Index Fund reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 193 Reddit reviews across 28 subreddits and 62 posts to rank the best Index Fund brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/personalfinance, r/mutualfunds, r/fidelityinvestments, r/Bogleheads, r/stocks. Top-rated brands include Vanguard (4.5/5), Fidelity (4.8/5), S&P 500 (4.0/5).
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Reviews193
Subreddits28
Posts62
Brands82
Products43
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#1
Vanguard
4.5
(53)
"VTI is a better, more diversified choice than VOO."
"Personally I like VTI for full US market and expense ratio is low."
"Purchase: VTI - Vanguard Total US stock ETF"
"VTI is my go-to because it’s more diversified than the S&P 500."
"If your super young, voo, qqq, schd... if your closer to 40, schd, qqqi, spyi"
"VTI and chill."
"Vtsax 70% VTIAX 20% VFSUX 10%. The allocations can get more or less aggressive depending upon your risk tolerance but this portfolio gives you S & P exposure mainly with some international and a lesser amount to short term bonds."
"VOO - track SP500 - 11% average but last 5% years it's closer to 20% per year or so"
"How about a three-fund portfolio of total US + total International + Bonds?"
"All into VTSAX is an excellent choice for someone young and will be the cornerstone of your investments going forward."
#2
Fidelity
4.8
(12)
"FXAIX: outperforms and 0.015 expense ratio."
"You can pick a target date fund matching your retirement date."
"I am 100% allocated in FXAIX in my 401k, iirc my overall return is like 22%."
"For ira at fidelity fskax or fzrox is probably better for investors then Vti due to auto investing and cheaper fees."
"I’m not an expert, but FXAIX has a very low net expense ratio of 0.015%."
"A total stock market or S & P 500 fund are good options."
"Total Market index fund. FSKAX is one example."
"Everything in FSKAX and chill."
"I prefer FXAIX to VOO."
"Fidelity probably has some target-date funds that are kinda similar to what you're looking for."
#3
S&P 500
4.0
(7)
"When in doubt, use S&P500. It’s investing in the biggest 500 companies in the US market."
"I made the switch earlier last year from 100% target date 2060 to 50/50 TD 2060 and S&P 500 and I don’t regret it."
"My brokerage is 50% SP500, 25% Total, 25% other."
"S&p index until feb’2025. Bonds after until recession crash."
"I think if I was only allowed one investment I would take the S&P500."
"Going whole hog into SP500 is fine particularly if you're young."
"If you want to take the risk, and 'manage' your funds then put them towards the Sp500."
#4
Schwab
4.8
(5)
"If your super young, voo, qqq, schd... if your closer to 40, schd, qqqi, spyi"
"SCHD for dividends."
"Obligatory: SCHD"
"Schwab's S&P 500 index mutual fund SWPPX has a very low expense ratio."
"SWPPX, VOO, FXAIX . Basically s&p 500"
#5
SPDR
3.8
(5)
"SPLG is another great option instead of spy, voo or fxaix. 0.02% expense ratio and but less AUM then voo."
"But if your weak then splg is the best for you.."
"You’d do better with SPLG bc you’ll have more shares"
"I will do SPLG, 0.02% ER. I prefer ETF over mutual fund."
"That seals it for me SPLOOG > VOO"
#6
Index Fund
4.5
(4)
"If the question is easiest and safest than that is pretty widely recognized as the way to go."
"And index fund of some kind is about as passive as it gets"
"Any index fund will give the same return because people cannot change anything in an index other than the exchange itself."
"I'd probably do mostly index fund and use some of the money to buy some land."
#7
VOO
4.3
(4)
"If you want an S&P 500 index fund, VOO would be a great option."
"VOO and chill"
"For college, save in a margin account buying VOO, take federal student loans, continue investing in VOO the whole time."
"I am personally a VOO type of person for my 401k."
#8
HDFC
4.0
(4)
"HDFC NIFTY 100 Equal Weight"
"HDFC Sensex Index Fund. Oldest & largest with quite good tracking history."
"HDFC or ICICI sensex fund. Both are equally good."
"HDFC sensex fund. Heard or read somewhere."
#9
VTI
4.7
(3)
"I went with VTI, averaged 13% within the past 8 years."
"SPY or VTI are phenomenal picks."
"Total market fund like VTI. It includes small caps which in the long run will have a slightly higher return."
#10
SPY
4.7
(3)
"SPY or VTI are phenomenal picks."
"Putting $1M into SPY on 1/2/1996... would have been worth $9,205,452 on 12/31/2020."
"If you don’t know nothing about stocks then throw at SPY and forget about it."
#11
VT
4.3
(3)
"I would go for VT, an all world ETF."
"Did you look into VT?"
"I would say is better to buy a world market index fund like VT, to increase diversification."
#12
ICICI
4.0
(3)
"ICICI, HDFC and SBI nifty 50 index funds are some popular names next to UTI nifty 50 index fund"
"All of them are quite similar. Icici,sbi"
"Icici"
#13
SCHD
4.0
(3)
"SCHD pays good dividends."
"Youll need about 1 million dollars fyi. schd."
"SCHD is great, and SCHY is too if you want international exposure."
#14
UTI
4.0
(3)
"UTI Nifty 50 Index Fund – A solid performer over the long term."
"UTI is good enough"
"UTI Nifty 50 index fund direct growth."
#15
Nifty
3.7
(3)
"Nifty total market index fund is better than nifty 50 returns."
"Nifty Next 50 and Momentum"
"For growth- nifty 200 momentum 30 (will give good returns but it will be the most volatile) - 30 k."
#16
Berkshire Hathaway
5.0
(2)
"Not a fund but check out BRK B. No dividend and very stable."
"The best proxy to the S&P 500 that is accumulating, US based, and has no dividends is likely Berkshire."
#17
SCHB/SCHD
5.0
(2)
"SCHB! SCHB is more tax efficient."
"SCHB and SCHD."
#19
IBKR
4.5
(2)
"If not, just use ibkr and justetf, and you will be ahead of 90% of investors."
"I have yet to find a broker that is better than IBKR."
#20
S&P
4.5
(2)
"Yes. Go 100% S&P index."
"A S&P Index and a Total Market Index overlap about 75%."
#21
Invesco
4.5
(2)
"If your super young, voo, qqq, schd... if your closer to 40, schd, qqqi, spyi"
"QQQ or QQQM - tracks NASDAQ (more tech heavy) - last 5 years around 25% per year"
#22
Nippon India
4.5
(2)
"Nippon is also great with less expense ratio"
"Nippon India Index Fund Nifty 50 Plan"
#23
Niftybees
4.0
(2)
"You can go for Niftybees or NAvi nifty both are equally good."
"Niftybees"
#24
Schwab SWTSX
4.0
(2)
"I actually just use SWTSX for myself and my own kids, though."
"For my kids accounts at Schwab just did SWTSX then switched them to SCHB for the notional and probably inconsequential increased tax efficiency."
#25
FDKLX
4.0
(2)
"Consider a 2060 target date fund: FDKLX."
"Thats a pretty good TDF with almost no bonds right now."
#26
QQQ
4.0
(2)
"50% in global ETFs, 50% in QQQ."
"You may elect to partition some of your $$$ into QQQ."
#27
TATA
5.0
(1)
"TATA Midcap 150 Momentum 50"
#28
Bandhan
5.0
(1)
"Bandhan Alpha 50"
#29
Target Fund
5.0
(1)
"Target fund is the most robust way to invest for retirement."
#30
Foundation Series US500
5.0
(1)
"Go for the lowest fees. I use the new foundation series US500 fund."
#31
Index Funds
5.0
(1)
"My retirement accounts are all in index funds."
#32
Vanguard VWRL
5.0
(1)
"£75k a month into VWRL for the next 4 months on Vanguard."
#33
Bogleheads Total Market Funds
5.0
(1)
"I am a Boglehead so my bias is towards total market funds."
#34
FTSE Global All Cap
5.0
(1)
"Dump it in and forget about it."
#35
Nifty Bees
5.0
(1)
"NIFTYBEES"
#37
UTI Nifty 50 Index
5.0
(1)
"UTI Nifty 50 index is OG of index funds in India."
#38
VWRP
4.0
(1)
"VWRP and leave it"
#39
Infinity 500
4.0
(1)
"The expense ratio is 0.6% for the infinity 500 and VOO is 0.03%."
#40
VUA
4.0
(1)
"Why not vuaa lol"
#41
Foundation Series
4.0
(1)
"If you want one simple fund and are investing long term I’d go for Foundation Series Total World - low fees and highly diversified."
#42
Nutmeg
4.0
(1)
"Look at the low cost ETF managed portfolios offered by the investment platforms (Nutmeg, ii, IG, Saxo)..."
#43
ICICI Prudential
4.0
(1)
"ICICI prudential funds are pretty good."
#44
JPMorgan
4.0
(1)
"JPMorgan ETFs (Ireland) ICAV - Global Equity Multi-Factor UCITS ETF."
#45
VGS
4.0
(1)
"VGS and VAS does get you started with global and local indexes."
#46
Target 2055
4.0
(1)
"It made me close to 21% last year so I'm OK with it."
#47
Total Stock Market Index Fund
4.0
(1)
"I started contributing to the total stock market index fund option that I had."
#48
I bonds
4.0
(1)
"I bonds or HYSA like Marcus or Allie or One."
#49
Nifty Next 50
4.0
(1)
"Nifty next 50"
#50
Fidelity FREL
4.0
(1)
"Yes, there's an equivalent that is called FREL."
#51
Index Funds ETF
4.0
(1)
"You can have an index fund that is also an ETF."
#52
Northern Trust
4.0
(1)
"Northern Trust World, Emerging Markets and Small Caps."
#53
Nifty 50
4.0
(1)
"If you had to restrict yourself to just one index fund, this will do. It’s good."
#54
Nifty Midcap 150
4.0
(1)
"Alternatively, I would get Nifty 50 and Midcap 150 indexes and invest equally into both."
#55
Vanguard VTSAX
4.0
(1)
"I mean if that is all you are buying and your portfolio has nothing else id go VTSAX over VFIAX."
#56
Fidelity FSKAX
4.0
(1)
"FSKAX/FTIHX in IRA."
#57
Vanguard VT
4.0
(1)
"I just buy VT in my fidelity Roth IRA account since I have 30+ years until retirement."
#58
Vanguard Target Date Funds
4.0
(1)
"Vanguard's Target date funds have a $1000 minimum."
#59
Vanguard VOO
4.0
(1)
"VOO."
#60
IWDA
4.0
(1)
"The plan is to buy IWDA with monthly deposits"
#61
VWCE
4.0
(1)
"I invest for my newborn with degiro into VWCE."
#62
MSCI World Index Tracker
4.0
(1)
"I use a msci world index tracker for this purpose."
#63
UTI Nifty 50
4.0
(1)
"UTI has some good nifty50/Nifty next 50/ momentum funds... Check those out."
#64
ICICI Nifty 200 Momentum 30 Index Fund
4.0
(1)
"ICICI nifty 200 momentum 30 index fund"
#65
UTI Nifty 500 Value 50
4.0
(1)
"Uti nifty 500 value 50"
#66
Index Mutual Funds
4.0
(1)
"Look at index mutual funds (small, medium, large and international, then split each in growth and value)."
#68
SWPPX
4.0
(1)
"The lowest expense ratios are going to be seen in things like SWPPX."
#69
SCHX
4.0
(1)
"SCHX"
#70
VOO CSPX
3.0
(1)
"Why don’t you tell us why you think this is superior to VOO/CSPX."
#71
Vietnam Opportunity Fund
3.0
(1)
"I own a bit of this fund, but own a lot more of Vietnam Opportunity Fund."
#72
SPY, QQQ, BRKB, BLK
3.0
(1)
"I think a decent start for defense is something like 25% spy 25% qqq 25% brkb 25% blk."
#73
FNCMX
3.0
(1)
"I’m not sure why people push FNCMX (0.30%) over QQQ (0.20%)."
#74
Target 2060
3.0
(1)
"You should go with the one with lower fees."
#75
S&P 500 TDF
3.0
(1)
"I went 100% S&P500 until I was 10 years from retirement."
#76
CSPX S&P 500 ETF
3.0
(1)
"I want to invest in S&P500 ETF like CSPX or SXR8."
#77
SXR8 S&P 500 ETF
3.0
(1)
"I want to invest in S&P500 ETF like CSPX or SXR8."
#78
Bogle
3.0
(1)
"Bogle said the difference in the two is a return of 10.4% S&P vs 10.2% for Total Market."
#79
HDFC Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 Index
3.0
(1)
"Its new and not tested but I wish to do a single index to test waters!"
#80
Index
3.0
(1)
"Passive? Yes High return? Probably not."
#81
Comsec Pocket Aussie Dividends
2.0
(1)
"Aussie Dividends is down 6.5%."
#82
Zerodha Coin App
2.0
(1)
"Unless you are investing in stocks through zerodha avoid coin app."
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