Showing posts with label VTSMX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VTSMX. Show all posts
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Performance of some older Vanguard funds since inception, through June 30, 2025

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In chronological order:   Wellington Fund, VWELX, inception July 1, 1929: 8.35% Windsor Fund, VWNDX, inception October 23, 1958: 11.24% U. S...

Vanguard performance: Total bond and total stock market indices since inception

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 VBMFX, inception 12/11/1986: 5.03% through 6/30/25 VTSMX, inception 4/27/1992: 10.47% through 6/30/25 
Friday, January 2, 2015

Happy talk from Robert Lenzner of Forbes misses the 180 month bear market in performance

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Robert Lenzner of Forbes, here , is only off by an order of magnitude (18 months vs. 180): Bull markets last on average about 97 month...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

15-year total return from popular Vanguard index funds through 12/31/14 shows bonds beating stocks since 1999 except on the short end

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Per annum return per Morningstar tonight: Total international stock index, VGTSX = 2.96% Short term bond index, VBISX = 4.05% ...
Friday, October 31, 2014

Gold miners dive: VGPMX plunged to 8.91 yesterday, hasn't been that cheap since January 2002

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The historical low for VGPMX was 5.05 on 8/31/98. The historical high was 40.02 on 5/19/08. The maximum NAV gain was 692.47%. Alan...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Vanguard's VTSMX Makes New All Time High At 46.67 Today, 53rd And Final New High Of 2013

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What a year for this fund: an average of one new high a week, plus one.
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Vanguard's VTSMX Posts Record High Of 45.46 Yesterday, The 44th New High In 2013

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This fund, Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index, has posted new all time highs in every month this year save June: one in January, six in...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Vanguard's VTSMX Now The World's Biggest Mutual Fund, Edging Out PIMCO Total Return

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From the story here : For the year, the Pimco Total Return Fund has had outflows of about $33.2 billion. The fund, which is managed by Pimco...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

New Stock Market High Based On Nothing But ZI(R)P

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The total stock market makes another new high today on mere words from the Federal Reserve. So what does that have to do with fundamental an...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

5 Years Post-Lehman Bros. Bankruptcy, VTSMX Makes New All Time High

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Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index Fund is up 163% since the March 2009 low of 16.43. On the day Lehman Bros. failed in September 2008,...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Rosie May Be Right: Cash May No Longer Be Safe

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David Rosenberg points out that financial repression could go on as long as 2018, here : [T]he Fed said in its December post-meeting press r...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Jim Cramer Sucks: Vanguard's Total Market Index Vaults To 41.02

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Up 147% since the March 2009 low of about 16.60. Don't forget, Jim Cramer told you on NBC, the Obama network, the Monday morning after T...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Thanks for nothing, Jim Cramer

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Flashback to Jim Cramer, Monday, 10/06/2008 ("Take Your Money Out Right Now"): “Whatever money you may need for the next five year...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Hits All Time High Today at 37.80

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Wow.