{"id":7024995,"date":"2026-08-03T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/vanguard-funds-add-morningstar-to-their-name-oblivious-investor\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:25:02","slug":"vanguard-funds-add-morningstar-to-their-name-oblivious-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7024995","title":{"rendered":"Vanguard Funds Add \u201cMorningstar\u201d to Their Name \u2014 Oblivious Investor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In February of 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.morningstar.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/Morningstar-Completes-Acquisition-of-CRSP-and-Extends-Relationship-with-Vanguard\/default.aspx\">Morningstar bought CRSP<\/a> (the Center for Research in Securities Prices), which until that point was owned by the University of Chicago. CRSP was the entity that operated a bunch of the indexes that Vanguard funds tracked.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.vanguard.com\/content\/corporatesite\/us\/en\/corp\/who-we-are\/pressroom\/press-release-vanguard-to-update-names-of-us-equity-index-funds-tracking-morningstar-indexes-042926.html\">Vanguard announced<\/a> that \u201cMorningstar\u201d would be added to the names of the various funds that track indexes now run by Morningstar (previously run by CRSP). For example, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund would become the Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday of last week, those new names took effect.<\/p>\n<p>Just to be clear, it\u2019s a name change only. Same funds, same indexes being tracked, slightly new name.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Recommended Reading<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>New to Investing? See My Related Book:<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 135px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<col span=\"2\" width=\"75\" \/>\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"13\">\n<td width=\"160\" height=\"13\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1950967158\/?tag=obliviouspromo-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"Investing Made Simple\" src=\"https:\/\/obliviousinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewBook6Covertiltedscaled.jpg\" width=\"160\" alt=\"Book6FrontCoverTiltedBlue\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"350\">\n<p><em><strong>Investing Made Simple: Investing in Index Funds Explained in 100 Pages or Less<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1950967158\/?tag=obliviouspromo-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"buybuttontan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obliviousinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/buybuttontan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <strong>Topics Covered in the Book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asset Allocation: Why it&#8217;s so important, and how to determine your own,<\/li>\n<li>How to to pick winning mutual funds,<\/li>\n<li>Roth IRA vs. traditional IRA vs. 401(k),<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1950967158\/?tag=obliviouspromo-20\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see the full list<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Testimonial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A wonderful book that tells its readers, with simple logical explanations, our Boglehead Philosophy for successful investing.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Taylor Larimore, author of <em>The Bogleheads&#8217; Guide to Investing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"date published time\" title=\"2026-08-03T07:00:58-05:00\">August 3, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February of 2026, Morningstar bought CRSP (the Center for Research in Securities Prices), which until that point was owned by the University of Chicago. 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