{"id":634,"date":"2010-05-22T17:59:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investing.kubasek.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2012-01-02T12:06:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T12:06:50","slug":"good-quality-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":"Good Quality Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my retirement accounts, I only hold Mutual Funds. Why? More security. More diversity. I&#8217;m also open to holding ETFs, which are almost like Mutual Funds, but I try to stay away from stocks.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to rebalance every year or so. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done it. But because we had a decent dip recently, I think it might be a good time for me to do so. Plus, I have come across some excellent Mutual Funds in the Kiplinger&#8217;s magazine &#8212; I always try to buy their yearly issue focused on Mutual Funds.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some funds which I like and which I picked mostly from that issue. I&#8217;m entering trades as I&#8217;m writing this post.<\/p>\n<h2>Bond Funds<\/h2>\n<p><?php fund(\"Loomis Sayles Bond\", \"LSBRX\") ?><\/p>\n<p><?php fund(\"Pimco Total Return\", \"PTTAX\") ?><\/p>\n<p>A pair of the best and most famous bond funds, as per Kiplinger&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><?php fund(\"Vanguard Total Bond Market Index\", \"VBMFX\") ?> (also available as an ETF, <?php stock(\"BND\")?>)<\/p>\n<p>Another of our favorites, same source.<\/p>\n<p><?php fund(\"Harbor Fund\", \"HABDX\") ?><\/p>\n<p>The portfolio of Harbor more or less reflects the distilled wisdom of Bill Gross and his colleagues at Pimco. Kiplinger&#8217;s top 25 pick.<\/p>\n<p><?php fund(\"Vanguard Infaltion-Protected Securities\", \"VIPSX\") ?> (also available as an ETF, <?php stock(\"TIP\")?>)<br \/>\nFor added security, it&#8217;s always have to have some TIPS.<\/p>\n<h2>Large-Company Funds<\/h2>\n<p><?php fund(\"Fidelity Contrafund\", \"FCNTX\") ?><\/p>\n<p>Recently reopened. Kiplinger&#8217;s Top 25.<\/p>\n<p><?php fund(\"Longleaf Partners\", \"LLPFX\") ?><\/p>\n<p>Kiplinger&#8217;s Top 25. Impressive returns.<\/p>\n<h2>International Funds<\/h2>\n<p><?php fund(\"Marsico Global\", \"MGLBX\") ?><\/p>\n<p>Very good returns. Kiplinger&#8217;s top 25 pick.<\/p>\n<p><?php fund(\"Vanguard Global Equity Fund\", \"VHGEX\") ?><\/p>\n<p>Good returns as well. I like it.<\/p>\n<p>There you have it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my retirement accounts, I only hold Mutual Funds. Why? More security. More diversity. I&#8217;m also open to holding ETFs, which are almost like Mutual Funds, but I try to stay away from stocks. It&#8217;s good to rebalance every year or so. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done it. But because we had a decent dip recently, I think it might be a good time for me to do so. Plus, I have come across some excellent Mutual Funds in the Kiplinger&#8217;s magazine &#8212; I always try to buy their yearly issue focused on Mutual Funds. Here are some funds which I like and which I picked mostly from that issue. I&#8217;m entering trades as I&#8217;m writing this post. Bond Funds A pair of the best and most famous bond funds, as per Kiplinger&#8217;s. (also available as an ETF, ) Another of our favorites, same source. The portfolio of Harbor more or less reflects the distilled wisdom of Bill Gross and his colleagues at Pimco. Kiplinger&#8217;s top 25 pick. (also available as an ETF, ) For added security, it&#8217;s always have to have some TIPS. Large-Company Funds Recently reopened. Kiplinger&#8217;s Top 25. Kiplinger&#8217;s Top 25. Impressive returns. International Funds Very good returns. Kiplinger&#8217;s top 25 pick. Good returns as well. I like it. There you have it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[85,91],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investing","tag-investing-3","tag-mutualfunds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}