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Market Outlooks
What's the Price of Uncertainty?
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Uncertainty & demographics put a premium on cash flow.
Advisor Value & Fees
Putting a Value on Your Value: Quantifying Advisor's Alpha
This updated research paper delves into the concept of Vanguard Advisor's Alpha®, which outlines how you can add value, or alpha, through relationship-based services such as financial planning, discipline, and guidance, rather than by trying to outperform the market.
Market Outlooks
An Improving Narrative?
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Jurrien Timmer April 2019 Commentary: I think the storyline is about to get better for markets
Active/Passive Management
The Power of "AND" eBook
Active and passive investing: Uncover the power of "AND".
Market Outlooks
What investors can expect as key decisions affecting markets await
In this Q&A, Roger Aliaga-Díaz, Vanguard chief economist, Americas, discusses the potential short- and long-term market impacts of specific policy debates that could play out in the weeks ahead.
Investing Ideas
Combining Factors to Target Specific Investment Outcomes
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A white paper that explores using a factor-based approach to portfolio construction. By combining factor exposures, investors can create a "core" equity portfolio and by adjusting the factor allocations can tailor their portfolios to their own particular investing style/desired outcome.
Active/Passive Management
MYTH: Active Performs Better in Certain Market Segments
When it comes to active management, believing that active managers generally perform better in certain market segments is a myth, not a reality.
Active/Passive Management
Investor Education: Learn About Active and Index Fund Investing
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Help your clients get a better understanding of the differences between index investing and active investing, and the merits of each approach.
Fixed Income Insights
Municipal Perspectives: Sometimes the Slow Lane is Faster
In Vanguard municipal perspectives for the second quarter of 2018, Chris Alwine, head of Vanguard Municipal Group, and Edward J. Saracino, senior product manager, explain why our portfolio managers are reducing risk in our municipal funds.
Active/Passive Management
Making the Implicit Explicit: A Framework for the Active-Passive Decision
Vanguard's new active-passive decision-making framework helps investors focus on the factors that matter most.
Behavioral Finance
Trust and Financial Advice
Vanguard researchers break down strategies advisors can use to build greater trust with their clients.
Investing Ideas
Vanguard's Principles for Investing Success
Vanguard's guidance for investors is centered on four core principles: Define clear goals, choose diversified portfolio holdings that balance risk and potential reward, minimize cost, and stay disciplined over the long term.