Originally Posted by
Wings5
Have you had accounts with Vanguard? Looking over their info and speaking to them, it all seems pretty straightforward. I've always stuck to basics when it comes to finance (save up to buy, don't take on debt, sack away money, etc.) but we're starting to move into some investment strategy.
Yup, I have had accounts (mutual funds, no brokerage account) with Vanguard since the very beginning. I only do index funds, so they are the main game in town. If you want to build a diversified index portfolio, it's a pretty good place to be. My biggest financial pet peeve concerning Vanguard is that they will not provide the appropriate documentation to sell mutual fund shares via the specific share identification method. They only will do average cost. If you only have retirement-type accounts there (i.e. IRAs, etc) then that will not matter to you. Also, for some reason they will not really allow you to use special characters to make strong passwords. Other than those nit picks, they're great.