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Perspectives and news
Clifford Felton, Wealth Planning Researcher, and Jonathan Kahler, Education Savings Senior Manager
The early bird gets the advantage, and other tips for college savings
College planning isn’t often top of mind when baby makes three, but perhaps it should be.
Why volatility and downturns are part of investing
Chief Economist Joe Davis explains why market volatility and downturns happen and why they’re an integral part of investing.
Feeding the year-round need for healthy food
Vanguard’s annual All Cans on Deck drive supports hunger relief agencies in our communities and around the world.
Commenting on crypto
Cryptocurrency has become a hot investing topic recently. Chief Investment Officer Greg Davis weighs in with his views on the value of crypto and the technology behind it.
Research spotlight
Portfolio considerations
How Investors Use Passive for Active
New Vanguard research indicates that investors are frequently using non-total market index funds to build portfolios with active exposures, according to “How investors use passive for active,” a paper authored by Vanguard’s Jan-Carl Plagge, Haifeng Wang, and Jim Rowley. The paper was published in The Journal of Beta Investment Strategies.
Not all fixed income is created equal: The role of fixed income sectors in liability-driven investing
Vanguard believes private corporate pension plans should consider a liability-driven investing (LDI) program in the fixed income portion of their portfolio. Based on our analysis, a customized mix of U.S. investment-grade credit bonds and Treasuries aligns well with that liability. Such a mix has historically helped plan sponsors mitigate risk.
Financial Planning Perspectives—A "BETR" Approach to Roth conversions
Investors typically decide whether to convert to a Roth IRA from a traditional IRA by comparing their current and expected future marginal tax rates. The traditional wisdom has been that higher future tax rates make conversion more desirable and lower ones make it less so. Vanguard researchers describe a break-even tax rate (BETR) that yields a more accurate view of what future tax rate would make an investor indifferent to a conversion.
A systematic approach to constructing high-income portfolios
Retirees often eschew investing for total returns, relying instead on dividends and interest from high-income-producing assets to support spending from ad hoc portfolios. We introduce a method for building high-income portfolios that maximize the investor’s utility of wealth based on total returns while accounting for yield preferences.
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