Let's look at four Vanguard ETFs an investor might want to put $500 into with the intent to buy and hold for the long term.

Diversified long-term corporate bonds at a low cost ... He has worked in investment management at Vanguard since 1999 and managed investment portfolios since 2005. In 2013, he was promoted ...

Our research team assigns Gold ratings to strategies that they ... global head of iShares and index investing, and his appointment represents a departure from Vanguard’s historical norm.

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