VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 04/27/19

The table below shows the performance of bond categories during each -10% S&P 500 ( SPY ) drawdown since 1987. The charts below show the average performance figures. Since 1987, long-term U.S. government bonds ( TLT ) have been the best-performing category. But as the original table show...

With the Federal Reserve's rate-hike plans on hold for the foreseeable future, US fixed-income markets continue to rally. Leading the across-the-board gains for bonds this year by wide margins: high-yield securities and long-term corporates, based on a set of exchange-traded funds through yest...

Introduction Q1 2019 was almost an exact mirror or Q4 2018, just in an upwards direction. The individual stocks in my portfolio experienced a return of 12.83% during Q1 while the index fund portion of my portfolio experienced a return of 9.26%. During the quarter, I rearranged the index fu...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday provided the bond bulls with a fresh round of news to keep this year's fixed-income rally running. As expected, the central bank left interest rates unchanged. As an added bonus for fixed-income markets, the Fed also advised that rate hikes may remain on hold f...

The bull run in US bonds shows no sign of slowing, based on year-to-date performances for a set of exchange-traded funds. All the major slices of fixed-income markets are posting gains through yesterday's close (Feb. 19), with junk bonds leading the field by a solid margin. The SPDR Bloomber...

Supported by the Federal Reserve's recent pause on raising interest rates, corporate bonds are leading the US fixed-income sector higher in 2019. Junk bonds and long-term corporates are especially hot for the year-to-results through yesterday's close (Feb. 6). SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High ...

By Paul English, CFA®, Head of US Investment Grade Research, and Matt Brill, CFA®, Senior Portfolio Manager, Invesco Fixed Income , on Jan 31, 2019, in Fixed Income The strong economy and market pressure may drive companies to pay down debt. Recent market stress surroundin...

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ: VGLT ) - $0.1739 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.96%. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VCSH ) - $0.1691 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.50%. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VCIT ) - $0.2389 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.15%. V...