30 PM

Mar 2019

Vanguard has extremely low fees. And there is little evidence anyone can do better than chance picking one stock rather than another so an index fund is fine. More than 50% of CPAs recommended Vanguard index funds. An ETF might be even better but I don’t know much about them.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Foggy Head Mar 2019 OP

Buy low, sell high nt Xipe Totec Mar 2019 #1

You should go see a financial advisor, and do your own research LuvLoogie Mar 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Foggy Head Mar 2019 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Foggy Head Mar 2019 #4

I suppose a lot depends on where you are at. LuvLoogie Mar 2019 #8

Buy an index fund. marylandblue Mar 2019 #5

Indeed. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #14

As a more or less fellow newbie TlalocW Mar 2019 #6

For the last 15 years GP6971 Mar 2019 #7

I buy mutual funds and ETFs, almost all index funds, because very few professional progree Mar 2019 #9

Also... TlalocW Mar 2019 #10

Don't start with individual stocks... IphengeniaBlumgarten Mar 2019 #11

Warren Buffet recommends Vanguard index fund Cicada Mar 2019 #12

This is what my family uses too. BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #13