American Funds

You could invest in both especially as it seems that some asset classes are not represented with the index fund in your plan. You could for example invest Internationally with American fund and invest in the US with the Index fund. source

There is a difference between the love of money and being responsible financially and taking care of yourself. There are many tv evangelist who make people feel guilty for having anything while they enrich themselves. I know too many people who want someone else to take care of them, this is why we live in a entitlement society. Having enough to not depend on the government doesn't mean you are a money grubber. Families used to take care of themselves, now we have the nanny state to do it. source

I know there are probably only a handfull of people on this site who would consider owning one. Perhaps the better question considering the audience would have been. If you were forced to own one, what would its redeeming qualities be if any? source

Is that youre pretax retirement fund or post-tax? If your pretax fund is already an indexed target retirement fund, why no diversify a bit with post tax index funds in emerging markets, europe, etc? source

Yes,It appears Obama received funds from foreigners in 2008. They illegally changed their computers to delete the program that would allow others to find where the funds received from prepaid credit cards came from. My source is the Mark Levin Radio Show from last night. source