BIV News and Press, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond From 10/04/23

2023-10-04 06:52:00 ET Summary Why the bond bull market is still in place. Markets priced 'everything for perfection': Now what? Hard landing or soft landing? September has been a challenging month for investors as they face numerous headwinds, including economic u...

2023-09-02 01:55:00 ET Summary Elevated stock market valuations, coupled with higher bond yields, have driven the equity risk premium to near 20-year lows. The lofty valuations, while not contagious to the entire equity market, don’t seemingly reflect heightened recession r...

2023-08-31 10:44:46 ET More on Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF BIV: Concerning Price Action, Bearish Seasonals Offset A 2.5% Real Yield Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Dividend scorecard for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bo...

2023-08-30 11:01:45 ET Summary Inflation above 2% has a negative impact on stock prices; the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has averaged poor performance during such years. Various sub-sectors of the stock market and sectors of the bond market are affected differently by high inf...

2023-08-18 13:09:42 ET Summary Traders are pricing in a 1-in-3 chance of a quarter-point rate increase by the November Federal Reserve meeting. Q3 GDP growth is tracking at over 5%, but the chance of a rate hike at the September FOMC meeting remains modest. I reiterate my hold...

2023-08-11 05:28:00 ET Summary Fund flows show investors still favouring fixed income. Money Market and high interest savings instruments proving popular. New buffer and accelerator ETFs also gaining investor interest. Despite the recent run in stocks, fund flows s...

2023-07-31 17:39:55 ET Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: BIV ) - $0.2027 . Payable Aug 04; for shareholders of record Aug 02; ex-div Aug 01. For further details see: Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2027

2023-07-31 15:13:20 ET Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares ( NYSEARCA: BIV ) declares $0.2027/share monthly dividend Payable Aug. 4; for shareholders of record Aug. 2; ex-div Aug. 1. See BIV Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. ...

2023-07-24 05:37:00 ET Summary Markets assume that a 25 bps rate increase at the FOMC’s meeting next Wednesday will wrap up the Fed’s tightening cycle. The S&P 500 increased 0.7% (up 18.1% y-t-d), and the Dow jumped 2.1% (up 6.3%). Federal Reserve Credit decl...

2023-07-14 21:43:00 ET Summary Can bonds provide the returns in the second half that were expected in the first? The case for staying the course for fixed income. Why that fixed income strategy may be facing a timing problem. Originally published on July 6,...