Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Slicing Fees
30 minutes Posted Feb 26, 2026 at 6:51 pm.
Vanguard cuts fees again — average expense ratio now 0.06%...
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Vanguard slashes fees again, pushing its average expense ratio down to six basis points. Don and Tom contrast that with outrageously expensive ETFs charging 2% to 14% annually, walk through why evidence-based factor funds cost a bit more than pure index funds, answer listener questions about international tilts and fund-of-funds rebalancing, and clarify why diversification across assets still matters more than fee-chasing alone.