BLV News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Bond From 11/29/20

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) - $0.2531.30-Day SEC Yield of 2.29% as of Nov. 25.Payable Dec 04; for shareholders of record Dec 02; ex-div Nov 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2531

Most investors put their net worth in financial assets like stocks, bonds and cash. I prefer to invest mine in hard assets. You can get exposure to hard assets through publicly-traded vehicles. Below I explain why I have 60% of my net worth in hard assets, and why you should d...

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) - $0.2630.30-Day SEC Yield of 2.37% as of Oct. 28.Payable Nov 05; for shareholders of record Nov 03; ex-div Nov 02. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2630

Long-term bonds have been under pressure recently, as inflation expectations have risen and yield spreads have widened. While the duration risk for funds like BLV is high, I believe the market is overestimating interest rate increases in the short term. Long-term Treasury bonds ar...

A simple risk-parity strategy beat the S&P 500 20 out of the last 25 years, turning $10,000 into nearly $220,000 over the same timeframe and nearly doubling the S&P 500. If you believe in the efficient market hypothesis, this strategy does not violate it. I used a modified...

Long-term bond yields are at all-time lows. The duration of the U.S. bond market has never been higher. The yield pickup per year of duration risk has never been lower. Fed easing can't get much more intense than it is already. The return/risk tradeoff for long-term bonds ...

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) - $0.2692.30-Day SEC Yield of 2.30% as of Sept 28.Payable Oct 06; for shareholders of record Oct 02; ex-div Oct 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2692

The Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF blends the safety of treasuries and the higher yield potential of corporate bonds. Compared to VCLT, BLV is better balanced and more effective at diversifying a portfolio, at the expense of yields that are 60 bps lower. BLV best serves one specific ...

"Japanification" is the process of other countries' economies becoming like that of Japan: flatlined, with little to no growth or inflation and interest rates stuck at zero indefinitely. Because of the Monetary Death Spiral process that I've described elsewhere, many countries around ...

There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs. —Thomas Sowell Macroeconomic Thesis In the past, on multiple occasions, I've written about how the United States' enormous national debt burden will slow economic growth going forward. Academic studies have demonstrated that, a...