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2. Hmm. The Vanguard Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund is up 13.8% year-to-date and 15.2% over the

Reply to Shermann (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 28, 2023, 07:56 PM

Jun 2023

past 12 months.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VTSAX/history
The Adjusted Close column is adjusted for dividends and other distributions, so its the one to use for total return calculations.

I dunno about the DOW so I don't know what its performance metrics are nor do I care in the slightest. It is a legacy index that is not at all representative of the total U.S. stock market. It's just a price-weighted average of 30 so-called blue chip stocks. Price-weighted - how silly.

The total U.S. stock market, is well, the total U.S. stock market.

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Been doing the sideways shuffle dance all year nt Shermann Jun 2023 #1

Hmm. The Vanguard Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund is up 13.8% year-to-date and 15.2% over the progree Jun 2023 #2