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Vanguard Announces Portfolio Manager Change to Health Care Fund

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  • Mona
    Maybe this is for the better. Jean Hynes could not fill Ed Owens shoes, she seldom beat Vanguard Health Care Index and adding insult to injury, highly tax inefficient if held in a taxable account.
  • Sven
    We left the fund when Ed Owen’s retired. Now we hold VG index instead. Today VHT is holding up well while S&P500 is down over 1%.
  • Observant1
    edited August 1
    The Health Care Fund generated excellent returns during Ed Owens's tenure.
    I wish I had owned it back then!
    Last time I checked (perhaps 1.5 yrs. ago), performance during Ms. Hynes's tenure was middling.
  • beebee
    edited August 2
    A fund that has had amazing risk/reward over the years (minus recent years). Linked here is a MFO/Fund Alarm discussion regarding VGHCX. A fund that is hopefully on the "mend":

    https://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/search?Search=vghcx
  • sma3
    Hynes was a disaster. Couldn't beat Vanguard's own index!
    Vanguard Independent Advisors identified this problem many years ago
  • a2z
    as a big wellington fan, i hope she has real admin skills.
    so far seems an over-rated PR person.
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