BIV News and Press, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond From 03/04/22

Russian debt, both hard currency and local currency, is largely shut down for trading. Prices for Russian government securities are pricing in a default scenario. The markets have dramatically repriced central bank expectations. For further details see: Russia Sanctions ...

In this article, I will look at some broad fund/ETF categories to see how my recommendations of almost a year ago turned out. I looked at sector, Value vs. Growth, Small Cap vs. Large Cap, and Long Term vs. Short Term bond category performance. My biggest wins were Energy and Fina...

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) - $0.1263. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.34% as of Feb. 24. Payable Mar 04; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.1263

Russia-Ukraine crisis: What's Putin's next move? A full regime change in Ukraine may be tougher than Putin thinks. Bond market surprise: Why didn't long bonds react to Russian attack? For further details see: Russia-Ukraine Crisis: What's Putin's Next Move?

Bond market sentiment is reaching extreme levels. Treasury volatility, as measured by the MOVE Index, spiked to very high readings. We see intermediate-term fixed-income rates near fair value for now. For further details see: Rise In Bond Yields Looks Like An Exhausted M...

Investors who think they have no macro exposure quite often are just unaware of what macro risks they are running. One complaint I have seen multiple times that people were annoyed that macro analysts were opining on the topic, despite a lack of qualifications in international relatio...

The market expects at least four rate hikes beginning in March setting the stage for a tough year for fixed income. All else equal, higher yielding asset classes may hold up better as rates rise because a higher level of income earned will help to offset price losses as rates rise. ...

Investors that hold bonds to maturity earn the yield at which they purchased the security, and at maturity, they get paid face value. The US government issues its own currency and can always pay for anything with the Fed’s newly created money. Fixed income investors have go...

Markets had expected the BoE's bank rate hike, but they were caught a bit off guard by a surprising pivot by the ECB, widely seen as the most dovish of major central banks in wanting to hold off talk of any rate hikes until after 2022. ECB president Christine Lagarde noted that inflat...

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) - $0.1386. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.04% as of Jan. 28. Payable Feb 04; for shareholders of record Feb 02; ex-div Feb 01. For further details see: Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.1386