VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 08/26/19

American pensions are in trouble. A Wilshire Consulting Report from 2017 shows that 97% of the 103 state pension funds that report actuarial values were underfunded. The "funded ratio" — that is, the percentage of liabilities (promised benefits) covered by current assets (funds av...

Mounting recession worries of late have taken a bite out of stocks, but heightened fears that an economic contraction may be near has lit a fire of buying for US bonds. Long bonds in particular have soared recently, delivering stellar results, as shown by a set of exchange-traded funds represe...

In spite of the high volatility and the wild ride in 2019, the markets are only about 6% below their new all-time high achieved back in July. In fact, it's already the longest bull market in history. Still, there are plenty of risks on the horizon. Trade wars on multiple fronts are keeping t...

This year's red-hot bond-market rally looks set for a new burst of bullish support if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates today, which is widely expected. US fixed income is already sizzling, with every major component of the bond market posting year-to-date gains, based on a set of exch...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VCLT ) - $0.3394 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.96% as of July 29. Payable Aug 06; for shareholders of record Aug 02; ex-div Aug 01. More news on: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs,

Make no mistake in your thinking. The nations of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the rest of the European Union, along with Switzerland, and Japan, are "forcing" the Fed into a corner without any real escape. To begin with, the Fed, by its charter, is an "Independent Entity" created by t...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified in Congress yesterday that a rate cut may be near. That's music to the ears of the bond market, because it offers more fuel for extending the rally in fixed-income assets. Every major slice of the US bond market is posting year-to-date gains...

Assets are the lifeblood of the economy. They enable us to store, transfer, and create wealth. Historically, investors have put most of their wealth into traditional financial assets such as stocks, bonds and cash. I have never been a fan of this approach because: (1) Stocks are generall...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VCLT ) declares monthly distribution of  $0.3114 . More news on: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF, News on ETFs, Dividend News, , Read more ...

Investors can't get enough of bond-market risk this year. Sure, the bull run in US stocks is a sight to behold, but the animal spirits in fixed income are no less impressive. Demand for bonds has lifted all the major slices of US fixed income so far in 2019, based on a set of exchange-traded ...