VCIT News and Press, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 04/11/23

2023-04-11 13:18:35 ET Summary The Fed was quick to keep rates near zero when the pandemic struck. However, it made a mistake to see inflation as transitory and kept rates low for too long. As a result, the Fed needed to raise rates at an aggressive pace and magnitude to keep infl...

2023-04-07 23:30:00 ET Summary The old investment playbook is out and a new regime that considers high inflation and interest rates is in. Recent events in the banking sector around SVB and Credit Suisse have made clear the importance of staying nimble as investors. Our expect...

2023-04-05 05:00:00 ET Summary Finding an effective way to address reinvestment opportunities will be crucial. Multi-sector should be more tactical, with the return objective generally expected to be positive in absolute terms over a cycle. The available sectors can be similar...

2023-04-05 04:19:00 ET Summary March’s sudden bank failures have revived investor fears of another global financial crisis. Recent rate hikes signal central banks’ belief that the banking sector is robust enough to weather this episode. While market conditions ma...

2023-04-04 02:30:00 ET Summary Treasury yields continued to be extremely volatile during the first quarter as banking issues sent shockwaves through the market, signaling a slowdown in the Fed’s hiking cycle. The net result of interest rate movements during the first quarte...

2023-04-04 02:30:00 ET Summary Markets are liquidity junkies and repeatedly anticipate that central banks will pause and return to easing credit conditions. Equities historically don’t bottom until after a recession is recognized and central banks near the end of easing eff...

2023-04-02 05:04:00 ET Summary Over the past several weeks a remarkable shift in the market’s perception of growth, inflation and policy trajectories means investors should consider calling the market equivalent of a time-out to reassess portfolios. Importantly, as the Fed&...

2023-04-02 04:50:00 ET Summary We’ve talked a lot over the years about the shape of the yield curve, how that is a market signal, how that is telling us something about the future, about potential asset market returns. What’s our thoughts? US debt is considered the r...

2023-03-31 13:12:46 ET Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF ( NASDAQ: VCIT ) - $0.2497 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 5.26% as of Mar. 29. Payable Apr 06; for shareholders of record Apr 04; ex-div Apr 03. For further details see: Vanguard Intermediate-Term Co...

2023-03-31 06:30:00 ET Summary Slower growth and tighter financial conditions could mean a lower terminal rate and bring forward the timing of the first rate cut. While front-end yields have declined in recent weeks, they are still near multi-decade highs and may remain here as in...