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Booming model portfolios may be moving markets
So much money is now tied up in this approach that adjustments to portfolios are being blamed for some dramatic ETF flows recently
Schwab launches free financial planning tool
The brokerage joins a list of industry players touting free or low-cost financial planning apps to attract younger clientele
Vanguard submits to value curse, plans to fold active fund into an index
Unable to keep pace with a passive index, the 20-year-old active value fund has run its course
Vanguard expands ESG ETF suite to include corporate bonds
The new fund is designed to fill a gap in the growing ESG market
Vanguard surpasses BlackRock in ETF inflows during first half
Market volatility triggered selling by the types of active traders who use BlackRock's iShares funds
Vanguard, State Street resist the new ETF craze
Two of the industry's biggest players are taking a wait-and-see attitude on active nontransparent ETFs
Outlook for the economy remains cloudy
Massive stimulus efforts may not be enough to overcome the challenges posed by high unemployment, damage to small businesses
401(k) savers pull back on account trading
After seeing median returns of -20% during the first quarter, participants did not make many trades in May, according to two reports
Vanguard struggling to break into European ETF market
Eight years after it launched its first European ETFs, the giant asset manager has less than 6% of the market, compared with BlackRock's 45%
Vanguard’s $50 billion woman outperformed amid bond market chaos
Several of the actively traded fixed-income funds Gemma Wright-Casparius runs have beaten most of their peers so far this year
Investment giants try to reshape ETF market
Smaller companies are pushing back, arguing the big players are just trying to cement their dominance
Money funds holding record assets fret as yields head lower
The funds face the challenge of declining rates as their assets hit $4.77 trillion amid the flight to safety
Vanguard limits access to the safest money market funds
The asset management giant closed Treasury money funds to new investors in an attempt to keep yields positive
Cash is king as investors flee bond funds, active equities in March
Outflows from fixed-income funds hit a record $240 billion last month, says Morningstar
Top 9 firms for do-it-yourself investors
Self-directed investors are looking for more of a human touch, according to J.D. Power's annual study
SEC lifts borrowing rules for funds hit by liquidity crunch
The regulator is allowing mutual funds to borrow from managers or other funds to meet redemption requests
Vanguard moving forward with new robo-adviser
In addition to retirement accounts, Vanguard plans to give advice on emergency funds, debt and managing extra cash
Fund merger puts Vanguard investors into higher-priced version
Asset manager consolidates two actively managed funds to better compete with index products
Market plunge tests performance of target-date funds
Managers made several changes following the 2008 crisis, including reducing allocations to high-yield bonds and equities
Vanguard: Fed rate cut a ‘high-risk bet’
The fund manager's chief economist called the decision 'premature' should conditions deteriorate further
