Please help! I started a Vanguard acct after graduating - had no idea what I was doing & randomly picked funds that I heard a lot about without doing much research. Had great gains, but now I’m invested in way too many & im sure there’s a ton of overlap. I’d like to consolidate my portfolio a bit, but does it make sense to sell some funds fully & pay taxes now or just buy only from a few funds I already own moving forward vs. scattering across all 15-20? (Portfolio below)

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My approach: 100% VTI and chill

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Yeah but the basket consists of the whole us equity market

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Jeez! Well, if taxable, just leave it. Only put future funds into one or two.

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None of these funds are bad and you don't need to get rid of them pronto. Each will reap benefits.
Agree with the opinion of others so far. Don't sell immediately. Put more into 4-5 funds that you feel make better sense. Consolidate or reallocate once they are long, if you absolutely cannot live with so many.
I personally have quite a few ETFs and some of them overlap to some extent. However, they do give me my intended weightage in a sector or cap.
Important thing to consider - Just because an ETF follows the Total Market Index (TMI) does not mean you can get required exposure to the entire market. The percentage holding is weighted on market cap making a TMI ETF almost equivalent to large cap growth + large cap value. If you want more expoure to mid and small caps you need to buy something like VXF, if you like small cap growth then VBK and so on. Hope you get the drift.

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If you plan on going to grad school or taking a year with no/low income you can sell them then and pay no taxes. Agree with others that the funds all seem okay so it’s probably not worth it to sell now and pay full tax

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Definitely a lot of overlap. VFIAX = VOO. Definitely no rhyme or reason here, but whatevs, you’ll be fine.

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Is this in an IRA, or taxable?

Lots of good funds I wouldn’t worry , but would tax harvest like the others mentioned

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Thanks, all! Really helpful.
In terms of the funds I should keep investing into as my “core” ones, any advice on 3-5 from my list that don’t have much overlap?
I have automated investments into the mutual funds but can stop & put that money elsewhere too.

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