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Vanguard mutual funds

Get the best of both worlds: industry-leading low costs and competitive long-term performance.

Our expense ratios are 82% less than the industry average.* And 92% of our mutual funds performed better than their peer-group averages over the past 10 years.** Now that's a winning combination.

Get an entire portfolio in a single fund that helps you manage your investments and your risk. Just choose the one that matches your investing goal.

Save for retirementUse these funds for any goalGet income after you retire

Start with a short list of broadly diversified, low-cost funds that give you everything you need to create a well-balanced portfolio.

See our list of Vanguard Select Funds™

Explore all your options, beginning with the major asset classes and then narrowing down the list to find what you need.

Money market fundsBond fundsBalanced fundsStock fundsInternational fundsSector & specialty funds

Vanguard ETFs

Enjoy the diversification and professional management of a mutual fund with the trading flexibility of an individual security.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) give you more control over your trading without the hassle of handpicking individual stocks and bonds. And you can trade Vanguard ETFs® commission-free.

Start with the major asset classes, then filter the list down to find what you need.

Stock ETFsBond ETFsSector ETFs

ETFs and mutual funds are both diversified, professionally managed investments. But there are differences in how they're priced and traded.

Compare ETFs vs. mutual funds

Because ETFs are traded like individual stocks and bonds, you'll need to set up a brokerage account before you can buy them.

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Advice & tools to help you decide

Find the help you need to create a portfolio designed for long-term success, whether you prefer to do your own research or work with a professional.

Feel more confident knowing you've done everything you can to protect your money from the ups and downs of the markets. Get started online or connect with one of our financial planners.

Get the advice & guidance you want

Is it getting harder to find the time to manage your portfolio? Vanguard Personal Advisor Services™ can help.

Partner with a Vanguard advisor

Answer a few quick questions, and we'll show you a mix of funds that could meet your needs.

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More investment options

Complement your portfolio with other types of investments, while conveniently having all of your accounts in one place.

Is your portfolio spread across several financial companies and getting harder to manage? Find everything you need at Vanguard to make things a little easier.

Transfer investments you already own to your Vanguard account

Invest in mutual funds from hundreds of other fund families.

Explore thousands of other funds

Trade stocks and other companies' ETFs at some of the lowest commissions in the business.

Buy & sell individual stocks & other ETFs

Search for CDs and bonds that match your criteria and compare prices and yields.

Buy & sell individual CDs & bonds

Vanguard funds not held in a brokerage account are held by The Vanguard Group, Inc., and are not protected by SIPC. Brokerage assets are held by Vanguard Brokerage Services, a division of Vanguard Marketing Corporation, member FINRA and SIPC

Vanguard average expense ratio: 0.19%. Industry average expense ratio: 1.03%. Sources: Vanguard and Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, as of December 31, 2015.

For the 10-year period ended March 31, 2016, 10 of 10 Vanguard money market funds, 46 of 54 Vanguard bond funds, 18 of 18 Vanguard balanced funds, and 112 of 122 Vanguard stock funds—for a total of 186 of 204 Vanguard funds—outperformed their Lipper peer-group averages. Results will vary for other time 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

Vanguard is client-owned. As a client owner, you own the funds that own Vanguard.

Vanguard provides services to the Vanguard funds and ETFs at cost.