The Way to Build Wealth » Index Funds http://www.thewaytobuildwealth.org Ethan Bloch shares wealth building hacks, tips and wisdom discovered from the world's greatest minds. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The 4-Fund Portfolio – Episode #36 http://www.thewaytobuildwealth.org/2009/01/the-4-fund-portfolio-episode-36/ http://www.thewaytobuildwealth.org/2009/01/the-4-fund-portfolio-episode-36/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:35:25 +0000 Ethan Bloch http://www.thewaytobuildwealth.org/?p=346

1 Money Market Fund + 3 Index Funds = The 4-Fund Portfolio. Extremely powerful, yet pleasantly simple, that’s what Ethan Bloch is talking about on today’s episode.

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Links mentioned in today’s episode:

The World’s Best Money Market Funds
Total Stock Market Index Funds
International Stock Index Funds
Total Bond Market Index Funds
IRA’s In The House!

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Ethan Bloch highlights three criteria from his Index Fund checklist. The full checklist is linked up below in webpage and PDF form. Be sure to print this bad boy and place it in your wallet for fast and easy access.

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Wine drank on today’s episode:

Vista Hermosa – Red Wine [link N/A]

Resources that go along with today’s episode:

Index Fund Checklist
Index Fund Checklist – Wallet Size PDF

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A big thanks to Ariel Waldman and friends as well as Get Satisfaction for throwing and hosting CupcakeCamp2.

In today’s show Ethan Bloch talks about International Index Funds; their advantages and disadvantages, as well as a few common misconceptions.

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Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

International Index Funds
European Stock Index Funds
Pacific Stock Index Funds
Emerging Markets Stock Index Funds

Links mentioned in today’s episode:

CupcakeCamp

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Do Index Funds provide enough diversification? Is it a bad idea to only hold a few index funds as your entire investment portfolio? In today’s episode Ethan Bloch answers these questions.

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Links from today’s episode:

Stocks Are King. But Bonds Can Be Tasty Too! – Episode #19
Comment about Index Fund diversification

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This is a redo of an episode we didn’t release two weeks ago…

Someone wrote in and asked Ethan why he didn’t talk about ETFs in his episode on Index Funds. Here’s Ethan’s response.

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Wine drank on today’s episode:

Vin-Sanity Chardonnay 2004

Links from today’s episode:

Mutual Funds Suck – Episode #12

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In today’s episode Ethan Bloch talks about the three different online brokerages he believes have the best Index Fund offerings.

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Link’s mentioned in today’s episode:

Ultimate Index Fund Resource

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Written by the father of the worlds first Index Fund, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is responsible for many of the views Ethan Bloch holds in regards to Index Funds and Mutual Funds.

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Book reviewed on today’s episode:

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing By John C. Bogel

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What are Index Funds and why should you care? Hit play for answers.

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Books mentioned on today’s episode:

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogel
Stocks for the Long Run, 4th Edition by Jeremy Siegel
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

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In today’s episode Ethan Bloch stresses the importance of understanding the fundamental difference between investing and speculating.

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Book mentioned in today’s episode:

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

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So many investors, brokers and money managers hate to admit it, but the best place for the average retail investor to put his or her money is in Index Funds.

We will be covering Index Funds heavily here at The Way to Build Wealth as well as discussing the Passive investing approach.

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