Dec 10th, 2009
Gone Till November: How Our Model Portfolio Did This Month
It’s been a great year for investing, and November ended up being no exception. After a mostly sideways October, let’s see what kinds of gains we made in our personal model portfolio for the month of November 2009:
The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSMX), making up the largest share of our portfolio, was up another 5.05% in November. Remember that this fund also yields 1.99%. The Vanguard Total International Stock Fund (VGTSX) was also up, this time 3.12%, while yielding 2.32%. In the fixed income portion of our portfolio, the Vanguard GNMA Fund (VFIIX) was also up, 1.11%, while yielding a very impressive 4.16%. And finally, the Vanguard Total Bond Fund (VBMFX) was up 1.15% with a 4.15% yield.
Overall, it was another great month in investing, and aside from the largely sideways October, since March our portfolio–just like the stock market as a whole–has done fabulously. Let’s hope December closes out strong!
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