VB News and Press, Vanguard Small-Cap From 09/24/23

2023-09-24 05:01:47 ET Summary Gold remains a stable asset with solid gains, low volatility, and a history as a valid hedge. European shares still look cheap compared to the S&P 500, offering potential value. Investors may need to explore alternative strategies beyond a si...

2023-09-21 21:15:00 ET Summary In life, as in investing, everything happens for a reason, or several reasons. And that holds true for the absolute and relative low valuations for small-cap stocks. At the macro level, the small-cap market turned over in 2021 and has faced the headw...

2023-09-19 21:20:00 ET Summary While some stocks may seem expensive, there are areas of opportunity that feature attractive valuations and growth catalysts. Risky assets - such as equities and high-yield credit - did not wait for the “all clear” sign from macro-land....

2023-09-06 20:15:00 ET Summary Price action of US equities has been flipped from Tuesday with large caps suffering larger losses than small caps. Looking at yesterday, the decline in the Russell 2,000 (-2.1%) dwarfed the S&P 500’s (-0.4%). or the small cap Russell 2...

2023-08-30 11:01:45 ET Summary Inflation above 2% has a negative impact on stock prices; the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has averaged poor performance during such years. Various sub-sectors of the stock market and sectors of the bond market are affected differently by high inf...

2023-08-21 11:15:00 ET Summary Stocks are now down from their late July peak by about 5%. This pullback/correction, like the bear market last year, was driven by higher rates, specifically real rates. An accelerating economy and rising earnings sound like good news because tha...

2023-08-17 04:54:00 ET Summary Any equity market pullback will likely be brief due to the short and shallow nature of the expected U.S. recession, and the subsequent swift recovery will demand an agile and proactive response from investors. A substantial amount of corporate bonds ...

2023-08-16 01:30:00 ET Summary One can evaluate small-cap returns as measured by the Russell 2000 Index or small-cap returns measured by the S&P 600 Index. S&P's profitability criteria seems to be an important difference in the S&P 600 Index's outperformance. Over ...

2023-07-17 13:14:00 ET Summary Small-cap stocks are under pressure due to rising borrowing costs and a weak macroeconomic outlook, but are still beating expectations with 11% YTD returns. The Vanguard Small Cap ETF is a well-diversified index across value and growth stocks, tracki...

2023-07-16 19:43:38 ET Summary I decided to sell the VB ETF fund due to its underperformance compared to the S&P 500 and Invesco Nasdaq-100 Trust. Despite its low expense ratio and solid 10-year average annual return, the VB ETF's increased diversification has not resulted in ...