Dan Wiener

Dan Wiener

Recent Articles

Vanguard Investing – 11 Secrets to Building 401k Wealth

By Dan Wiener

Investing in Vanguard mutual funds doesn't have to be difficult or confusing. Vanguard may not make it easy to plot the safest course for your 401k investments, but with a few pointers you can turn your retirement money into a healthy nest egg in no time.

7 Common Mutual Fund Mistakes

By Dan Wiener

If you can avoid the deceptive claims for your 401k investing plan, hidden investment risks and half-baked 401k strategies, you can, in fact, use mutual funds to fund your retirement years.

Time for Mutual Fund Convertibles Again?

By Dan Wiener

Convertibles aren't well understood by most investors and so don't always attract the attention they deserve for providing good risk-adjusted returns in volatile markets.

Vanguard ETFs Take On iShares Index ETF Funds

By Dan Wiener

This week we learned that Vanguard will over some index ETFs to combat ETF funds from the iShares family. Specifically, mutual fund giant Vanguard plans to offer exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, on a series of Russell and S and P indexes.

401k Investing – SEC Falls Short on Target Funds

By Dan Wiener

Many 401k investors have target funds as part of their mutual fund portfolio. Last week, the SEC proposed new rules they think will help individual 401k retirement investors in target date funds like Vanguard's Target Retirement series, by requiring better disclosure of the funds' asset allocation strategies.

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