Comments on: Vanguard to Launch Global Stock Index Fund

By: Best Stocks To Invest In

Best Stocks To Invest In — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:53:21 +0000

Great to hear that vanguard family has started another profit earning option for the investors. Well many inverters might be eager to invest into these funds.

By: Good Stock To Invest In

Good Stock To Invest In — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:43:10 +0000

Hi,
Vanguard family is one of the top most mutual fund company. Investing in these will be wise investment. Vanguard to Launch Global Stock Index Fund it is a great opportunity for the inverters who want to get the best returns on there investments.

By: How to Invest

How to Invest — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:37:17 +0000

Wow, I did not hear about this! This will actually be great for people who are not really into investing. Simple purchase this fund, a bond index fund, and perhaps a small cap value fund.

By: MITBeta @ Don't Feed the Alligators

MITBeta @ Don't Feed the Alligators — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:09:44 +0000

@Jason:

You could buy both the Total Stock Market Index Fund and the Global Index Fund. To achieve 80/20 distribution of domestic to global, you could allocate your funds like such:

80% = 100% y + 45% x

x + y = 100%

y = 64% TSMIF
x = 36% GSMIF

@Four Pillars:

“One question I always had about a “all in one” etf is how do you rebalance? Or do you just rebalance between equities and bonds.”

You got it.

By: New Vanguard Global Stock Index Fund and ETF

New Vanguard Global Stock Index Fund and ETF — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:01:09 +0000

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By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:15:17 +0000

This is pretty cool.

The expense ration of 0.25 is a bit higher than the existing etfs but it’s convenient.

One question I always had about a “all in one” etf is how do you rebalance? Or do you just rebalance between equities and bonds.

Another things is that it’s hard to imagine most people outside the US wanting to have that little invested in their own currency. In Canada I like to have at least 20% in Canadian equities even though that is very much overweight.

Mike

By: Friday Finance Findings for April 4th : Generation X Finance

Friday Finance Findings for April 4th : Generation X Finance — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:54:43 +0000

[...] Vanguard to Launch Global Stock Index Fund - If you’re looking for global diversification, this new offering may be right for you. This new index fund will invest across 48 countries and roughly 2,800 stocks. [...]

By: Sun

Sun — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:23:18 +0000

MossySF: Thanks for the information. I noticed there are some global equity ETFs coming out recently. However, since they all have very short history, this Vanguard fund could be attractive to investors because Vanguard usually has the lowest costs.

Jason: Well, if you decide to invest in this fund, then you don’t have the choice to select the allocation Actually, I think what Bogle meant is by owning the entire market you don’t have to worry about which sector performs better and which doesn’t, though his comment is more for individual stocks than an index fund. Given the size of the US economy in the world economy, I think the fund’s 55% allocation of US stocks is appropriate.

By: Jason Unger

Jason Unger — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:53:40 +0000

So if you own every stock in the world, how do you allocate your portfolio to have Bogle’s recommended 20% intl stocks vs. 80% domestic?

By: MossySF

MossySF — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:40:19 +0000

StateStreet originally filed to have a Global TIPS ETF (WIP) but decided to change at the last minute to International TIPS.

Overseas Vanguard investors with 5M can get into the Global Bond Index. Not sure why they don’t bring this over here.

http://global.vanguard.com/international/hEurEN/invest/fnd_GlobalBndIndex_InsEN.html

Other global stock ETFs:

iShares ACWI uses the MSCI index and should act pretty similar to Vanguard’s FTSE index.

Northern Trust’s upcoming global equity index will use the Dow Jones index which includes midcap and smallcap funds so that option would provide more coverage than both Vanguard’s or iShare’s.