VBR News and Press, Vanguard Small-Cap Value From 02/26/24

2024-02-26 03:50:12 ET Summary The iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF warrants a hold rating due to recent underperformance and stronger options available. Vanguard's Small-Cap Value ETF has better long-term performance, lower expense ratio, and a higher dividend yield than I...

2024-02-23 15:15:00 ET Summary Retail investors have started chasing small-cap stocks in hopes of a rate cutting cycle by the Fed and avoiding a recession. The primary economic data points continue to be very robust. Low unemployment, strong economic growth, and declining rates of...

2024-02-23 08:30:00 ET Summary With significant concentration into a few names, many interesting opportunities may be overlooked in 2024. For managers doing deep fundamental work, multiple opportunities exist across the equities landscape. One clear opportunity relates to continue...

2024-02-23 02:25:00 ET Summary The factors we are most concerned about in 2024 will move investors in a new direction. First, we are concerned about the pace of Federal Reserve (Fed) easing in 2024. If growth continues, and we avoid a recession, we believe sales growth, profitabil...

2024-02-15 10:14:52 ET Summary Vanguard S&P SmallCap 600 Value ETF combines two factors of the Fama-French model: value and size. It is well-diversified across holdings, but overweight in the financial sector. VIOV is very close to the S&P SmallCap 600 regarding perfor...

2024-02-11 23:58:45 ET Summary iShares Russell 2000 ETF tracks small-cap US stocks, which come with high risk and reward potential. The ETF has shown volatility and suffered from the Fed's rate hikes in 2022 but is now ready to re-take its 13-week and 52-week highs. Technical ...

2024-01-27 04:58:00 ET Nearly every parent has heard the question from a child on a long road trip: "Are we there yet?" Similarly, many investors have wondered over the last year or so if the S&P 500 was in a new bull market yet. We now have an official answer after the index reache...

2024-01-22 03:13:00 ET Summary Friday, January 19th, 2024, saw the first trade above the January ’22 high of 4,815, with the S&P 500 ultimately closing at 4,839.81, or the first all-time high in 24 months. The all-time high came on no new economic data, or critical earn...

2024-01-22 03:00:26 ET Summary Small caps had a lackluster 2023 but saw improved performance in the last two months of the year. Small business optimism and positive economic trends support a bullish thesis for small caps and the SLYG ETF. The SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth...

2024-01-18 16:19:58 ET More on Markets Top 10 best performing chip stocks of 2024, including NVDA, AMD and MRVL 2024 will be a pivotal year for artificial intelligence - Deutsche Bank A slowdown is imminent but it will be mild and swift - AllianceBernstein Th...