LMS: How to buy stocks (Online brokerages specifically)
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Take a look at VTWO vs VOO as an example. I have a small bit of VTWO and its been a dog all year. VOO has done about what you would expect, and with really low expense ratios. They don't have the liquidity of some of the other index ETFs, but I'm not running some HFT program so I don't care.
VTWO Fund Quote - Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Fund Price Today (VTWO:NASDAQ) - MarketWatch
VOO Fund Quote - Vanguard S&P500 ETF Fund Price Today (VOO:NAR) - MarketWatch
Long term, yeah Small Cap funds can be pretty awesome, as they get some 'risk' exposure in a pretty controlled way with pretty low fees so make good returns without the receding hairline. But intermediate term, in the environment U.S. stocks have had in the last 15 years, a bit more tricky. Personally I will hold my current VTWO, and have fun trying to pick a bottom before adding more at some point in the next 5 years.
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Sort of. I have personally never seen any small cap index fund outperform blue chips in seesaw market action like we have seen a lot this year, and people do tend to cycle out of them pretty quick when they get scared. Small caps tend to be more volatile than large caps. That's not necessarily due to any inherent characteristics in the small caps (in fact I think it's 90% investor mentality-driven) but that's how it goes.
Long term, yeah Small Cap funds can be pretty awesome, as they get some 'risk' exposure in a pretty controlled way with pretty low fees so make good returns without the receding hairline. But intermediate term, in the environment U.S. stocks have had in the last 15 years, a bit more tricky. Personally I will hold my current VTWO, and have fun trying to pick a bottom before adding more at some point in the next 5 years.
Long term, yeah Small Cap funds can be pretty awesome, as they get some 'risk' exposure in a pretty controlled way with pretty low fees so make good returns without the receding hairline. But intermediate term, in the environment U.S. stocks have had in the last 15 years, a bit more tricky. Personally I will hold my current VTWO, and have fun trying to pick a bottom before adding more at some point in the next 5 years.
A theoretical investment of $10k ten years ago in the S&P 500 would net you $21k today. The same $10k in the Small Cap Index Fund would be at $26k. For reference, the NASDAQ Composite Index would be ~$23.5k, and the S&P Total Market Index would be $20k. Couple that with the low expense ratios and it is a great (and safe) place to park money long term to let it work for you without a hassle.
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Since no one invests money like your example (putting $10k in and leaving it for 10 years) I did a quick comparison on the two funds. Putting in $10K a year at the beginning of each of the past 10 years is worth today:
RYTNX = $235,192
NAESX = $202,440
Not a huge difference but it is still $33,000.
For fun I punched in $100,000 lump invested 5 years ago instead of the 10 years you used:
RYTNX = $387,230
NAESX = $232,490
$155,000 difference. Disclaimer - RYTNX is a dangerous beast and you have to have your wits about you when you invest in it. When it goes down it goes down fast.
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