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anyone ? Anyone ?! Sorry I tend to write lengthy. Was never good at summary writing in school. Would like to hear from people on what's the max one should pay as fees/expenses for DFA funds ? Unlike in US, I am unable to replicate DFA fund portfolios using index funds / ETFs.

I posted this to bogleheads, still waiting for replies there. I thought I would crosspost it here as well to get opinions from knowledgeable folks here. didnt want to cut/paste the whole post here, hence just a link : Bogleheads :: View topic - DFA funds UK - anyone ?! Essentially the...

Nun, I would like your opinion on what Vanguard funds you would suggest for (a) equities (b) bonds. Lets say : taxable account, and the person wants to go with 60% equities and 40% bonds and has say a 10 year time horizon. Cheers

I guess I see the central point of nun's message : Keep costs as low as possible, keep things as simple as possible and just get the market's overall long term return. I suppose the key is having a clear goal for your money, and if a Toyota will get you there in the expected timeframe, why...

Appreciate your thoughts. Sorry, I dont intend to be argumentative here, but I am not convinced with the "Its all about personal preference" argument. I dont understand why investing should be like buying a shirt : "Okay, I like this color / design". We invest in order to get some growth on...

I hear you. Simplicity is good, but we are not talking about some ultra-complicated market-timing day trading strategies. Slice and dice is just an extra 15 minutes a year. Whats so complicated about that ? To explain : lets say I was in the US (Lets leave the UK equation out of the picture)...

> It's pretty well known around here that folks don't pay transaction costs > Homework assignment: Which brokers are free? Thanks :-) Sorry, my problem is unique. I live in the UK and still access my old US funds, banks, brokerage accounts. Unfortunately, since I dont have a US...

> While going with Vanguard is probably not the way to reverse engineer a DFA portfolio (use ETFs instead), Could you please explain why ? One thing I dont like about ETFs is the transaction costs which Vanguard mutual funds dont have. I guess ETFs make sense for bulk investments which I dont...

Nun, I think DFA vs do-it-yourself index funds deserves lot more research rather than just tossing it away. I have done a bit of research and it looks DFA might be slightly better. Please hear me out ...Just do a DFA vs Vanguard in google and there are some very interesting posts with data and...