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Please recommend a mutual fund for a middle aged college professor who is investing for his retirement in 25 years. Please provide your rationale for the recommendation (based on assumptions you make about the investor).

I have chosen the Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund (VTTHX) due to the fact it is intended for someone who is going to retire in 25 years. However I need to go more into detail as to why to chose this fund for the teacher.

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Please recommend a mutual fund for a middle aged college professor who is investing for his retirement in 25 years. Please provide your rationale for the recommendation (based on assumptions you make about the investor).

The main characteristic of the Professor that I know is that he will retire in 2035. Now, the fund selected is the Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund. The reason for this is that the investment gives the professor growth of capital and current income. The fund mainly invests in other Vanguard mutual funds according to a method that is designed for ...

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