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Vanguard ranks as the world's largest no-load fund complex, serving 10 million shareholders in more than 109 funds. With its broad array of no-load funds and an average expense ratio of just 0.28%, Vanguard is widely recognized as the mutual fund industry's lowest-cost provider.
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Most investment firms are either publicly traded or privately owned. Vanguard is different: We’re client-owned. Helping our investors achieve their goals is literally our sole reason for existence. With no other parties to answer to and therefore no conflicting loyalties, we make every decision—like keeping investing costs as low as possible—with only your needs in mind. Vanguard Mutual Funds Detailed Analysis by Morningstar, providing profiles, rankings and performance stats on Vanguard Mutual Funds. The S&P 500 Index Fund In 1975, John Bogle presented an idea to the board of directors of the newly formed Vanguard Group -- create an extremely low-cost mutual fund that would not attempt to beat the returns of the stock market as measured by Standard & Poor's 500 index; instead, it would attempt to mirror the index as closely as it could by buying each of the index's 500 stocks in amounts equal to the weightings within the index itself. Marketwatch Profile on the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund. Maybe it's obvious, but mutual fund fees can be pricey Here's another obvious observation: Don't pay too much for your mutual fund. Unfortunately, it's become harder and harder to figure out which funds offer the best deal. But you can do it — provided you're willing to spend some time sifting through fund prospectuses. Fidelity versus Vanguard This paper compares the risk and return of investing in equity mutual funds provided by the world's two largest mutual fund families: Fidelity and Vanguard over a long horizon. We believe this will help guide investors; this study is an example of the calculations that mutual fund companies should facilitate by being required to provide accurate, accessible and free data. Over the entire period 1977 through 2003 both Fidelity's (no load) and Vanguard's diversified U.S. funds out returned the Wilshire 5000 index; Fidelity's portfolio out returned Vanguard's portfolio by 0.62 % per year but under returned it by 0.39 % when risk adjusted. Two Giants Square Off Last fall, as the worst scandal in the 80-year history of the mutual fund business was unfolding, industry leaders quietly began to worry: What would happen if Fidelity or Vanguard, the two giants of the business, got caught up in the mess? How would investors, who have collectively placed $1.3 trillion in stock and bond funds run by the two firms, react? The Hottest Funds In Town The fast growth of exchange-traded funds has the mutual-fund biz scrambling
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