Investing in Vanguard Target-Date Funds is a good strategy for the passive investor that trusts their broker. At this time there are 11 different ones you can place your money in to help give you a secure financial retirement.
The right one for you will be determined by when you plan to retire. Each one [...]
The Vanguard Funds Rock even after 36 years in the business. This is how long Vanguard has been offering mutual funds to their clients.
In that time the Vanguard Funds have out preformed all others in many key areas. They always make the top of the list in return percentages every year while still being at [...]
My Favorite Vanguard Funds in 2011 are not looking back and the performance of the bond investments, but in the growth areas, especially the overseas developing markets that are outperforming the traditional base of most investor’s portfolios. This is where the good money is to be made in the coming years.
Do not get me wrong, [...]
Before you invest in the Vanguard Commodity Funds you must first understand what you are investing in. these are not the same type of investment as stocks, bonds or EFTs. Investing in a commodity is the investor obtaining a real asset that holds value that fluctuates with inflation.
When you invest in the commodity index, [...]
This is a report on the best performing Vanguard Funds October 2010 which is proving smaller is better in the current economic climate. The Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index fund institutional grade (VSGIX) as of October 221, 2010 has an YTD return of16.02%. This is the only mutual fund for which Vanguard is the manger for [...]
The Vanguard Group Mutual Funds was created in 1975 with a different approach than what most investment firms took in the establishment of their investment brokerage firms. This approach was devised by an undergraduate at Princeton named John Bogle. He recognized that most mutual funds of the time did no better or worse than if [...]
The new Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund was just introduced on September 20, 2010. There are two variations to this investment. There is the ETF (VTWO) and the mutual fund with institutional shares (VRTIX).
Both of these Vanguard Funds look to track the performance of the Russell 2000 index. This is an index that tracks the [...]
In the month of September 2010, there were 9 new ETFs released, including 3 New Vanguard S&P500 ETF introduced to the market place. Each one of these ETFs has an extremely low operating cost with expected expense rations to be in the range of 0.06% to 0.20%.
The list of new ETFs by Vanguard is the [...]
The top Vanguard Mutual Funds are the ones that place first of the 118 different options of funds offered by Vanguard. The YTD results are from August 24, 2010, and the first year returns were as of July 31, 2010. These Vanguard Funds listed below are ranked from the data found on the Vanguard’s home [...]
For the best performing Vanguard Funds based on YTD then 1 year are listed below. The best 5 year performers are not listed due to the recession. Since then investment strategies have changed.
The best YTD performer of all the Vanguard Funds is the Long Term Treasury fund (VUSTX). This is a very conservative investment and [...]
