MGK News and Press, Vanguard Mega Cap Growth From 05/14/21

As the U.S. birth rate fell to a new low in 2020, it appears that COVID-19 and associated economic weakness/uncertainty has accelerated a preexisting trend of falling American fertility. If 2008-level fertility rates had persisted through 2020, 5.8 million more babies would have been ...

The rotation from growth to value is accelerating. The combination of higher inflation, lower US dollar, and higher yields could be lethal for momentum stocks. The Fed is way behind the curve, but we believe that Jay Powell will be forced to acknowledge reality soon. Meanwhile...

Are you familiar with the "Aggression Scale?" Instead of the common classifications, it's measuring sectors based on their volatility, cyclicality, and growth. Three sectors currently are making it to the top of the "Aggression Scale." Technology is only one of those. Can we be ov...

After the year that we've all been through, there's a great sense of relief among many Americans that life will soon be returning to normal, or at least a new normal. But investors are still wary, having been through an incredibly volatile year. According to Allianz Life Insurance Compa...

The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF's top-5 holdings are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Facebook. As you know, all five of these companies completely obliterated consensus earnings estimates. Investors who have yet to fully participate in the success of these companies (are ...

The five largest companies in the S&P 500 index are set to report their earnings for the first quarter of 2021. Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, representing north of $8T in market capitalization, will disclose Q1 earnings throughout the week. Below is their earning sched...

Fidelity uses a subjective opinion to determine what might be a blue-chip or an above-average growth stock. It offers a very low dividend yield of 0.03%. In terms of major medium-term risks, we see a prolonged stock market correction in blue-chip growth stocks. For further d...

As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, wreaking havoc, a financial pandemic has likewise proliferated around the world. Zombie companies, weak firms persistently unable to cover their fixed expenses with operating profits, massively increased in number in 2020. But zombie compan...

The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF looks to track the performance of the CRSP US Mega Cap Growth Index. The ETF provides investors a convenient way to get diversified exposure to the largest growth stocks in the U.S. Comparisons to similar ETFs. For further details see: MG...

Who says mega-cap stocks -- those with a valuation of over $200 billion -- can't provide huge returns? The Vanguard Mega-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: MGK) increased 40% in 2020 due to its slant toward technology. With the world hastened into a new digital age because of the pandemic, 20...