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Anyone have a good set of features that differentiate between the two?

I don't need all-day tradability. ETFs have transaction costs as well. bid/ask spread too.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of etf's vs mutual funds?

All good advice thus far. I have 3 accounts, IRA (from a 401k rollover), SEP-IRA established last week (from my corporation that I own), and the taxable account. My first steps are to get the international stock and total bond funds (I'm aiming for 10% bonds) purchased and balanced. Then I will worr...

Thanks for the info, very helpful. Will probably go core four (reit, vtsax, total interational stock, total bond).

Since I'm young I will weight the stock and REIT heavily compared to bonds.

I have only one fund in Vanguard, just VTSAX. I would like to diversify into other mutual funds, low expense ratio, no load, in Vanguard. The three-fund portfolios say international stock and total bond funds are good complements to total stock market index funds. However, since interest rates can o...

Anyone have any idea when this is? More importantly, when the record date is?