VBR News and Press, Vanguard Small-Cap Value From 10/16/23

2023-10-16 20:00:00 ET Summary The economically-sensitive Russell 2000 stock index (RUT) has given back all of its early 2023 rebound and is now negative year to date. The US small-cap 600 index (SP600) is 20% lower than its November 1, 2021 cycle peak and 2.8% higher than five ye...

2023-10-06 22:17:00 ET Summary The window of weakness for stocks is closing, could this presage of a blow-off top to close out the year? The risk for stocks could again be to the upside. A constructive correction in crude oil. One: The window of weakness is closing...

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....

2023-09-18 14:43:32 ET Summary VBR is a simple U.S. small-cap value index fund. VBR has underperformed YTD, as have most other small-cap value funds. An explanation of why follows. I've written about several small-cap value equity index funds in the recent past...

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...

2023-08-23 11:32:24 ET Summary Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF selects 100 small cap stocks with a wide discount to valuation. The fund was launched in 2014, and reshuffled in June 2020. Valuation and quality metrics are very good, but it holds 22% of risky stocks regarding...

2023-08-22 16:27:22 ET Summary Most of the 10-year periods where large-cap growth has outperformed small-cap value have been those ending within the past three years. A small-cap value portfolio has had zero periods with negative 10-year returns since 1930, while the large-cap gro...

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 ...