Week’s Best: Vanguard’s Important Anniversary

Fifty years ago this Monday, Jack Bogle’s Vanguard launched its First Index Investment Trust, now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Passive index funds like the Vanguard 500 Index fund are how many investors invest today—as of 2024, there are more assets in passive funds than actively managed ones, according to Morningstar. For this week’s Big Q feature, we queried four wealth management leaders about what the elections could mean for markets.