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I really look forward to the day when it's easy (and safe) to have API's at places like Vanguard so developers skilled in areas such as UX can layer technology solutions on top of the fantastic investment products provided by outfits like Vanguard.

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I don't see much benefit. The investment philosophy that goes along with Vanguard is buy-and-hold for the long term, there's little trading that goes on these accounts. And that's a good thing. It's not like it's difficult to trade stocks as it is, no real need to make it easier.

I'm thinking more about harnessing insight into the returns on the products themselves (and of course not using an API to trade, that wouldn't make much sense with an index fund).

Couldn't agree more. This also applies to other financial technologies as well. In general, I feel there is just too much opaqueness in the finance.

On a slightly related note, I am working on the trading part mentioned in the article - i.e. APIs for advanced methods of getting the trades done. Basically, these trading methods are use machine learning to predict near future movement and use that to optimize the orders. (Some more details here - https://www.qleap.co/ - in case, someone is interested.)

I don't see why youd need to have any sort of website/outward facing material for this. If you can really do what it says on your about page, then just trade!

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