Definitions:

• YTD: Year to date
• Interm.: Intermediate Term
• 60/40 Portfolio: An industry standard, moderate risk portfolio is composed of 60% equity and 40% fixed income. Sample portfolio shown reflects 60% Vanguard World Stock Market ETF (VT) and 40% Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) and does not represent an actual TMG Model Portfolio.
• S&P (Standard & Poor’s) 500: A stock market index that measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
• Vanguard World Stock Market ETF (VT) seeks to track the investment performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, a free-float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted index designed to measure the market performance of large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks of companies located around the world. The index includes approximately 7,400 stocks of companies located in 47 countries, including both developed and emerging markets.
• Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) seeks to track the investment performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, an unmanaged benchmark representing the broad, investment-grade U.S. bond market. The fund invests in taxable investment-grade corporate, U.S. Treasury, mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities with short, intermediate, and long maturities in excess of one year, resulting in a portfolio of intermediate duration.

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An index is a portfolio of specific securities, the performance of which is often used as a benchmark in judging the relative performance of certain asset classes. Indexes are unmanaged portfolios and investors cannot invest directly in an index. An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the performance shown.

Diversification is an investment methodology used to help minimize investment risk in a portfolio, but it is not a guarantee against portfolio loss.