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IVA Research

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IVA Research

Give Now, Invest First, Decide Later

Vanguard’s Charitable Endowment Program lets you take a tax break today while investing for future donations—but once your money is in, how you invest it will determine how much you actually have to give.

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Taxes and the IVA Portfolios: Worth the Cost?

MAILBAG | What taxes really cost—and how to make the IVA Portfolios more tax-friendly.

| 11 min read
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Taxing Returns: 2026

Measuring the bite taxes take out of Vanguard fund returns.

| 19 min read
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Gifting a Roth IRA: 2026

Jumpstart a young person’s retirement by opening (or adding to) a Roth IRA.

| 7 min read
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Tremblant Takes the Wheel at MidCap Growth

INTERVIEW — My exclusive conversation with MidCap Growth’s new co-managers from Tremblant Capital—Brett Barakett and Michael Cling.

| 22 min read
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Two Alternatives, One Problem

FUNDS FOCUS — ALTERNATIVES | A closer look at Market Neutral and Commodity Strategy—and why neither builds wealth the way stocks do.

| 10 min read