MGK News and Press, Vanguard Mega Cap Growth From 12/12/22

Summary Vanguard's Mega-Cap Value and Growth ETFs have significantly diverged in 2022. Ignoring valuations and negative market sentiment has cost risk-takers about 30% YTD. MGC is one option for investors unsure why style to favor. It's essentially just a more-focused S&P 500 Index ...

Summary MGK tracks the CRSP Mega Cap Growth Index, selecting nearly 100 mega-cap stocks based on six growth factors. Long-term performance is excellent and MGK has a cheap 0.07% expense ratio. MGK's Seeking Alpha Profitability Score is 9.72/10, the second-best of any of the large-...

Summary The October CPI report was music to the bulls' ears, as it verified much lower than forecast and feared. S&P 500 futures jumped 3.5% and Treasury yields plummeted along with a sharp drop in the U.S. dollar. Mega-cap growth shares stand to benefit from the good news...

Summary It was a difficult third quarter, with the S&P 500 down nearly 5%, which added to the painful year-to-date returns investors have experienced across the board. While the market’s expectations have also moved higher regarding rate hikes, they’ve remained a...

Summary Stock markets are still reeling from this year’s dramatic events. If equities have fallen primarily because of rising rates, the market may not yet be pricing in growing threats to company fundamentals. Similar situations unfolded in many sectors, impacting both...

Summary We believe that investors will differentiate and favor stocks based on quality factors as companies with higher-quality and growth characteristics are more likely to weather the storm. We seek to identify industries whose profits are growing at least as fast, or ideally fa...

Summary Among the more notable twists of this year’s raucous third quarter was the upending of the long-running underperformance of the US Growth indexes versus their Value counterparts. This recent Growth/Value tug of war has coincided with the big shifts in inflation and ...

Summary Value historically has had an edge in inflationary environments, while growth is typically preferred in a recession. With the risks of persistent inflation and impending recession both at play, we believe the best course is to build both growth and value into portfolios, a...

Summary Skewness in asset returns is a perplexing phenomenon and evokes different behavior from investors. Our theory is that skewness tends to move based on investor preferences. Investors in growth stocks may be pursuing lottery-like payouts, especially when such stocks are ...

Summary The sharp declines have dramatically changed the valuation landscape. Paying too high a premium for safety could backfire if market trends shift again. We believe growth stocks’ valuations are far more attractive today than they were a year ago. Active inves...