Jeff DeMaso

505 posts

Quick Take

Vanguard’s Fee Cuts Keep Coming. The Easy Wins Are Gone.

Another round of expense reductions reinforces Vanguard’s low-cost mission—but also highlights the limits of the race to zero.

| 3 min read
Weekly Brief

Uncertainty Moves Gold, But Growth Moves Stocks

Why safe havens react—and productive assets still matter

| 4 min read
IVA Research

Narrowing The Field: Decoding Vanguard’s Indexed Growth & Income Funds

FUNDS FOCUS — GROWTH AND INCOME INDEX FUNDS | Vanguard offers no shortage of index funds designed for generating both growth and income. I’ll give you my top picks as well as the ones you can safely ignore.

| 24 min read
Weekly Brief

A Greenland-Sized Shock

Traders react to rising U.S-Europe tensions | One volatile day, familiar lessons

| 3 min read
IVA Research

Upping the Limit: 2026

Updating the 2026 contribution limits for retirement accounts.

| 13 min read
Weekly Brief

Vanguard Splits, Shifts and Stumbles

Proposals in perspective | Rotenberg’s expanding role | Vanguard splits its stock indexing team | Cash Plus yield gets a teaser yield | A year-end email misfire

| 7 min read