All in Vanguard?

Zola.

This is true, but whats not to say it wont run strong for another good run of years. Its is always tempting.

Grass greener on the other side etc..

Generally I am happy enough with my Vanguard Fund though..

Prism

A_T wrote: »

It's less than 8 years old and has only experienced a bull market. Over 20 years I would not expect it to beat a global tracker.

The thing is Fundsmith is actually designed to do better during a bear market than a bull market. Its defensive compared to the index. I would not be surprised if it does even better during downturns. I certainly own it for its defensive properties - the steady growth is certainly nice too

Thrugelmir

Tarambor wrote: »

What are the figures for their long term gains? Over 30 years is it any better than say just investing in an entire index such as S&P 500 which has grown by 1000% over the last 30 year period?

In the past 30 years or so. Out of 25,000 US listed only 800 companies have beaten inflation.

Stats are just stats. Underneath there's a lot of interesting information.

TBC15

A_T wrote: »

It's less than 8 years old and has only experienced a bull market. Over 20 years I would not expect it to beat a global tracker.

Any particular global tracker in mind?

BritishInvestor

Prism wrote: »

The thing is Fundsmith is actually designed to do better during a bear market than a bull market. Its defensive compared to the index. I would not be surprised if it does even better during downturns. I certainly own it for its defensive properties - the steady growth is certainly nice too

Not entirely sure a concentrated portfolio of large cap growth stocks is overly defensive

A_T

TBC15 wrote: »

Any particular global tracker in mind?

any of them

A_T

BritishInvestor wrote: »

Not entirely sure a concentrated portfolio of large cap growth stocks is overly defensive

Indeed. Terry Smith is fond of telling us how well his stock picks will do in a downturn but that is untested and far from certain.