Tickers for suitable funds matching the above allocations are, in order: SCHB, VEU, AGG, VWLTX, SCHH, VB, VO, VDE, JNK and VUSTX .
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Even low-fee Vanguard charges more than three times the management fee for their World Equity Ex-US ETF ( VEU, 25 basis points) versus their Total Domestic Equity ETF ( VTI, 7 basis points).
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Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Novartis ( NYSE: NVS) is up about 0.2%, BP ( NYSE: BP) is up about 3%, and Vodafone Group ( NASD: VOD) is higher by about 0.5%.
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