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What’s a mutual fund?
A mutual fund is a pooled collection of assets that invests in stocks, bonds, and other securities.
Vanguard mutual fund strategies
A strategy is the general or specific approach to investing based on your goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. See what’s best for you.
Vanguard Target Retirement Funds
Our Target Retirement Funds make investing about as easy as it gets. You make just one decision, and the fund’s managers maintain the target risk and rebalancing for you.
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Create a side-by-side comparison of up to 5 mutual funds and ETFs (exchange-traded funds) to find 1 that best matches what you're looking for.
Still not sure which fund is right for you?
Create a side-by-side comparison of up to 5 mutual funds and ETFs (exchange-traded funds) to find 1 that best matches what you're looking for.
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Your choice, your way. Your brokerage account gives you access to a wide variety of mutual funds—many without commissions—from hundreds of companies.
Give your money a chance to grow
Investing in mutual funds offers benefits you won’t get from trading individual stocks and bonds on your own.
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*Vanguard average expense ratio: 0.06%. Industry average expense ratio: 0.20%. All averages are for index mutual funds and ETFs and are asset-weighted. Industry average excludes Vanguard. Sources: Vanguard and Morningstar, Inc., as of December 31, 2021.
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.