Vanguard
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Vanguard is a name given to various organizations and entities, most notably the Vanguard Group, one of the world's largest investment management companies known for popularizing index funds.
The name also appears in military contexts—HMS Vanguard was a British battleship, and Vanguard rockets were early American launch vehicles.
Various political parties, publications, and products have adopted the name for its connotations of leadership and innovation. (Lowercase vanguard means the forefront of a movement or army.)
Investment matching market benchmark
- mutual fundPooled, managed investment vehicle
- ETFTradable pooled investment vehicle
- asset managementStrategic oversight of holdings
- retirement fundSavings for post-career years
Rocket carrying spacecraft upward
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- space programOrganized effort for extraterrestrial exploration
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
Election-seeking ideological organization
- publicationIssued written material
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- brandCompany's product line name
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
index fund
Investment matching market benchmark
- mutual fundPooled, managed investment vehicle
- ETFTradable pooled investment vehicle
- asset managementStrategic oversight of holdings
launch vehicle
Rocket carrying spacecraft upward
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- space programOrganized effort for extraterrestrial exploration
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
political party
Election-seeking ideological organization
- publicationIssued written material
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- brandCompany's product line name
- Index Investingindex funds, ETFs, benchmark
- rocketsrocket, rockets, ballistic missile, booster, boosters
- Retro ArcadePac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaga
- satellitessatellites, satellite, weather satellite, communications satellite, GPS satellite
- Activision BlizzardBlizzard, Call of Duty, Diablo, Warcraft, World of Warcraft
- Financial FirmsGoldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo
Vanguardold guard
Conservative faction within organization
traditionalists · conservatives · laggards · followers · reactionaries
Vanguardfollowers
People who support someone
rank and file · masses · mainstream · majority · establishment