[Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
[Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
1. Please include all your financial assets such as retirement accounts, 529, etc.
2. Do not include cash per wiki.
3. It doesn't have to be strictly Vanguard funds, Please include equivalent funds (even S&P500 funds) representing the total markets.
4. For those who don't know three-fund portfolio, it's a portfolio of the following 3 funds.
Total Stock Market Index Fund
Total International Stock Index Fund
Total Bond Market Fund
http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio
If this is a repost, please delete. I searched but didn't find one.
2. Do not include cash per wiki.
3. It doesn't have to be strictly Vanguard funds, Please include equivalent funds (even S&P500 funds) representing the total markets.
4. For those who don't know three-fund portfolio, it's a portfolio of the following 3 funds.
Total Stock Market Index Fund
Total International Stock Index Fund
Total Bond Market Fund
http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio
If this is a repost, please delete. I searched but didn't find one.
Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
Funds at Vanguard are in a 3 fund portfolio (Int Tax-Exempt bonds in Taxable). My "new" 401k is not. My rollover IRA is at Vanguard. My wife's 401k is not. If we take a new job we will roll to Vanguard.
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I counted ibonds as not part of the total, but not in 3-fund. Is that "right"?
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My 3-fund portfolio has VG I-T bond fund rather than TBM. I voted 60% as that is my stock only %.
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Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
I don't consider "cash" to be either part of, or a departure from, the 3-fund portfolio, and I consider short-term bond index, short-term inflation-protected bond index, and I bonds as "cash."
So, excluding those:
a) All my stock holdings are Total Stock and Total International; no small or value tilt, no REIT, no overweighing of emerging markets.
b) About half of my bond holdings are Total Bond and about half are TIPS, mostly individual TIPS but also VIPSX. I consider this to be a departure from 3-fund.
By that count, I'm 70% 3-fund. Too bad I checked the wrong box and can't change my answer.
So, excluding those:
a) All my stock holdings are Total Stock and Total International; no small or value tilt, no REIT, no overweighing of emerging markets.
b) About half of my bond holdings are Total Bond and about half are TIPS, mostly individual TIPS but also VIPSX. I consider this to be a departure from 3-fund.
By that count, I'm 70% 3-fund. Too bad I checked the wrong box and can't change my answer.
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50% for me.
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Edit: couldn't read... now see #3 in OP's post
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Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
I do have a minuscule amount of Total International Bond Index, as it's included in the Lifestrategy fund which I own in my Roth. And I assumed that it was OK to count Lifestrategy funds as basically being 3-fund portfolios.
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Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
I say 95%, assuming that TIAA Traditional is equivalent to Total Bond. The missing 5% is in TIAA-CREF Real Estate.
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Less than 25% for me...
At this point in the poll... I'm in the majority
Doubt it will end that way with all of the 3 funders on this board.
Trev H
At this point in the poll... I'm in the majority
Doubt it will end that way with all of the 3 funders on this board.
Trev H
Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
I voted 25%, given that I am slightly over 25% and I rounded (you didn't use, at least - up to or similar boundaries).
This assumes the following:
TIAA Traditional is not a 3 fund (not total)
CREF Stock is not a 3 fund (not total of a single kind)
CREF Total Bond is a 3 fund (is total, or close)
CREF Inflation-Linked Securities is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard California Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard Emerging Markets is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard Large Cap Index is not a 3 fund (not total)
Of my 11 funds, only 3 are 3 funds. That seems about right, although I guess you could have two of the same type of 3 fund in different locations.
This assumes the following:
TIAA Traditional is not a 3 fund (not total)
CREF Stock is not a 3 fund (not total of a single kind)
CREF Total Bond is a 3 fund (is total, or close)
CREF Inflation-Linked Securities is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard California Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard Emerging Markets is not a 3 fund (not total)
Vanguard Large Cap Index is not a 3 fund (not total)
Of my 11 funds, only 3 are 3 funds. That seems about right, although I guess you could have two of the same type of 3 fund in different locations.
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500 is not total. I think I know what total means. I counted my totals, not my sorta, maybe, partially, totals.acegolfer wrote: Please include equivalent funds (even S&P500 funds) representing the total markets.
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Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
What would 100% in Vanguard Target Retirement Income Be?
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1 Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund Investor Shares* 39.1%Cut-Throat wrote:What would 100% in Vanguard Target Retirement Income Be?
2 Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares 21.3%
3 Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund 16.7%
4 Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund 13.9%
5 Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Investor Shares 9.0%
Add 1, 2, and 5. Or add 3 and 4 and subtract from 100.
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I try to do 3-fund where I can . I do not "tilt" .
In taxable, the bonds are Intermediate Tax Exempt
My one big exception is my current 401k which has only actively managed American Funds choices, so I cannot do 3-fund, but would if I could.
In taxable, the bonds are Intermediate Tax Exempt
My one big exception is my current 401k which has only actively managed American Funds choices, so I cannot do 3-fund, but would if I could.
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Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
I have 0% TBM, so I assume that means that I have 0% three-fund, despite the fact that TSM and TISM are about 40% of my stocks.
VT 60% / VFSUX 20% / TIPS 20%
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69%--until the next time they decide to jigger it.Cut-Throat wrote:What would 100% in Vanguard Target Retirement Income Be?
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/ ... =INT#tab=2
√ 39% Total Bond, check
√ 21% Total Stock, check
x 17% Short-Term Inflation Protected
x 14% Total International Bond
√ 9% Total International Stock, check
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It's either been a long day, or my advancing age has destroyed most of my brain cells, but I don't get what's being asked in this poll. Is the poll directed to those who have the three-fund portfolio talked about in this blog? Is the poll excluding those like me who have more than a three-fund portfolio?
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Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
Everyone knows 500 is not total. But most BH use 500 for TLH. Don't you?sscritic wrote:500 is not total. I think I know what total means. I counted my totals, not my sorta, maybe, partially, totals.acegolfer wrote: Please include equivalent funds (even S&P500 funds) representing the total markets.
Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
I hold the core 3 funds as a portion of my portfolio, but have other holdings as well so I answered 60% since that's what's in the 3 funds. For me, the other 40% includes municipal bonds, TIPS, US REITs, international real estate, micro-caps, small value, international small, & emerging markets.
gkaplan wrote:It's either been a long day, or my advancing age has destroyed most of my brain cells, but I don't get what's being asked in this poll. Is the poll directed to those who have the three-fund portfolio talked about in this blog? Is the poll excluding those like me who have more than a three-fund portfolio?
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I feel like I have to do math to answer this. I'm out.
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OK, thanks.... I was not sure if the International Bond Fund qualified.nisiprius wrote:69%--until the next time they decide to jigger it.Cut-Throat wrote:What would 100% in Vanguard Target Retirement Income Be?
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/ ... =INT#tab=2
√ 39% Total Bond, check
√ 21% Total Stock, check
x 17% Short-Term Inflation Protected
x 14% Total International Bond
√ 9% Total International Stock, check
Re: [Poll] % of 3 funds in your financial asset portfolio?
The #1 response so far (71 ppl) is 0-25%. I should have created more options for that segment.
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I excluded I Bonds from this total (and they are almost 20% of assets);
also excluded CD's (which I have gone to for the most part; instead of bonds)
of the balance 3 funds are almost 58%; Wellington (my only real bond part and my largest holding) Total domestic; Total international;
also excluded CD's (which I have gone to for the most part; instead of bonds)
of the balance 3 funds are almost 58%; Wellington (my only real bond part and my largest holding) Total domestic; Total international;
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I'm 17%, but am posting this before I vote because I want to stick my neck out with my prediction on the results.
It is a shame there isn't a choice for 100%, because I'd be curious how many purists there are.
I am guessing that <5% have 96-100% in the 3-fund portfolio. That is, Taylor is widely admired but rarely emulated, fund-choice-wise.
I am guessing that the modal response is a 26-35%, but my 2nd choice is 0-25%. I'd expect the bottom three choices to constitute the majority of the total.
I am guessing that the OP is at about 60%.
I have low confidence in my guesses but am curious how close I am.
It is a shame there isn't a choice for 100%, because I'd be curious how many purists there are.
I am guessing that <5% have 96-100% in the 3-fund portfolio. That is, Taylor is widely admired but rarely emulated, fund-choice-wise.
I am guessing that the modal response is a 26-35%, but my 2nd choice is 0-25%. I'd expect the bottom three choices to constitute the majority of the total.
I am guessing that the OP is at about 60%.
I have low confidence in my guesses but am curious how close I am.
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I was way off on this guess. Way more Taylor-heads than I guessed. That's another testament to his wisdom and communication skills.Aptenodytes wrote: I am guessing that <5% have 96-100% in the 3-fund portfolio. That is, Taylor is widely admired but rarely emulated, fund-choice-wise.
I suppose you'd count this partially correct. The modal response was 0-25, not 26-35. In retrospect that should have been more obvious -- I was confident it would be a low number, and 0-25 covers much more territory than 26-35 so it would have been more logical.Aptenodytes wrote: I am guessing that the modal response is a 26-35%, but my 2nd choice is 0-25%. I'd expect the bottom three choices to constitute the majority of the total.
I was wrong that the bottom three would constitute the majority. We are more spread out than I thought, in addition to having more 3-funders than I thought.
Don't know. Acegolfer admits to having underestimated how many people would be 0-25, which is consistent with being on the high side. But we don't know how high.Aptenodytes wrote: I am guessing that the OP is at about 60%.
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If I had counted TIAA traditional as equivalent to total bond, I would have been at 31%. At least one other respondent did that, but I took a more literal approach.
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I answered around 70%. I didn't bother to go calculate it. It's somewhere between 65% and 80%. I've got some EM (index), small tilt (index), REIT (index), tax-exempt bonds, high yield bonds, and active equity funds mixed in.
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About 50% I excluded TSP G fund, stocks and munis
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I would reverse this to consider cash as either short term bond index or any other short term high quality FI security as cash. After all cash or MM funds are nothing but short term fixed income securities just like the others except for a shorter duration.nisiprius wrote:I don't consider "cash" to be either part of, or a departure from, the 3-fund portfolio, and I consider short-term bond index, short-term inflation-protected bond index, and I bonds as "cash."
Question: Are 4 wk t-bills cash or short term bonds?
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0.0% mostly due to the choices in the Federal TSP. However the alternative answer for myself may be 60% or 75%.
I would speculate that if Taylor were an active federal employee his % would also be 0.0%.
Even a purist Fed, who invest outside holdings to replicate three funds and appreciates the special characteristics of TSP G versus normal Treasury/agency bonds would be at 0.0%.
They would go TSP G, TSP C, TSP I, TSP S plus in outside accounts EM, SCI and one or two bond funds to add corporate and other FI exposure.
If I look at picks that in aggregate purely replicate the three fund approach (TSP C+TSP S, TSP I+EM+SCI) I come up with 60%.
If TSP G is included as "acceptable or better" option to TBM, I get to 75%.
I would speculate that if Taylor were an active federal employee his % would also be 0.0%.
Even a purist Fed, who invest outside holdings to replicate three funds and appreciates the special characteristics of TSP G versus normal Treasury/agency bonds would be at 0.0%.
They would go TSP G, TSP C, TSP I, TSP S plus in outside accounts EM, SCI and one or two bond funds to add corporate and other FI exposure.
If I look at picks that in aggregate purely replicate the three fund approach (TSP C+TSP S, TSP I+EM+SCI) I come up with 60%.
If TSP G is included as "acceptable or better" option to TBM, I get to 75%.
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I just made the cut at 86%.
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