Morningstar Moments: The New Vanguard

Out With the Old, In With the New Vanguard Many longtime observers of Vanguard have been questioning the company’s direction, wondering if late founder Jack Bogle would approve. Do the critics have a point? Alec Lucas challenges the firm’s criticisms. Spread—or Invest in—the Love During the stock rebound, investors flooded their dollars into equities and exchange-traded funds. Our analysts have put those strategies in the spotlight time and time again. Now, it is time to pass the mic to the most shunned fund groups. Click here for contrarian investment ideas. BITO’s Still Got Bite Bitcoin investors have been HODL (“holding on for dear life”) lately, but they are far from fazed. Even though bitcoin has collapsed 46%, investors are not afraid of the volatility. Take ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO for example, which finished the year with $1.2 billion in assets. Katherine Lynch comments on crypto investor resiliency. Are you new to the crypto game? We suggest you start here.

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