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Vanguard to Liquidate a Mutual Fund for First Time Since 2020
(Bloomberg) — Asset manager Vanguard Group plans to shutter a US mutual fund for the first time since the throes of the pandemic. Most Read from Bloomberg The $98 million Vanguard Alternative St...
Vanguard Going All in on Direct Indexing, CEO Says
Vanguard Group, the No. 2 exchange-traded fund issuer, is planning a major push into direct indexing, an investing style that competes head-on with its range of ETFs and mutual funds. The ETF issuer, ...
Who Decides How Woke Corporations Should Be?
Tumelo’s software takes fund managers out of the ideological crossfire, making it easier for common shareholders to have a say on diversity, the environment and workplace conditions. Georgia Stewart, ...
Pre-download Now Available for ‘MIR M: Vanguard & Vagabond’!
– Pre-download available on Google Play, Apple App Store, and the official website. – Implements inter-game economy with MIR 4 using governance token ‘DOGMA’. – MIR M will be available in more than 17...
What’s Behind The ESG Investment Backlash
A protest by the campaign network Vanguard S.O.S in Malvern, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake) Getty Images for POWER Interfaith In the US, the past couple of years have been a topsy-turvy time for i...
S&P 500: Vanguard Predicts Stock Returns — You’re Not Going To Like Them
Vanguard investors are famous for staying invested — and accepting the market’s and S&P 500’s long-term returns. But if Vanguard’s predictions are right, those future asset retur...
Vanguard expects municipal bond ‘renaissance’ as investors should ‘salivate’ at higher yields
Investors who allocated to municipal bonds with paltry yields at the beginning of last year should now “salivate” at the prospect of higher income following the rapid rise in interest rates in 2022, a...
Vanguard Inflows Topped 2022, Beating iShares
Vanguard Group, the second-biggest exchange-traded fund issuer, kept the crown for the most inflows in 2022, narrowly beating BlackRock Inc.’s iShares, its larger rival. Meanwhile, Newport Beach, Cali...
Crypto’s New Political Vanguard to Watch in 2023
As 2022 comes to a close, lawmakers around the world are lining up their 2023 agendas — and, for many politicians, crypto is expected to be near the top of them. A plethora of new politicians sy...
Robinhood vs. Fidelity vs. Vanguard: Fees & Features
SmartAsset: Robinhood vs. Fidelity vs. Vanguard With Fidelity and Vanguard, investors can access traditional, full-service investment platforms that allow you to individually manage your own account. ...
4 Times Advisors Should Use Custom Indexing, According to Vanguard
Direct indexing is a hot strategy for financial advisors looking to differentiate themselves to potential clients – but what is it and when does it make sense for clients? The idea behind indexing, of...
Vanguard to Launch First New ETF in More Than 20 Months
(Bloomberg) — Asset-management giant Vanguard Group Inc. unveiled plans Thursday to launch a new exchange-traded fund in a rare move for one of the industry’s largest players. Most Read from Blo...
Vanguard Exit Has Lawyers Mapping Out Wall Street’s Top ESG Risk
(Bloomberg) — At a recent climate-finance meeting attended by Wall Street giants including BlackRock Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., no one spoke until a lawyer had finished reading out a dis...
Vanguard Says This Modest Change Helps Investors Save Enough Retirement Income
SmartAsset: Can this modest change help you rake in more retirement income? Periodically increasing the amount you put toward retirement can help improve the chances that you’ll have enough retirement...
Vanguard sees a recession in 2023 — and one ‘silver lining’ for investors
The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession. Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances w...
Vanguard Fixed-Income Chief Sees Good Year Ahead for Bonds — If You Pick the Right Ones
(Bloomberg) — For Vanguard’s Sara Devereux, the recent debt rally brought the chance to reduce credit exposure and buy mortgage agency securities based on valuations, setting up what promises to...
Dimon Highlights Need For More Oil And Gas Investment As Vanguard Bails On ESG Group
UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 22: Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate … [+] Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of the Nat...
Al Gore Slams Vanguard After Defection From Climate Group
(Bloomberg) — Vanguard Group Inc.’s decision to leave the world’s largest climate-finance coalition was slammed by former US Vice President Al Gore, who said the move was out of step with the gr...
Hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s reach ‘concerning’ all-time high, Vanguard says
Amid stubbornly high inflation, a record-breaking share of Americans are turning their 401(k) accounts into emergency piggy banks, according to Vanguard. Dissecting data from a sample of the approxima...
GOP Looks To Regain Footing In Maine, A State In The Vanguard Of Progressive Reform
Maine State House in Augusta getty The 2022 election cycle has found the GOP more competitive in New England than it has been in years. Former Providence Mayor Allan Fung (R), who is running to fill t...
Four Things Vanguard Wants You To Know About Bond ETFs
In this bear market, investors are grasping at straws for stable securities that can deliver solid returns. Though investors do tend to gravitate toward bonds in times of volatility, Vanguard is highl...
Munis May Be Cheap Enough to Lure Crossover Buyers, Vanguard Says
(Bloomberg) — The battering of bonds this year from inflation and higher rates has made long-term municipal securities so cheap that investors who usually shun them may be buyers. Most Read from...
Vanguard ‘not confident’ U.S. Treasury rates have peaked after painful bond-market losses. Why ‘risk-reward profiles’ still appear more attractive across fixed income
U.S. Treasury rates may have yet to peak after surging this year, but higher yields have made bonds more attractive in tumultuous markets as investors face a likely recession next year, according to V...
I’m the US chief economist at Vanguard, and here are 5 things investors should consider now amid high inflation
“High inflation is unlikely to become a permanent feature of the economy,” said Vanguard’s U.S. chief economist and head of portfolio construction Roger Aliaga-Diaz. Vanguard Despite the Federal Reser...
Vanguard, Fidelity Will Join a 401(k) Auto-Portability Network to Rescue $1.5 Trillion in Retirement Savings
SmartAsset: Top 401(K) Providers Want to Help Americans Preserve $1.5 Trillion in Retirement Money Two top 401(k) companies – Fidelity Investments and Vanguard – have teamed up with two in...
Vanguard Says This is the Best Robo-Advisor
The robo-advisor market is now worth $440 billion. Vanguard’s platform was rated as the best robo-advisor in a recent Morningstar report. Since the first robo-advisors launched in the aftermath ...
Vanguard, in a First, Closes an ETF
Vanguard, the No. 2 U.S. exchange-traded fund issuer, is closing its $42 million Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF (VFLQ), its first ETF to close since the firm entered the market 21 years ago. The i...
Vanguard Is Liquidating a US-Listed ETF for the First Time Ever
(Bloomberg) — Asset-management giant Vanguard Group is shutting down one of its US exchange-traded funds for the first time. Most Read from Bloomberg The $39.7 million Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Fa...
‘I dug myself out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle’: Should I use my bonus to pay off my mortgage, put it in a savings account or Vanguard?
Dear Quentin, Over the last couple years I dug myself out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, and I am making good money. I never learned about stocks, investing, etc. I do not have a 401(k) at work. M...