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Markets & economy

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Beat the market long-term? Yes, it can be done.Negative interest rates: What they are and what they mean Webcast replay: Improving your odds of successful investing in actively managed funds

Saving & investing

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What drives your fund costs up or down?Money talks… Why don't we?The returns you need versus the returns you want

Retirement investing

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3 things you should know if you inherit an IRA When it comes to claiming Social Security benefits, timing is everything Retirement by the numbers

Markets

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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

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