Archive for the 'Vanguard Mutual Funds' Category

Vanguard California Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund (VCTXX)

This is an examination of the Vanguard California Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund (VCTXX). This is a fund that is intended for have as its shareholders as residents of the state of California. The income made by this fund is both federal and state exempt on taxes when it is applied to your personal income taxes. [...]

Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Index Fund Review

This Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Index Fund Review will explore many of the different aspects of this fund. This fund is for large volume investors that need to place the minimum amount of $5 million to be a part of this fund family. This family consists of three different funds. There is the Vanguard Mega [...]

Vanguard REIT Index VIPERS (VNQ)

The Vanguard REIT Index VIPERS (VNQ) is a domestic stock type fund that makes investments in the sector of real estate only. This fund cannot be purchased by individuals, but can be obtained thru a broker. This is considered a middle size value blend type of fund that has long term high returns with moderate [...]

Vanguard STAR Fund (VGSTX)

The Vanguard STAR Fund (VGSTX) is a diversified fund that has shown to be a solid long term investment as a large blend type of investment. The investment strategy of this fund is to have a balanced allocation of investments with 60% to 70% of the fund being in stocks, 20% to 30% being in [...]

Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares (VFIIX)

The Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares (VFIIX) is an intermediate term bond fund to help provide a moderate level of income. This is mainly a government national mortgage association securities that are backed by the US government to help ensure on time payments of the principals and interest.
This fund has total net assets of $36.2 [...]

Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares (VFSTX)

The Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares (VFSTX) is just like the name implies, a short-term, fixed-income, midquality investment grade securities. The manager of this fund is Bob Auwaerter. He has been a part of this fund since 1983. In May of 2008, Gregory Nassour was appointed to assist Bob and became a co-manager at [...]

Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund Investor Shares (VMVIX)

The Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund Investor Shares (VMVIX) is a mutual fund that was designed to track and mirror the performance of the MSCI® US Mid Cap Value Index. This is done by investing in stocks that have a mid-capitalization value in the domestic market.
The fund manager is Donald Butler and has been since [...]

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund (VWEHX)

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Vanguard PRIMECAP Mutual Fund (VPMCX)

The Vanguard PRIMECAP Mutual Fund (VPMCX) is a large cap large growth fund that is considered a positive stand out amongst the other mutual funds. The investments made by the fund managers us a strategy of acquire long term capital appreciation from company stocks that show above average growth potential. There are six different fund [...]

Vanguard Money Market

There are 9 Vanguard Money Market funds for investors to place their money in with minimal risk. 6 of these funds are tax exempt and 3 are taxable.
There is the Admiral Treasury Money Market fund that has all of its $22.2 billion in assets in US Treasury Bills. Since its inception, this fund has had [...]