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Rotation and Rising Regulatory Risk
Trade Alert reminder | Market rotation amid political drama | Inflation check-in | Vanguard defines its regulatory risks | PRIMECAP update
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Vanguard’s Profit-Sharing Stalls Out
Vanguard’s profit-sharing plan, the Partnership Plan, gives its C-suiters multi-million-dollar paydays with little transparency.
Half Right, Half Wrong
JULY 2024 | Halfway through the year, I’m still waiting for a stock market turning point. Plus, IVA Portfolio notes, the IVA Factor Tracker and (as always) a roundup of articles and analysis from the past month.
A Glimpse of the Next Cycle
NVIDIA stumbles | Identifying funds for a different cycle | Turn down the election noise | Money Life podcast | Vanguard’s website goes down
Is This Core Fund Built to Last?
INTERVIEW — My exclusive conversation with International Core Stock’s co-managers—Kenny Abrams, Halsey Morris and Anna Lundén—and why I’m sticking with the fund even though Abrams is retiring.
How Long Will the New King Reign?
NVIDIA takes the crown | PRIMECAP and PRIMECAP Core reopen | Putting outflows in context | IRA clarification
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Vanguard: ”Don’t call us, we’ll …”
Vanguard has threatened to terminate accounts of investors they feel call too often. Is this any way to run an investment company?
The First Shall Be Last
2024 OUTLOOK: A turning point within the market, not for the market.
The Value of Ownership?
Vanguard loudly trumpets that it is owned by shareholders of its mutual funds and ETFs. But what rights do we owners actually have?
Disclaimer
Vanguard and The Vanguard Group are service marks of The Vanguard Group, Inc. We are not affiliated in any way with The Vanguard Group and receive no compensation from The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Hi, I’m Jeff DeMaso.
Welcome to the Independent Vanguard Adviser.
I’ve been a Vanguard investor for over a decade, co-editing the leading newsletter on Vanguard funds and ETFs. I’m a big Vanguard fan, but they are not perfect (nobody is). I’ll tell you the good and the bad when it comes to Vanguard.
Over two decades while working at a multi-billion-dollar investment firm, I held titles of intern to CIO (and everything in between). I’ve seen investors make avoidable mistakes time and time again. I aim to share the investment insights and advice I want my family and friends to have so that you can make meaningful investments for yours.
When investing, I believe in simplicity, diversification and spending time in the market. A simple promise: My family and I will invest in the same funds I recommend to you!
When I’m not poring over Vanguard’s most recent prospectus, you can find me chasing my toddler around the playground or trying to avoid an injury while reliving the glory days on the soccer pitch.