Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
Shares rank 10 of 11 index funds by recommenders
People recommend it as a simple, broad index fund for dollar-cost averaging into total world equities, with a low-effort buy-and-hold approach.
People recommend it as a simple, broad index fund for dollar-cost averaging into total world equities, with a low-effort buy-and-hold approach.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple dollar-cost averaging strategy
“Most of them have now committed to simple dollar-cost averaging against broad index funds like VT.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What's a lesson about money you learned the expensive way?” Broad total world equity exposure
“You'll get better risk adjusted returns by investing in total world equities”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute” Popular low-effort buy-and-hold choice
“just went for "VT and chill."”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened”
Other index funds people recommend
The four most recommended other index funds, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 index fund | 28 | 13 | 68% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Invesco QQQ Trust | 11 | 10 | 52% | 7 | — | — |
| Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 11 | 4 | 73% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 10 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Vanguard Total World Stock ETFThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Most of them have now committed to simple dollar-cost averaging against broad index funds like VT.”
“You'll get better risk adjusted returns by investing in total world equities”
“as a tool to call against Unix systems (such as ssh), not to interact with 9front software”
“just went for "VT and chill."”
“will print garbage to the screen if connecting to modern MUSHes that do”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.