Benefits & Costs

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Benefits

As your Vanguard accounts grow, so will your access to more personal attention, lower costs, and other special benefits.

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Up to $1 million

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Starting at $1 million

Get the personal attention and benefits you need to support a large investment portfolio.

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Starting at $5 million

Get the extensive wealth management services you’d expect as a high-net-worth Vanguard client.

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Costs, fees & minimums

Your accounts can work harder for you when they're not dragged down by high costs.

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Commission-free trades

Pay no commission when you buy or sell any Vanguard mutual fund or ETF (exchange-traded fund).

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Minimum investments

Open an account with as little as $1,000.

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Account conveniences

Making good investment decisions can be tricky enough. Handling your accounts should be the easy part.

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Managing your accounts

Simplify how you move money and transact on your accounts.

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Connecting with us

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Resources & tools

Use our website to keep tabs on your investments.

Review this guide to your accounts Screen mutual funds & ETFs based on criteria you select Find a Vanguard fund similar to one from another fund family Compare mutual fund & ETF costs

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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

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