Vanguard: Plain Talk on Investing™ videos

The power of compounding puts time on your side when it comes to investing. Reinvesting any earnings from your investments gives you the opportunity to produce more earnings during both short and long time frames.

Building wealth through investments and accepting risk go hand-in-hand. Understanding the historical results of investing in the three main asset classes, stocks, bonds, and cash, can help give you some perspective on the risks generally associated with each one.

Emotional investing can do more harm than good. But a sensible, long-term financial plan, and sticking to it, is one effective way to help keep your emotions in check.

If you're in or near retirement, you may be wondering how to make your savings last. Here are three approaches to getting guaranteed lifetime income, whether you want income that's fixed or varies according to market conditions.

Reaching any destination is easier with a good road map. Simply having a plan in the first place can help you prioritize your goals and put you on the road to reaching them.

Retirement may seem like decades away, and for younger investors, it probably is. But, there's no time like the present to start thinking about your golden years. (5:53)

Find out how index investing works to see if it's right for you. (5:31)