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102 posts
401(k) Auto-Enrollment Grew by How Much?
Auto this and auto that, whether it’s enrollment, escalation and now portability, have greatly contributed to participation rates,…
June 6, 2017
How to Build a ‘World-Class’ Retirement Portfolio
More than a decade ago, a Vanguard client asked us to help improve its defined contribution retirement plan.…
June 5, 2017
Vanguard Goes Low (Again) with this Important Participant Metric
Vanguard reported lower expense ratios today for 15 mutual fund shares last week, including the industry’s largest balanced fund.…
April 2, 2017
Vanguard Takes the Low Road in its Latest Announcement
The low-fee fight continues. On the heels of reports that Vanguard had more global net inflows than all…
February 24, 2017
When and Why Most Workers Choose to Retire
We don’t like change, even if its change we’ve looked forward to for years. A new study from the…
February 23, 2017
Seriously Vanguard, Knock It Off
Techies have Apple, java lovers have Starbucks and investors increasingly appear to have Vanguard. The fund giant has…
February 8, 2017
What’s Vanguard Doing to Help 401k Participant Behavior?
Vanguard is taking a cue from Kahneman, Thaler, Ariely and others, and diving deeper into 401k behavioral finance…
January 11, 2017
4 ‘Can’t lose’ Ideas from 401k Giant Vanguard’s Bill McNabb
Bill McNabb was decidedly straightforward in a note about the unprecedented concerns he’s hearing from investors and 401k participants.…
January 7, 2017
Vanguard Looks Far Into the Future With New 401(k) Target date Fund
Feeling old? You should. With a goal of targeting the youngest millennial workers, investing giant Vanguard will introduce…
January 5, 2017
What’s Vanguard Trying to Say About the Outlook for 401(k)s?
This post has been updated with comments from Roger Aliaga Diaz, Americas Chief Economist for Vanguard. Vanguard released it’s 2017 Economic…
December 5, 2016