All in Vanguard?

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  • Zola.
    Zola. Posts: 2,204 Forumite
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    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
    Prism Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    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
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    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
    TBC15 Posts: 1,452 Forumite
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    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
    BritishInvestor Posts: 949 Forumite
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    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
    A_T Posts: 959 Forumite
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    TBC15 wrote: »
    Any particular global tracker in mind?

    any of them
  • A_T
    A_T Posts: 959 Forumite
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    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.
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