Tagged: vanguard

May 17, 2022

Macroeconomics Is A Failed Discipline

Back in mid-April Vanguard published a piece called The Big Quit isn’t quitting quite yet that I found intriguing. The piece discusses an interesting relationship between wages and inflation. What caught my eye was right up front in the second...

investing

September 29, 2020

Study: Cash Panickers From COVID-19 Volatility Lost Money

When the crisis of the coronavirus and COVID-19 became real, the U.S. stock market fell 34% from it’s peak on February 19th, 2020 and bottomed out on March 23rd. Many panicked during that time period and sold equities for the...

investing

December 3, 2019

The Real Value Of Mutual Funds Over Time

In a post a little while back I lamented that the deck is kind of stacked against us these days when it comes to being financially responsible. Whether it be the endless gadgets that are one click away or increasingly...

investing

August 4, 2018

The First Free Index Funds

This week Fidelity launched free index funds, the first company to do so. As Bloomberg reports they’re playing catch-up to Vanguard when it comes to the low-cost index fund space, and this is an unprecedented move. Sure, as many on...

investing

January 30, 2018

Battle Of The Vanguard Titans

I started investing in mutual funds in 1997 as mentioned in my journey post. At the time, there were way fewer funds out there and I didn’t have enough initial deposit to open many of them. Fidelity’s Magellan Fund was...

finances

January 9, 2018

How My Net Worth Progressed To Financial Independence

What does a net worth trajectory look like over time when it “accidentally” gets to financial independence? As discussed in my journey post, I never had the goal of getting to financial independence until, well, I got there. But I...

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November 17, 2017

Jack Bogle Says “Effit!”, Buys Majority Stake In Snapchat

VALLEY FORGE – Legendary investor Jack Bogle has purchased a majority stake in Snap Inc., the parent company of the popular Snapchat social media platform. Mr. Bogle was seen by local reporters at an all-night club with a tumbler of...