VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 09/07/21

Uncertainty remains elevated for the economy, inflation, monetary policy, and the path of the pandemic as the final quarter of 2021 approaches. Leading the winners in this year’s bond market race: junk bonds and inflation-indexed government securities. A key factor for bond...

After inflation and taxes are accounted for, bonds return a negative real yield. Unfortunately, the stock market also has record high valuations and low yields. But there are still several ways to earn upwards of 6% yields. We give our best ideas below. For further details s...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in August for the Global Market Index. Sharpe ratios in global markets generally are elevated. GMI represents a theoretical benchmark for the “optimal” portfolio. For further details see: Major Asset Classes | Aug...

When making historical comparisons, it’s important to consider how things have evolved compared to past periods. With respect to investment grade, the story isn’t a good one. Today, despite a favorable growth backdrop and expectations for low defaults, we believe the ris...

Given the sizeable skew in the distribution of outcomes toward negative real returns, it's extremely important to be selective in high-quality fixed income, and to be truly vested in one’s investments so that portfolios are not permanently impaired. In the short term, the commo...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market (GMI) ticked up in August, reaching an annualized 6.1%, slightly above the previous month’s estimate. Despite the comparatively high GMI forecast, the current estimate remains well below the index’s realized risk premium fo...

The winning streak for American shares rolled on in August. US stocks rose for a seventh straight month and posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes. US bonds also lost ground in August. The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index slipped 0.2%, the first monthly decline for the be...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) - $0.2728. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.01% as of Aug 27. Payable Sep 07; for shareholders of record Sep 02; ex-div Sep 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2728

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the second week of August and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. We discuss a frequent question about tracking redemption as well as new issuance and sector moves. We remain focused on pinned-to-par s...

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...