The 8 Best Vanguard Index Funds

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Vanguard created the index funds, so I want to explore what are the best Vanguard Index funds.

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What is Vanguard?

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What are Index Funds?

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Are there Pros and Cons to Vanguard Index Funds?

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Here are the 8 Best Vanguard Index Funds

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1. VTSAX: The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

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2. VFIAX: The Vanguard S&P 500 Fund

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3. VBTLX: The Vanguard Total Bond Index Fund

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4. VTIAX: The Vanguard International Index Fund

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The 8 Best Vanguard Index Funds

Vanguard created the index funds, so I want to explore what are the best Vanguard Index funds.

What is Vanguard?

Vanguard is a brokerage company created by John Bogle in 1975. John Bogle wanted to create a brokerage company owned by the people to make investing easy.

What are Index Funds?

An index fund is a fund of companies created to mimic an index.

Are there Pros and Cons to Vanguard Index Funds?

Here are the 8 Best Vanguard Index Funds

As we take a look at some of the best Vanguard index funds, we see that there are many that allow us as the investor to invest in different sectors. There are Vanguard index funds on real estate, growth, S&P 500, bonds, and even tech.

1. VTSAX: The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

This is one of the best index funds out there. It has the history, the price point, the recommendations from so many people, and it has a collection of over 3500 different companies that make up this fund.

2. VFIAX: The Vanguard S&P 500 Fund

This is one of the original index funds. Initially, this was the admiral shares of the fund, but VFINX has been discontinued for new investors.

3. VBTLX: The Vanguard Total Bond Index Fund

VBTLX offers an index fund that has a broad range of bonds. This index fund does not hold any junk bonds or any C-graded bonds, and this is a way to keep the bond index fund from fluctuation.

4. VTIAX: The Vanguard International Index Fund

This index fund consists of thousands of companies worldwide. There are about 7000 different companies that help make up VTIAX.

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