Vanguard

• Lifecycle Products Grew 8% in Q4 to $842 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  Target-date and target-risk products grew 5% in 2011 and 8% in fourth quarter, according to New York-based Strategic Insight.

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  Vanguard to Help Educate Consumers on Investment Cost

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 12, 2012

  Vanguard announced Monday that it planned to use a new online cost calculator, social and traditional media channels, and online ads to educate investors about how to pay attention to the price tag of their investments.

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  Lifecycle Funds Grew 8% in Q4 to $842B

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2012

  Assets in target-date mutual funds remain highly concentrated among five firms, says Strategic Insight.

• The Client. The Client. The Client.

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  The last words of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur’s farewell speech at West Point went like this: “…when I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, the Corps, the Corps.”

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  At Bogle Event, Musings on Profit Motive, Fiduciary Responsibility

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  January 31, 2012

  “I’ve done the best I could to build a better world for investors,” said John Bogle at an event honoring his legacy, with multiple luminaries of the investing and academic world gathered to add their congratulations on his efforts over the years.

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  John Bogle: the Most Successful Wall St. Occupier

  By Knut A. Rostad  |  January 24, 2012

  The founder of Vanguard and inventor of index funds’ greatest accomplishment may be yet to come: creation of a “fiduciary society.”

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  Vanguard CIO Defends ETFs, Calls for More Education

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 23, 2012

  Vanguard CIO Gus Sauter said Monday that the ETF industry needs to do more to educate investors about its products. Sauter, who spoke at an ETF conference, also defended the products, which have been criticized in the past year or so.

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  Are Target Date Funds the ‘Single Product Solution’?

  By J. Gibson Watson III, CIMA, Envestnet  |  December 6, 2011

  Yes, they remain popular, despite 2008, but they are not the income-producing Holy Grail of DC plans.

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  Best & Worst 529 Plans: Morningstar

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 17, 2011

  Many parents of the country’s best and brightest soured on the 529 story after 2008. But the plans are making a comeback, and Morningstar helpfully points to the best, as well as those still in need of work.

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  Vanguard Expert: Dividend-Paying Stocks ‘Are Not Bonds’

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 14, 2011

  As investors look to dividend-paying stocks for yields, an economist with Vanguard cautions them against substituting such investments for lower-volatility vehicles, like bonds