Taking 40% Odds
Debt is in the news this week. No, not debt like bonds, but household debt. If you only saw the headlines showing that consumer debt had risen to an all-time high in the second quarter, about $13.3 trillion, you might have thought the U.S. economy was in trouble and it would only be a matter of time before consumers would begin defaulting and the economy would come crashing down. Read More »
Less to "Zero Fees" Than Meets the Eye
The fund world is all agog over Fidelity's zero-fee mutual funds, introduced on Friday. 'How can they afford it?' some ask. Others want to know what the 'catch' is. I'll tell you. All you have to do is read the prospectus. Read More »
Lazy Summer? Hardly
The year's third quarter came in hot, with solid positive returns for the big indexes in the first month, and so far has brought a number of turnabouts that reversed the trends of the first half of the year. Value stocks outperformed growth stocks, which had led for the year in both previous quarters, and large stocks outperformed smaller ones, which had also led in the first and second quarters. Treasury bond yields ticked higher, while corporate bonds made up for weakness earlier in the year. Vanguard has been busy with changes, as well—July saw manager hirings and firings (including a management company getting pinkslipped), full and partial fund revamps and PR cleanup from yet another service snafu. Read More »
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Re: Vanguard home page changes
rj1313 (08-16-2018) wrote: I agree. I also wish that I hadn't changed to the brokerage account. Read More »
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jms824 (08-16-2018) wrote: Nero is smiling to be included with Buffet. . . .and I agree!! jms Read More »
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Number of Fidelity 401(k) Millionaires Hits Record High
butwait (08-16-2018) wrote: Number of Fidelity 401(k) Millionaires Hits Record High By: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Published 12:01 a.m. ET Aug. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:03 a.m. ET Aug. 16, 2018 A record number of investors became 401(k) millionaires this spring. At the end of the second quarter, 168,000 people with 401(k)s managed by Fidelity Investments... Read More »
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Model Portfolio Performance
| Models | July | YTD |
| Growth | 3.3% | 6.0% |
| Conservative Growth | 3.4% | 5.3% |
| Income | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Growth Index | 3.0% | 5.2% |
| The average Vanguard investor |
2.4% | 3.1% |