Our mission is clear – to do what’s best for our investors and to help them achieve their financial goals. The money we manage belongs to our investors.
Our company is owned by its member funds, which in turn are owned by fund shareholders. Because the investors in our funds are our owners, we can act independently and focus on meeting their long-term investment needs without outside influence.
We are an asset manager, not an asset owner. The assets we manage belong to the tens of millions of individual investors who have entrusted us to grow their savings over time. Our mission is to help everyday investors generate long-term returns and achieve their financial goals — whether that’s buying a house, saving for retirement, or paying for college.
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Our investor-owned structure means we can offer high-quality funds and ETFs that are among the lowest-cost in the industry. In fact, we have reduced fees and investment minimums across all products, strategies, and asset classes more than 2,000 times since our founding in 1975 by Jack Bogle. Because we don’t have public shareholders, we focus on the long term rather than quarterly results.
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We understand that investors have different priorities, values, and objectives, so we focus on providing a range of low-cost, high-quality investment options that investors can choose from based on their individual goals and preferences. Vanguard offers more than 400 mutual funds and ETFs, globally, that address a wide range of investor needs.
Importantly, we don’t direct the investments our clients make. Investors select the investments most appropriate for them from our broad range of options.
Read more about our proven investment approach.
We are offering ways to give investors a greater voice in proxy voting.
A growing number of investors would like the option to weigh in on how their index funds vote on important proxy questions at the companies held in their funds. Since 2023, Vanguard has been empowering investors to make their voices heard in the proxy voting process. We are committed to continuing to expand Investor Choice in a cost-effective and thoughtful manner, gathering feedback along the way to ensure we’re meeting our clients’ preferences.
Read more about Vanguard Investor Choice.
Notes: All investing is subject to risk, including possible loss of the money you invest.