Safeguarding retirement in a bear market
An adaptive portfolio withdrawal strategy can be effective in countering sequence-of-return risk in retirement.
The same but different: Gender differences in retail investor behavior
New Vanguard research shows that male and female retail investors differ when it comes to the funds they hold and their trading behavior.
Does your pension risk management match your risk tolerance?
Following a defined risk management process can help sponsors manage risk and pursue a solid rate of return.
A challenging time for emerging markets
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund lowered its forecast for growth in emerging and developing economies for both 2020 and 2021. The way out won’t be easy. But not all is lost for emerging markets.
Vanguard's Principles for Investing Success
A Vanguard paper shows how focusing on goals, balance, cost, and discipline can help investors.
Estimating the economic impact of the COVID-19 shock
COVID-19 has caused economic activity worldwide to fall sharply. A deep, short recession will likely be followed by a slow recovery.
Our annual How America Saves research provides comprehensive analysis of retirement saving behavior that can help you optimize your plan and improve participant outcomes. A strong plan design can serve participants well in all markets—even those defined by heightened uncertainty and increased volatility.
The low-interest-rate environment is a favorable backdrop for developed markets to retire pandemic-related debt. Central banks, meanwhile, may soon provide guidance on how they’ll start unwinding assets.
Market Perspectives: Vanguard's monthly economic market update
Vanguard's monthly update provides timely analysis on important market and economic news. View our latest insights on trade tensions, Brexit, policy changes, and more.
Vanguard's perspective on recent events and ongoing efforts to address racial injustice and inequity.
Dividend-focused investing: An all-weather investment strategy
The global pandemic has left no corner of the financial markets untouched, leading to negative growth and interest rates that have been cut to nearly zero. Today's investment environment is a challenge. Add to that a global economy most likely in a recession and that challenge is amplified.
Vanguard's long-term outlook for asset returns
Vanguard outlines how its return expectations for stocks and bonds have changed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Our deep experience translates into wisdom and strong investment strategies that we can apply in the form of risk-controlled decisions each day for our investors.
Here is a concise summary of the year-to-year actions of the companies that sponsor the largest corporate pension plans, from 2008 to the end of 2019. And, given the unusual circumstances unfolding early this year, we expanded aspects of this analysis to include the first quarter of 2020.