Financial Planning Roundup: Vanguard Funds Add “Morningstar” to Their Name

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. CRSP was the entity that operated a bunch of the indexes that Vanguard funds tracked.

Earlier this year, Vanguard announced that “Morningstar” 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.

On Wednesday of last week, those new names took effect.

Just to be clear, it’s a name change only. Same funds, same indexes being tracked, slightly new name.

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