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You don't need thousands of dollars to purchase a Vanguard ETF. Low minimums, diversification, and low costs make these investments competitive.
Lower your investment risk by choosing a mutual fund instead of an individual stock or bond.
Vanguard pioneered low-cost mutual fund investing. Our current fund lineup includes a wide selection of both index funds and actively-managed funds.
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With Vanguard Brokerage Services®, you can invest in your choice of stocks or bonds. It's up to you how much you want to control your investments.
Add stability to your portfolio with CDs.
Certificates of deposit (CDs) are an FDIC-insured option that can reduce volatility in your portfolio and preserve your capital while earning income.
Diversify your portfolio with bonds.
You can earn income while investing in a less risky alternative to stocks.
Make your cash work for you.
It's a good idea to keep some cash available, in a lower-risk, easily accessible account. See what money market fund is right for you.
Exchange-traded funds offer more flexibility than traditional funds.
You don't need thousands of dollars to purchase a Vanguard ETF. Low minimums, diversification, and low costs make these investments competitive.
Lower your investment risk by choosing a mutual fund instead of an individual stock or bond.
Vanguard pioneered low-cost mutual fund investing. Our current fund lineup includes a wide selection of both index funds and actively-managed funds.
Want to invest in a specific stock or a bond? No problem.
With Vanguard Brokerage Services®, you can invest in your choice of stocks or bonds. It's up to you how much you want to control your investments.
Add stability to your portfolio with CDs.
Certificates of deposit (CDs) are an FDIC-insured option that can reduce volatility in your portfolio and preserve your capital while earning income.
Diversify your portfolio with bonds.
You can earn income while investing in a less risky alternative to stocks.
Make your cash work for you.
It's a good idea to keep some cash available, in a lower-risk, easily accessible account. See what money market fund is right for you.
Exchange-traded funds offer more flexibility than traditional funds.
You don't need thousands of dollars to purchase a Vanguard ETF. Low minimums, diversification, and low costs make these investments competitive.
Want to invest in a specific stock or a bond? No problem.
With Vanguard Brokerage Services®, you can invest in your choice of stocks or bonds. It's up to you how much you want to control your investments.
Add stability to your portfolio with CDs and bonds.
If your goal is to preserve capital and earn some income, consider fixed-income investments. Certificates of deposit (CDs) and bonds can also reduce volatility in your portfolio.
Add stability to your portfolio with CDs and bonds.
If your goal is to preserve capital and earn some income, consider fixed-income investments. Certificates of deposit (CDs) and bonds can also reduce volatility in your portfolio.
Make your cash work for you.
It's a good idea to keep some cash available, in a lower-risk, easily accessible account. See what money market fund is right for you.
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*For the 10-year period ended December 31, 2021, 7 of 7 Vanguard money market funds, 58 of 74 Vanguard bond funds, 21 of 24 Vanguard balanced funds, and 89 of 131 Vanguard stock funds—for a total of 175 of 236 Vanguard funds—outperformed their Lipper peer-group average. Results will vary for other periods. Only funds with a minimum 10-year history were included in the comparison. Source: Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company. The competitive performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. View fund performance.
**For the 10-year period ended June 30, 2020, 9 of 9 Vanguard money market funds, 41 of 44 bond funds, 9 of 9 balanced funds, and 35 of 38 stock funds --or 94 of 100 actively managed Vanguard funds --outperformed their peer-group averages. Results will vary for other periods. Only funds with a minimum 10-year history were included in the comparison. Source: Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company. The competitive performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results.
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ESG funds are subject to ESG investment risk, which is the chance that the stocks screened by the index sponsor for ESG criteria generally will underperform the stock market as a whole or that the particular stocks selected will, in the aggregate, trail returns of other funds screened for ESG criteria.
You must buy and sell Vanguard ETF Shares through Vanguard Brokerage Services (we offer them commission-free) or through another broker (which may charge commissions). See the Vanguard Brokerage Services commission and fee schedules directly with the issuing fund other than in very large aggregations worth millions of dollars. ETFs are subject to market volatility. When buying or selling an ETF, you will pay or receive the current market price, which may be more or less than net asset value.
All investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of the money you invest. Diversification does not ensure a profit or protect against a loss.