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Thanks very much for the recommendations. I appreciate it. I should not have been so down on the funds as it has been a poor few years for holding International.
I understand why J. Bogle is not into International funds. There aren't a lot of Vanguard International Funds that I would want either. I do own VMVFX, along with GLFOX and GGSOX which are global funds, and FMIJX is my only truly International fun…
I too have added to GLFOX in the past couple of weeks. And AUENX. I like the fact that AUENX does not simply rely on Consumer Defensive stocks, but includes a good amount of Financial and Utilities. And also contains a good amount of mid cap. My …
I know that loads are waived at most brokerages, but just the fact they may get the load off some investors is a real turnoff for me. Even if waived, I tend to not want that fund.
These are good questions, and time will tell. I am guilty, as I have small holdings in this and DLEUX. Some have quite larger holdings so I hope all goes well for them. However, there are a lot of funds listed on these pages that seem to be excel…