 
(08-15-2008)
You already know that Vanguard reopened both its Explorer and Health Care funds to new investors on Aug. 7 while leaving four other funds, Capital Opportunity, International Explorer, Precious Metals & Mining and PRIMECAP shuttered. In announcing the reopenings, Vanguard simply said that they felt the funds could “accommodate additional assets.”
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(07-03-2008)
With stock markets recovering in April and May, investors shoveled a net $3.9 billion in new money into Vanguard's family of mutual funds and ETFs in June. While inflows were the second lowest for the year, they were still positive.
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(06-17-2008)
Better late than never. Vanguard's Partnership Plan dividend finally went over the $100 goal Vanguard Chairman Jack Brennan set in 2001 and expected to meet by 2005. For 2007, it's $101.60 per Partnership Unit, up 10.5% from 2006's dividend of $91.95.
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(06-10-2008)
The Bee Gee's '70s disco hit Stayin' Alive could either be called the theme song for U.S. Growth, or a description of at least one technique by which Vanguard is keeping the underachieving growth fund from simply imploding.
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(06-02-2008)
The members of Vanguard's board of directors are the individuals charged with watching over the portfolio managers who watch over our money. So, where do they put their own investable cash? Are they eating their own cooking?
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(05-29-2008)
Vanguard and Wellington Management are laying the groundwork for Health Care's Ed Owens to retire.
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(05-15-2008)
For all the business school strategy stuff that's found its way to Vanguard headquarters, the one about keeping your cool didn't. It appears Vanguard Chairman Jack Brennan has finally blown a gasket over U.S. Growth. But maybe it's just U.S. Growth's fault.
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(05-03-2008)
Vanguard's at it again, naming yet a fourth management team to International Value, a large-cap foreign stock fund that has seen its relative performance against various international indices wane as more and more cooks have been added to the broth-making.
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(05-17-2008)
On the home page of Vanguard's web site, you'll find a self-congratulatory story about how well its 275 funds have done relative to their peers. The problem is that Vanguard doesn't offer 275 funds. Here's what really happened.
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(05-10-2008)
Those economic stimulus checks are going to come in mighty handy. Vanguard's money funds saw net outflows of more than $4 billion during the month. Presumably, tax bills came due, and after years of low levels of capital gains, investors suddenly had to pay the piper.
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