What's the closest that we have to US index funds?

[itachi]

Not yet. Haven’t checked them kasi parang ang conservative ng BPI? Haha. Though will check. Nag-invest ka dun?

@abbymaria Got it. Will check. Pero diba US ang Vanguard? Accessible ba siya sa mga nasa Pinas? (sorry, investing noob rushes to Google)

@arwen I was looking for something na invest and forget kasi. Like yung napag-usapan sa Investing talk thread.

Investment Talk

I am a huge fan of index funds. I follow a lot of John Bogle’s principles in investing: simple, automatic, low-cost, diversified. My stock portfolio is in TSP (Thrift Savings Plan, federal/military equivalent of 401K) and Vanguard where I hold Target Retirement funds and VTSAX (US Total Stock Market). Started investing at age 23 with very minimal contributions then gradually increase with each pay raise. My target asset allocation is 75% US stocks, 20% Int’l, 5% Bonds.

@arwen

That being said, iba talaga ang index fund sa US vs sa Pinas, kasi magkaibang markets sila naka index (malabo ba?)

Got it. Nagtataka lang din ako bakit ang konti ng tinatrack na companies dito sa atin. Is it because less developed ang stock market natin?