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Lasik is the acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, a type of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.[1] The procedure is generally preferred to photorefractive keratectomy, PRK, (also called ASA, Advanced Surface Ablation) because it requires less time for the patient's recovery, and the patient feels less pain, overall.

 

 

(However, there are instances where PRK/ASA is medically indicated as a better alternative to LASIK) Many patients choose LASIK as an alternative to wearing corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses. ( Source Wikipedia )

 
 

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MarketWatch - Mutual Funds - Overview
Mutual Funds - Overview. Go. Vanguard 500 Index;InvVFINX (FUND) ... Fund Family. VANGUARD INDEX FDS. Fund Status. Open. Objective. S&P 500 Index Objective Funds ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/mutualfunds/overview.asp?siteID=mktw&symb=VFINX

Fund Profile
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Class Institutional (SZ) ... Vanguard Bond Index Funds. PO Box 2600. V26. www.vanguard.com. Asset Manager(s) Kenneth Volpert ...
http://www.icmarc.org/xp/funds/profile.xml?class_id=0000&invest_id=SZ

Vanguard Value Index Fund recent activity and results! Fund Buy Sell Own
Vanguard Value Index Fund. Fund Type: LARGE-CAP VALUE. Report Date: 2008-08-29 ... Family of: Vanguard Index Funds. Vanguard Value Index Fund Details ...
http://www.mffais.com/funds/96812/

InvestorPlace.com: Vanguard ETFs vs. Index Funds
So which is right for you: ETFs for Index Funds? ... Is Your Vanguard Mutual Fund Portfolio Truly Diversified? How to Play Sector Funds ...
http://www.investorplace.com/confident_investor/feature/vanguard_etf_index_funds.html

Five Hidden Gems Among Fidelity Index Funds - Forbes.com
... Fidelity--not Vanguard--has the lowest-cost index funds. Here are ... After all, Vanguard is to index fund investing what Fidelity is to active fund investing. ...
http://www.forbes.com/personalfinance/2006/09/12/fidelity-lowell-vanguard_pf_guru-in_jl_0912soapbox_inl.html

Forbes: Funds
Vanguard Index Funds: Vanguard 500 Index Fund; Investor Shares (VFINX) Category: S&P 500 Index ... Fund Manager(s): Michael H. Buek. Manager(s) start date: ...
http://www.forbes.com/funds/Tearsheet.jhtml?tkr=VFINX

Vanguard to Broaden International Offerings
Vanguard 500 Index Fund, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in August, is the ... Two Vanguard funds currently track FTSE benchmarks: Vanguard FTSE Social Index ...
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061215005493&newsLang=en

VHT: Snapshot for Vanguard World Funds: Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ...
VHT: Snapshot for Vanguard World Funds: Vanguard Health Care Index Fund; ETF Shares ... SmartMoney Home: Exchange-Traded Funds: ETF Snapshots: ...
http://www.smartmoney.com/etf/eqsnaps/index.cfm?story=snapshot&symbol=VHT

Investing in Index funds - Feb. 8, 2000
Gus Sauter, manager of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, the nation's second largest mutual fund, says his portfolio attracts the sophisticated investor.
http://money.cnn.com/2000/02/08/mutualfunds/q_vanguard_transcript/

Fidelity vs Vanguard | Ask Metafilter
... fund to nearly every Vanguard fund and the expense ratios for index funds are .01-.02% higher. ... Vanguard also has the largest selection of index funds ...
http://ask.metafilter.com/17757/Fidelity-vs-Vanguard

Beat the market with a mix of index funds - MSN Money
Vanguard itself has more than 20 index funds, including one that just owns real ... the Index 500 fund, Vanguard opened a Total Stock Market Index fund (VTSMX) ...
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/MutualFunds_DC/BeatTheMarketWithAMixOfIndexFunds.aspx

Mutual Funds
Interactive Brokers Exchange Traded Funds ... VANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION INDEX FUND ... VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND. VBIIX. Prospectus ...
http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/mf.php?f=Vanguard

Index Investing - Books and Links
For real diehards, here are Vanguard's reasons for their switch from S&P indexes ... one on the practical versus theoretical differences between index funds and ETFs. ...
http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/index_funds/iflinks.htm

Vanguard
Vanguard Funds. Fund Name. Morningstar. Rating. YTD. Return. Analyst. Report Date ... Vanguard Small Cap Value Index -18.92. 08/31/08. Vanguard Tax-Managed ...
http://www.morningstar.com/FundFamily/vanguard.html

Do Vanguard's Managed Funds Beat Its Index Funds? -
Is John Bogle right that Vanguard's index and managed funds are comparable? ... fund produces the same return as a tracking basket of comparable index funds, ...
http://www.indexuniverse.com/component/content/article/3864.html?issue=130&magazineID=2&Itemid=11

VNQ: Snapshot for Vanguard Specialized Funds: Vanguard REIT Index Fund ...
VNQ: Snapshot for Vanguard Specialized Funds: Vanguard REIT Index Fund; ETF Shares ... SmartMoney Home: Exchange-Traded Funds: ETF Snapshots: ...
http://www.smartmoney.com/etf/eqsnaps/index.cfm?story=snapshot&symbol=VNQ

Vanguard Institutional Index Report (VINIX) | Snapshot
... fees & expenses for Vanguard Institutional Index. ... 2,000 Fund Analyst Reports. See Similar Funds. Premium Fund Screener. Picks and Pans e-newsletter ...
http://quicktake.morningstar.com/FundNet/Snapshot.aspx?Country=USA&pgid=hetopquote&Symbol=VINIX

Index mutual funds from Vanguard | VailDaily.com
... my long-held, favorable opinion of index mutual funds as investment vehicles for individual investors, ... the Vanguard 500 Index (VFINX) fund is the ...
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20051109/BIZ/111090034

Balanced Funds
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF shares (VTI) ... fund is a "fund of funds" which invests in several other Vanguard index funds, ...
http://altruistfa.com/balancedfunds.htm

Vanguard Goes Global [Corrected] - News In Focus
Vanguard launches a new global index fund based on the FTSE ... Fund firm adds India to its lineup of leveraged index mutual funds covering emerging markets. ...
http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/newsinfocus/10-news-in-focus/4278.html

20Mutual funds are also taking lumps
Mutual funds aimed at retirees haven't been immune from the credit crisis.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-ymretiring1208oct12,0,3273470.story?track=rss

Nigeria: Transparency International Annual Corruption Perceptions Index (2)
The passion with which the fact of corruption is described and its effects denounced do not obscure the logic of Reverend Iloh's characterization of the scope of corruption.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810140336.html

I Think I've Found the Perfect Stock
How one strategy (and perhaps one stock) will help you pulverize the market.
http://www.fool.com/investing/dividends-income/2008/10/15/i-think-ive-found-the-perfect-stock.aspx

Is the Bear Market Burning Stock Pickers?
SAN DIEGO - If you're one of the unfortunate souls whose investment portfolio is taking a beating this year, then there's a good chance it's because...
http://biz.yahoo.com/etfguide/081015/63_id.html?.v=1

Bring On the Big Ugly
Things are always darkest before they go pitch-black.
http://www.fool.com/investing/mutual-funds/2008/10/15/bring-on-the-big-ugly.aspx

Emerging Mareket ETFs: They Still Matter
Many investors are shunning emerging market ETFs. Given the growth trends this seems short sighted.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ifunds/081014/20081015_newarticle_com_etf_jb.html?.v=1

Nigeria: NSE's Approval of Five 'Market Makers' Divides Banks
A struggle has broken out among banks over appointment as market maker for the stock market even as indications emerged yesterday that the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) may have approved five banks for the deal.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150534.html

The Future of Vanguard
9 questions for new CEO Bill McNabb.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/welcome/entry.php?refer=25181&pageUrl=/articles/business/economy/2008/10/10/the-future-of-vanguard.html

70 Times Better Than the Next Microsoft
Hiding just next to the next big thing are the market's truly monster rewards.
http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2008/10/14/70-times-better-than-the-next-microsoft.aspx

Dive batters Barack, clobbers Cindy
Barack Obama has lost as much as $100,000 in the Dow's nosedive. John McCain hasn't lost a dime - but his beer baroness wife sure has.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/13/2008-10-13_stock_market_dive_batters_barack_obama_c.html

Sibling rivalry can influence fund moves
Even in mutual-fund families, sibling rivalry can lead to unfortunate behavior. A recent study has found that fund managers often alter their investment strategies substantially, depending on how their funds' returns stack up against other funds in the same family. And that might cause serious problems for investors.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081012/news_1b12invest.html

Playing Defense at Vanguard Selected Value
Jim Barrow is investing defensively at Vanguard Selected Value (symbol VASVX ). "The consumer is under a great deal of pressure," says Barrow, whose firm runs about three-fourths of the fund's assets. He expects the consumer-related companies in his portion of the fund, such as discounter Family...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100801168.html

60 SECONDS WITH...
Daniel R. Solin, author, "The Smartest 401(k) Book You'll Ever Read: Maximize Your Retirement Savings . . . The Smart Way!" The stock market is giving people fits. How does all the turmoil affect workers' 401(k)s? I don't think it's particularly...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132008/jobs/60_seconds_with____133355.htm

Investors yank $72 billion from funds in September
Boston-based Fidelity's U.S. stock funds lost an average of 32 percent.
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/964817.html

Bandaging the bear's bite
The past three months have been so bad for mutual fund investors that it's hard to look away. But a big part of investing is looking to the future -- and, if you take a few steps now, your 401(k) retirement plan should be in the recovery room soon.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081013/BUSINESS/810130318/1003/rss01

Winds blow for financial reform
It’s hard to overstate the magnitude of the financial meltdown now confronting the world. Photo caption: A man speaks on the phone in the dealing room at the Israeli First International Bank in Tel Aviv on Sunday. Photo by Associated Press
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081013/BIZ/810130384

Mutual fund withdrawals a record
Investors pulled a record $52.1 billion from U.S.-managed stock and bond mutual funds in the past week, seeking the safety of government-insured bank deposits as the financial crisis worsened.
http://rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/11/mutual-fund-withdrawals-a-record/?partner=RSS

Bear market provides beginners with a primer
Stand on a street corner and shout: 'Buy stocks, now!'
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_10696536?source=rss

For beginning investors, uncertainty offers opportunity
Starting out in investing right now might seem irrational, but many investment experts consider this an opportune time.
http://www.vagazette.com/sports/olympics/sns-yourmoney-1012investors,0,2265548.story

U.S. Mutual Fund Withdrawals a Record as Investors Choose Banks
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Investors pulled a record $72 billion from U.S.-managed stock and bond mutual funds in September, seeking the safety of government-insured bank deposits as the financial crisis worsened.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601014&sid=a10POAxGqTZc