Weekly Wrap: Vanguard Hits a Milestone, Tesla Joins the S&P, and More

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Editor's Picks Tax Strategies for Retirees in a No-RMD Year Including who can use qualified charitable distributions. Top 10 Holdings of Our Ultimate Stock-Pickers' Index Large-cap strategies continue to underperform the market through 2020. The 10 Best Wide-Moat Stocks of 2020 Do any of 2020's top performers have gas left in the tank for 2021? Is Tesla Joining the S&P 500 Really Such a Big Deal? While it stands as the largest addition in the index's history, this likely won't impact everyday investors all that much. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Hits the Trillion Dollar Milestone Vanguard has the biggest fund. ETFs Again Proved Their Worth to Taxable Investors in 2020 Most avoided capital gains distributions this year.

Portfolio Planning and Personal Finance With Christine Benz Implementing a Fresh Portfolio? Don't Forget About Taxes It may be tempting to undertake a dramatic makeover, but an incremental, forward-looking approach is best for taxable accounts. Charitable Giving in 2020 Ed Slott discusses some of the tax implications that are unique to this year. Strategies if You're Temporarily in a Lower Tax Bracket IRA conversions and tax-gain harvesting may be worth considering. Retirement Planning for the 'Gig' Economy Contractors and other self-employed workers need a bigger safety net, less idiosyncratic risk, than other workers. Are Tax Changes Coming in 2021? And what can investors do to prepare?

Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds Global Disclosure Practices: How Markets Around the World Stack Up Morningstar's analysis of global disclosure structures highlights the importance of transparency around investments and incremental improvements. November Analyst Ratings Upgrades, Downgrades, and More Morningstar analysts rated 1,458 share classes and vehicles and 271 unique strategies in November 2020. This Strong Bond Fund Thinks Outside the Box BlackRock Total Return makes the most of the firm's deep resources. You Can Do Better Than the Russell 2000 Other U.S. small-cap indexes are worth considering.

Stocks Introducing the Morningstar Capital Allocation Rating Learn what we look for when rating a company. Digging Into Berkshire Hathaway's Portfolio Morningstar's Global Risk Model reveals how the investment giant's equity holdings stack up on 11 different measures of equity-related risk. Morningstar's Take on Tesla Its technology has the potential to change the world, but investing carries great uncertainty.

Stock Analyst Updates FDA Supports EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 Vaccine The FDA provided emergency use authorization, or EUA, for Pfizer and partner BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 on Dec. 11. However, we are not changing our fair value for either Pfizer or BioNTech as the EUA was largely expected. Disney Continues to Invest in Streaming Battle We are raising our fair value estimate to $140 from $127 due to much higher subscriber growth offset slightly by higher content spending. Economic Projections Improve in FOMC's Final Meeting We anticipate that the Federal Open Market Committee will be in a holding pattern for some time, with the meetings and releases likely to be relatively mundane for a while. Eli Lilly Provides Strong Outlook and Positive Updates The wide-moat firm continues to show significant innovation. We plan to increase our fair value estimate. Aphria & Tilray Merge, Form Largest Cannabis Company We see a strong strategic rationale for the combined company, which will keep the Tilray name. Rekenthaler Report Fund Investors Have Been a Steadying Force If the stock market's 2020 gyrations bothered them, the numbers don't show it. Why Most Stocks Are Losers The math of diversification.

Advisor Insights Year-End Equity Compensation Planning: Keep More in Your Pocket Don't forget grants and options in your tax planning. How to Be an Effective Pro Bono Advisor In what ways should your approach vary? The Long View Podcast Jean Chatzky: 'Financial Stress Is a Big Topic in Need of More Oxygen' The financial expert and author discusses how the pandemic can improve financial habits, what works in financial education, and the link between financial stress and well-being. The Short Answer What Are Fund Flows and Why Do They Matter? Here's what you need to know to start thinking about flows. Commentary The 10 Biggest IPOs of 2020 These stock launches took on the pandemic, raised billions--and generated a lot of hype. Can You Age in Place? A shortage of age-friendly communities may make it challenging. ETFs Drive U.S. Fund Flows in November They collect a record $97 billion and lift U.S. equity funds. 3 Lessons Investors Can Learn From Endowments Thinking like an endowment manager has its advantages. Signal or Noise? Introducing a new metric for gauging the funds that investors are most interested in.

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