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I am considering swithing from average cost to specific ID cost basis tracking in my Vanguard taxable account. It is 100% Vanguard Total Stock Market Index with semi monthly contributions. I don't have any plans to use this money in the foreseeable future. I have seen people say on here that people ...

I have a few questions about specific ID cost basis tracking for my taxable Vanguard account. My plan is to buy and hold just two index funds. 1. I do not intend to do tax loss harvesting when the market goes down. That seems more complicated than I'm interested in. I just want to be able to avoid t...

Lets say my budget allows for $1,000 to invest every month. My current asset allocation target is 85/15. So I would invest $850 into a total stock market index fund and $150 into a total bond market index fund. But what if instead I used the $150 as an extra principal payment on my 4% mortgage? I vi...

I just opened a Vanguard taxable account. I was planning to invest in the total stock market index fund and the total bond market index fund. But I see that the ETF versions of those two funds have slightly lower expense ratios and no minimum investment requirement. And they are commission free. So ...