Vanguard investment perspectives

List of Vanguard Research Sites

 * Vanguard Investment Counseling and Research
 * Vanguard Center for Retirement Research
 * Vanguard Research: Australia

Vanguard Investment Perspectives, Volume 1, Spring/Summer 2007

 * New issues in international investing
 * Evaluating index and active strategies
 * The risk of concentrated equity
 * Professional advice in defined contribution plans
 * Key considerations for target maturity funds

Vanguard Investment Perspectives, Volume 2, Fall/Winter 2007

 * Target date funds: Filling the information gap
 * Chasing the efficient frontier: The opportunity, challenges, and risks
 * Are REITs an effective proxy for commercial real estate?
 * Emotional intelligence and investment behavior
 * Evolving U.S.inflation dynamics

Vanguard Investment Perspectives, Volume 3, Spring/Summer 2008

 * Boom! Bust! Now what?
 * Noisy signals: A challenge to tactical strategies
 * Effective risk management: Staying in the game
 * Active small-cap equity outperformance: Myth or reality?
 * Target-maturity funds and participant portfolios

Vanguard Investment Perspectives, Volume 4, Fall/Winter 2008

 * Oil, the economy, and the stock market
 * Evolutions in financial simulation
 * The ‘lost decade’: Rational expectations in uncertain markets
 * Investing for retirement: Lessons from our clients

Vanguard Investment Perspectives, Volume 5, Spring/Summer

 * Questions raised by the financial crisis
 * Active management in bear markets
 * The role of funding status in DB investment strategy
 * Improving diversification in workplace retirement plans
 * New tools for retired investors