Vanguard: Investing and personal finance news
This feed includes helpful “plain talk” guidance from Vanguard on how to invest wisely and manage your money more effectively. We cover a wide range of topics that affect your portfolio, such as saving for retirement or college, personal financial planning, taxes, brokerage investing, and much more.

• Looking for CDs? Purchase conveniently through Vanguard
  Should certificates of deposit (CDs) be part of your investment portfolio? You can purchase CDs through Vanguard.com.
• Too many retirement accounts? Simplify your investments
  One easy way to simplify your finances is to hold investments at fewer companies.
• An over-easy process to unscramble your nest egg
  Merging your retirement savings into one IRA held at a company you trust can help you manage your assets efficiently.
• Boomers elect IRAs by wide margin
  Why have IRAs become them the primary vehicle for retirement savings? In a word: rollovers.
• Choosing the right investments
  It may sound like a complex job, but you can construct a sensible portfolio in three simple steps.
• Podcast: History never quite repeats itself
  Joe Brennan of Vanguard Portfolio Review Department discusses today's volatile conditions, along with historic economic events.
• Vanguard: Your partner in tax season preparation
  As tax time approaches, Vanguard.com has several ways to help make figuring out and paying your taxes a little easier.
• Video: Where do bond funds fit in your portfolio?
  Kenneth Volpert, head of Vanguard Taxable Bond Group, explains how you can use bond funds to help achieve your financial goals.
• Manage risk with balance and diversification
  Sound investing starts with 2 fundamental principles: balance and diversification.
• Bogle publishes 7th book, "Enough"
  Vanguard founder John C. Bogle's latest book, Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life, is now available.
• Home equity and your retirement
  The sharp downturn that has followed the housing boom demonstrates one of the risks of relying on your home to be your retirement nest egg.
• Podcast: Are the credit markets improving?
  John Hollyer, head of Vanguard Risk Management and Strategy Analysis, discusses why he's optimistic about the future of the credit markets.
• Learning to keep costs under control
  If there's a silver lining to the current economic downturn, it may be a renewed focus on living within our means.
• Podcast: In a bear market, take the long view
  Vanguard Chief Investment Officer Gus Sauter explains that volatility is a fact of life for stock investors, who should keep a long-term perspective.
• Performance and cost often go hand-in-hand
  There's one very important element affecting long-term investment return over which you have a great deal of control, and that's cost.