VCIT News and Press, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 07/28/23

2023-07-28 22:14:00 ET Summary Investors often reduce allocations to corporate bonds - particularly those on the lower rungs of the ratings ladder - when the economic outlook gets cloudy. Top line growth and earnings among corporate borrowers have lost some momentum - not too surp...

2023-07-28 12:43:59 ET The bond market experienced an overall increase in Treasury yields for the week. This came amid another Federal Reserve rate hike and further data on inflation and the overall economy. Below is a snapshot of moves that took place in the bond market this week: ...

2023-07-25 03:29:00 ET Summary Economic resilience has continued through the first half of 2023, primarily driven by strong household balance sheets, strong wage growth. The leading indicators of coincident and lagging economic data suggest we should see hard data points like indu...

2023-07-25 00:00:00 ET Summary Higher yields for corporate bonds generally correspond to higher credit risk based on an issuer's credit rating. We believe higher yields also offer opportunities for fixed income investors to add additional sources of income return to their portfoli...

2023-07-24 22:24:00 ET Summary Equity and fixed income markets experienced heightened volatility amid the Q2 debt-ceiling saga, while currency and derivatives markets were mostly unaffected. Regional banks struggled in Q2, with deposits and witnessed credit spreads widening by 100...

2023-07-24 21:44:00 ET Summary We believe the five primary economic and market signals that provide perspective on where we go from here are GDP growth, earnings, interest rates, inflation and central bank policy. While some argue that elevated inflation remains a primary concern ...

2023-07-22 05:13:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve has tightened monetary policy significantly over the first half of this year, with a high likelihood of another 25-basis-point hike in the federal funds rate at the end of July. Until now, market agents have mostly ignored politic...

2023-07-21 07:44:00 ET Summary Most of the past month has been dominated by bond buying, typically long-duration in nature. The same has been seen in corporates, and there has also been a decent bid into high-yield bonds. A glance at total return year-to-date show some impressive ...

2023-07-19 20:25:00 ET Summary After arguably the worst year on modern record in 2022, it was our belief that this year was set up to be a potential positive experience for the bond investor. Despite continued rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and other global central banks, fix...

2023-07-13 09:52:41 ET PIMCO argued on Thursday morning that the outlook of the bond market highlights valuations that suggest the potential for equity-like returns with less risk. “The bond market offers potential for equity-like returns with less volatility and downside risk co...