Vanguard target date fund - can i recreate it with a mix of funds myself or is it better to leave it as is for 401k. Dont plan to actively manage it

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You can recreate it yourself, but the target date fund handles regular rebalancing. If you don't want to do that yourself, pick the target date fund.

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In our plan you can set an auto balance. Your point is a good one though. That is the benefit of the target date funds. You have to pay for that benefit with a little higher expense ratio. The ratios in ours are pretty low so the target date funds are a great choice

You can look at the percentages based on the date you pick. You can use the sp500 fund for the total us market. The international index fund and the bond index fund in out plan. Those three should get pretty close. I can’t remember what else is in the target date, but it is easy to check. The 3 index funds would be good enough though

I find that the target date funds are too conservative. I used one for a 529 plan but picked a date later than my actual target date so that it would be a little less conservative.

Thanks for all the advice. Looks like it be done with little work. That said, any other funds I need to include in my portfolio besides the S&P, international and bond? IPOs, etc.? Again, don't want to actively manage but want to make sure I am reasonably aggressive for now.

You could always get a reit like VNQ or a techy etf like arkk. I mean there’s hundreds of choices, it’s depends on your risk tolerance and interest in different sectors, along with your interest in managing your money and willingness to pay fund and load fees

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