VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 08/21/21

I'm very bullish on REITs and like to put my money where my mouth is. So much so that I currently have over half of my net worth invested in REITs and other similar investments. In a world of 0% interest rates and high stock valuations, I expect REITs to stand out and outperform o...

The next Z.1 report comes out in late September, but will only bring the data up to June 30th. I use a pair of adjustments to adjust the share of assets invested in risk assets between releases. The share of funds model now rates the market as having the highest valuation since 1945. ...

Most traditional financial assets are today priced at a negative real yield. If you want to earn high and safe income in today's market, you need to invest in alternative asset classes. Our favorite options in August 2021 include property-backed loans, real asset-backed preferred ...

Many investors are heavily invested in stocks and bonds. However, we are heading into an inflationary environment where yield is hard to find. Eventually, institutions will buy up all the hard assets, but there is still time to get in early on this undervalued sector. For fu...

Arguably, one key universal “truth” about the markets is that they are always changing. Several strategies exist to manage these changes, from simply “buying and holding” through all markets to taking a more active approach. In this series, we look at h...

GMI’s 10-year Sharpe ratio (SR) edged up for a fifth straight month to 0.86, the highest since January 2020, based on a rolling ten-year window via monthly data. Profiling GMI through a drawdown lens also reflects an extended stretch of low risk. GMI is useful as a baseline...

The projected risk premium for the Global Market held steady in July at an annualized 6.0%, unchanged from the previous month. Despite the recent bounce, GMI’s trailing 10-year performance remains well below the previous 8%-plus peak. No one really knows what risk premia wi...

Most of the major asset classes continued to rise in July, led by US real estate investment trusts (REITs). US equities continued trending higher. The bull run also persisted for the Global Market Index (GMI) in July. For further details see: Major Asset Classes: July 20...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) - $0.2770. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.98% as of July 28. Payable Aug 05; for shareholders of record Aug 03; ex-div Aug 02. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2770

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...