IVOG News and Press, Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth

2024-07-25 14:10:00 ET Summary Fast forward to yesterday’s close for the S&P 500 Index and equities are well below their recent peak. The better question is whether the latest decline is the start of an extended slide or just a garden variety correction? The market ...

2024-07-25 12:50:00 ET Summary On Wednesday, the S&P 500 shed 2.3%. The major key to this weakness, which we detailed in last night's Closer, was how the the Magnificent 7 had a historically bad session given poor reactions to earnings of Tesla and Alphabet. Yesterday was ...

2024-07-25 02:55:00 ET Summary Calls from senior members of the Democratic Party finally became too great this past weekend, with President Biden bowing out of the 2024 U.S. Presidential race. Regardless of who faces off against former president Donald Trump in November, the U.S. ...

2024-07-25 02:35:00 ET Summary It can be easy for investors to let their political persuasions impact their long-term financial judgment. U.S. stocks have almost always risen by the end of a president's term, regardless of their party affiliation. Historical data shows that ma...

2024-07-24 12:30:00 ET Summary President Joe Biden’s late withdrawal from the presidential race creates a number of significant unknowns. While few expect a rate cut at next week’s meeting, probabilities could increase after Friday’s Personal Consumption Expen...

2024-07-24 11:17:00 ET Summary Market concentration rose to multi-decade highs as names like Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft continued to surge higher. While we have seen signs of a slowing economy, we have yet to see the signs of outright weakness that would seriously concern us abo...

2024-07-24 07:45:00 ET Summary Momentum continued in the second quarter, with U.S. equities still led by the large technology stocks known as the Magnificent 7. History shows that a strong first half of the year often leads to a strong second half. There will be presidential e...

2024-07-24 07:15:00 ET Summary 78% of S&P 500 constituents surpassed EPS expectations vs. S&P Capital IQ Estimates, a 4% increase compared to Q4 2023 (74%), 2% decrease compared to Q3 2023 (80%), 1% decrease compared to Q2 2023 (79%) and a 1% increase compared to Q1 2023 (77%)...

2024-07-23 09:10:00 ET Summary One month ago, Political Calculations' monthly snapshot of the future for the S&P 500's quarterly dividend payouts dimmed for the first time in months. The outlook for the remaining quarters of dividends for the S&P 500 improved over the past...

2024-07-22 03:40:00 ET Summary Corporate high-yield credit spreads tightened again this week to +309, down from +323 on July 5th, +324 on June 21, and +342 on April 19 ’24. Gradually tightening corporate high-yield credit spreads imply a US economy that remains in reasonabl...