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Are ETFs More Tax Efficient? No.

ETFs have long been crowned more tax-friendly than mutual funds. That may be true across much of the industry, but not at Vanguard. Compare apples to apples, and there’s no difference from a tax standpoint between a Vanguard Admiral-class index fund and its ETF sibling.

| 18 min read
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Avoiding Tax Bombs

Ignore a fund's turnover if you're trying to avoid a large capital gains distribution.

| 12 min read
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Taxing Returns

Measuring the bite taxes take out of Vanguard fund returns.

| 24 min read
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Fleeting Flight to Safety

Investors sought safety back in 2011 when U.S. Treasury bonds were downgraded from AAA to AA by S&P. How are markets reacting this time around?

| 3 min read
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Kilbride’s Worthy Heir

Assessing Peter Fisher's track record before he takes the reins at Dividend Growth from Don Kilbride.

| 8 min read
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Danger Ahead?

Looking at the debt ceiling (and potential default) as an investor, not a politician.

| 11 min read