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I read the article and immediately wanted to find out the actual holdings they allocate in their stock-based and bond-based portfolios. However, I couldn't find
by cloudkj 16y ago
I read the article and immediately wanted to find out the actual holdings they allocate in their stock-based and bond-based portfolios. However, I couldn't find any information on the actual holdings, which is information that I consider to be pretty important. Do they just buy broad market index based ETFs? Would I be exposed to domestic, international, and emerging markets?
The experience is "dumbed down" to make it dead simple, but I feel that it's missing certain power-user features that would help convince people more in touch with their finances to make the switch to their solution. 0.9% is also a pretty high expense ratio. I'm guessing it's to offset redemption trades, fees, and what not. In comparison, passively managed Vanguard-style mutual funds/ETFs that also invest in broad indexes have expense ratios that are an order of magnitude lower.
- mos1 16y agoEquities: DIAMONDS Trust Series 1, iShares S&P 500 Value Index, iShares S&P 1000 Value Index, iShares Russell 2000 Value Index, iShares Russell Midcap Value Index, and Vanguard Total Stock Market. Bonds: iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund. So not only do you get to pay them 0.9%, you also get to pay the (much more reasonable) fees charged by Vanguard and iShares.