VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 06/09/21

Over the past year, a surge of investors drove high-yield bond prices back to pre-pandemic levels. The potential for a double-dip should increase insurance companies’ appetite for juicier high-yield offerings. While high yield improved its lot through the pandemic, some inv...

The Global Market Index’s (GMI) expected risk premium held steady at 5.9% annualized in May, matching the previous month’s estimate. The framework for estimating equilibrium returns was initially outlined in a 1974 paper by Professor Bill Sharpe. Keep in mind, too, t...

The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...

REITs are up significantly over the past year. It's causing many investors to wonder: Are REITs now fairly valued? Or do they still have some upside left? In a prolonged period of near-0% interest rates and high stock valuations, we expect alternatives such as REITs to shine. ...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) - $0.2768.30-Day SEC Yield of 3.29% as of May 26.Payable Jun 04; for shareholders of record Jun 02; ex-div Jun 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2768

1Q21 earnings season for investment grade issuers was strong and better than expected. Key themes from earnings calls included optimism around the post-pandemic recovery in the U.S., but also more mixed global trends. Going forward, potential headwinds will need to be monitored as...

The investment communities largest credit exchange traded fund, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), has hit the highest levels of short interest in the ETFs history. Per Bloomberg, investors currently hold net short positions representing 21.5% of all the shares of...

Most investors allocate heavily to stocks and bonds but ignore real assets. Based on our environment of low interest rates and potential low growth, we think real assets are positioned to outperform. We offer 5 reasons to invest in real assets and reveal one of our favorite real a...

The REIT market has officially recovered from the pandemic. Despite that, we think that REITs still have a long way to go and remain undervalued. We demonstrate this by comparing REITs to other major asset classes. For further details see: Get Ready For New All-Time High...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...