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Why Vanguard’s Active Growth & Income Funds Fall Short

FUNDS FOCUS — ACTIVE GROWTH AND INCOME FUNDS | Index funds set a high bar, particularly for core holdings—and none of Vanguard’s actively managed Growth & Income funds clear it.

| 23 min read
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Narrowing The Field: Decoding Vanguard’s Indexed Growth & Income Funds

FUNDS FOCUS — GROWTH AND INCOME INDEX FUNDS | Vanguard offers no shortage of index funds designed for generating both growth and income. I’ll give you my top picks as well as the ones you can safely ignore.

| 24 min read
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Upping the Limit: 2026

Updating the 2026 contribution limits for retirement accounts.

| 13 min read
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Vanguard’s Market Call Comes With an Asterisk

MAILBAG | Vanguard’s latest outlook flips the classic portfolio on its head—but history, humility, and diversification still matter.

| 8 min read
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My 2025 Scorecard

Grading my 2025 Outlook: I got the big economic call right, correctly anticipated the bull market’s staying power and stuck with foreign stocks. My forecasts for market leadership and bonds were more mixed.

| 7 min read
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Compounding Through the Noise

2025 MARKET REVIEW: How investors were rewarded for staying disciplined as leadership broadened beyond AI.

| 11 min read