VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 07/28/21

Yield on the US 10-Year Treasury note fell 65bps in less than four months. Many investors expect yields to keep falling. However, with both tapering (first) and a rate hike (later) on the horizon, it's hard to see how the long end of the curve would remain that low. Yields don't h...

Recently, downticks in Treasury yields are being met with selling pressure in value indexes and stocks. The stock market can’t make up its mind. Does it want high yields or low yields? This confusion is because inflation numbers are rising and interest rates are falling, which ...

REITs seem to be pushing new all-time highs month after month. For how much longer can this keep going? We think a lot longer. While it's impossible to predict how REITs will perform in the short run, we expect most of them to trade at much higher prices over the coming years. ...

Since last November’s vaccine news, financial markets have been "hanging ten" on a swell of cyclical, value and small-cap stocks, and rising Treasury yields. Crosswinds started to grow in the second quarter, however, as economic and inflation data ran hot: rising yields stalled...

For a number of years prior to the COVID crisis, U.K.- and EU-based investors viewed currency hedging costs as a massive barrier to investing in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Looking at investment-grade corporate bonds in different currencies, the EUR credit index currently has an av...

We’ve moved past the early-cycle environment that predominated risk taking in 2020, post the pandemic lows, and we’re moving really into a mid-cycle environment, which tends to be constructive for risk. This mid-cycle environment is still going to be expansionary, albeit...

Growth-oriented asset classes are likely to shine, but not equally. Above-trend growth is a supportive environment of risky assets like equities or credit. On valuation grounds, equities are looking a little cheaper. Geraldine Sundstrom and Erin Browne discuss PIMCO’s views...

The U.S. has experienced three months in a row of elevated - and rising - consumer inflation rates. Monetary policy has broken down and is scarcely able to translate central bank actions into the Main Street economy. Fiscal policy is more unproductive than productive, and the more...

The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF offers diversified exposure to high-quality and investment-grade corporate bonds. It provides a low-cost and convenient option for investors seeking exposure to corporate bonds with a high and sustainable level of current income. This arti...

Low interest rates and a low yield environment make this a challenging time for most income investors. However, there are still plenty of high yielding companies out there. But not all high yields are created equal. We reveal how to find quality companies with high yields, and off...