VBK News and Press, Vanguard Small-Cap Growth From 09/19/23

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...

2023-08-21 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 ...

2023-08-01 04:47:37 ET Summary The Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has underperformed the Invesco QQQ ETF by 14.67% since June 2022, the date of my last review. At the time, VBK had a profitability and valuation problem. This article re-evaluates its fundamentals alongside QQQ and t...

2023-07-12 01:55:08 ET Summary VBR is an ETF that represents a good proxy for the Small-Cap Value Morningstar. Value stocks are currently trading at very attractive valuations, and usually represent "slow compounders" that create returns through EPS growth rather than meteoric inc...

2023-07-12 00:30:00 ET Summary Small-caps have caught a bid over the last few days with the Russell 2,000 ETF (IWM) rallying more than 3% since last Thursday’s close. While large-cap indices have recently traded to 52-week highs, small-caps are still well below 2023 highs m...

2023-06-22 10:10:06 ET Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF ( NYSEARCA: VBK ) - $0.3769 . Payable Jun 28; for shareholders of record Jun 26; ex-div Jun 23. For further details see: Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.3769

2023-06-14 07:31:00 ET Summary This year’s equity market rally had been driven by a select few names, dubbed the "Magnificent Seven," overshadowing other industries. June brings a ‘breadth’ of fresh air with small caps and mid-size companies finally joining th...