I am looking at putting some taxable money into an international fund. This is FIRE money that I don't anticipate touching for 10 years or longer.
I am looking at two candidates, VTIAX and VXUS. The former is a mutual fund, the latter is an ETF. Both have the same expense ratio (0.14) and appear to have the same mix of stocks.
VTIAX was recommended here but I am not sure why VXUS is not just as good. VTIAX has a $10,000 minimum initial purchase and is priced once a day. VXUS trades like a stock, the "minimum purchase" is one share ~$55 and the price fluctuates continuously. These are the differences I see, but they are of little or no impact to me. (The $10K minimum may be important to others though.)
Am I missing something? Is there an advantage in buying one of these funds that I did not notice?