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Weekly Brief

A collection of 167 posts

Weekly Brief

WEEKLY BRIEF | Vanguard Splits, Shifts and Stumbles

Proposals in perspective | Rotenberg’s expanding role | Vanguard splits its stock indexing team | Cash Plus yield gets a teaser yield | A year-end email misfire

| 7 min read
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Big News, Small Market Moves

An incursion in Venezuela grabs attention—but not the markets

| 4 min read
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The Bessent Barometer and a Year of Gains

Bessent Barometer check-in | Gains across the board | Another 403(b) fee increase | Vanguard hires a marketing officer from Fidelity

| 8 min read
Weekly Brief

Yields Drift, Vanguard Shifts

Cash yields fall | Foreign growth and value index funds are coming | Oakmark replaces Lazard at Windsor II | MidCap Growth’s distributions

| 8 min read
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Three Great Years—Now Keep Expectations in Check

Final distribution update | A terrific three-year run | No checkwriting in IRAs | A Clunkier QCD process

| 5 min read
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Bonds Get a Boost, Retirement Gets an Annuity—Vanguard’s Busy Week

No crash after all | Vanguard readies Core-Plus Bond Index ETF | New Lifetime Income Trusts add an annuity option | Distribution season looms| Vanguard backtracks on bitcoin | RMD reminder

| 10 min read