VCIT News and Press, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 01/25/23

Summary A brighter outlook for bonds in 2023 should help investors leave the past where it belongs. We think the Fed is nearing the end of its rate hiking cycle, so the coming year is likely to be kinder for bonds. Bonds with lower duration have lower sensitivity to interest rate ch...

Summary Americas equities, ETPs, corporate bonds, and government bonds all outperformed when compared with previous six-month periods. Corporate bonds continued their impressive run throughout the second half of 2022 increasing revenues over each quarter. 2022 was an outstanding yea...

Summary 2022 was the worst year on record for taxable fixed income funds, and longer-dated investment grade corporate debt bore the brunt of it. Outflows and poor performance were caused by a deteriorating economic outlook brought on by persistent inflation and seven interest rate hikes...

Summary Following a protracted period of rate hikes that began in March 2022, both bond yields and yield spreads are at multi-year highs. Strong fundamentals are due in part to fiscal prudence necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Central Bank has concluded its myriad ...

Summary The growth of the Industrial BBB cohort has been led by consumer non-cyclicals. For those BBB companies that find their credit metrics deteriorating, we still think that the bias on the part of corporate managers will be to defend credit profiles as needed. We still expect B...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Picking stocks that will perform well will remain a challenge throughout 2023. With macroeconomic headwinds continuing, volatility is likely to be sustained. One way to navigate uncertain times is to gain exposure to exchange t...

Summary Markets may be underestimating the stickiness of inflation and central banks’ determination to beat it - and what that means for growth and corporate earnings potential. We favor fixed income and credit over equities, and investment grade over high yield. Should infla...

Summary On a coincident basis, driven by a historically tight labour market and robust industrial production growth, the US economy remains deceptively strong despite negative real incomes and tight financial conditions. However, the leading indicators of the business cycle continue to ...

Summary VCIT is sitting on total returns of 7.2% since we initiated our "Strong Buy" rating on 25 October 2022. A respectable return for an investment-grade bond ETF in less than 3 months. When we initiated coverage of VCIT and invested in it, we invested in the fundamental idea th...

Summary Top-down and bottom-up forecasts are increasingly diverging, and we think 2023 will be largely about how these divergences resolve themselves. In commodities, after a major spike in 2022, top-down commentators point to slowing growth and inflation, and the historical pattern of ...