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Hello again! I am looking to move a portion of my portfolio out of individual stocks to lock in some gains and I have been looking into some large cap and sector type ETFs. I have tried to piece together some funds that I think offer large cap blue chip type stability and income (VIG and VTI) as well as some large cap growth opportunity in the financial and energy sectors (IYG and VDE). I am looking mainly at these four:
1. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF (VIG)
2. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTI)
3. IShares Dow Jones US Financial Services Fund (IYG)
4. Vanguard Energy Index Fund (VDE)
I'd appreciate the experts thoughts on these. Thanks in advance!