Comments on: New Vanguard Global Stock Index Fund and ETF

By: Is the Current Market Drop Bad, Good or Irrelevant?

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[...] now might be a great time to consider setting up something like the couch potato portfolio, or the Vanguard Global Stock Index Fund.� My brother has been making weekly contributions to the TD International Index (diversified [...]

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By: Weekly Linkly: April 13, 2008 | Young Money Habits

Weekly Linkly: April 13, 2008 | Young Money Habits — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:57:24 +0000

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By: Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup - April 11, 2008 » The Dividend Guy Blog

Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup - April 11, 2008 » The Dividend Guy Blog — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:32:18 +0000

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By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:56:51 +0000

DGI – I’d rather have an ETF that contained every security but the management fees would probably be higher as well.

I’m not too concerned about missing the ‘next big thing’ – if a stock or group of stocks in the excluded portion do well, then they will end up in the index before they get too big, so you will be able to benefit from them.

By: Dividend growth investor

Dividend growth investor — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:42:45 +0000

Wow investing advice and advice on picking up girls @ bars. That’s my type of buy one get one free a deal

I do not know how well the WORLD ETF is diversified. I would love to see an ETF that is comprised of ALL countries in the world that have a stock exchange where there are at least 20 securities that trade every day. Other than that most world ETF’s consist of many European shares, some Japan stocks and the rest is left to large countries like China, Australia, Brazil etc. But, we might be missing on the “next big thing” over the next decades to 100 years.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:21:08 +0000

That’s interesting Kyle. And I always thought that being a nice guy was a huge turn-on for women.

Regardless, I’m now happily married so those single-try-to-pick-up-chicks days are thankfully over.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:34:16 +0000

Mike, thank you. Stupid t-shirts really are the secret to picking up women. If I just lean against the bar and act like I’m deep in thought, I am practically guaranteed to be approached by at least 3 or 4 women per hour in a crowded bar. It’s too easy.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:03:18 +0000

Kyle – I see what you mean – good point. Yes, the capital gains taxes are pretty much the same in Canada as in the US.

By the way your post today was hilarious.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:11:11 +0000

Mike, no need to sell one fund or another to rebalance. I guess if your balance is fairly small, you could always just rebalance by directing new contributions to the appropriate place, but once you get a sizeable account going, the tax consequences of rebalancing in a taxable account can be significant. At least in the US. I don’t know how Canadian taxes work.