VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 10/29/21

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) - $0.2666. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.11% as of Oct. 27. Payable Nov 04; for shareholders of record Nov 02; ex-div Nov 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2666

Not only are stock and bond valuations at all-time highs, but yields are also historically low. Many assets are providing a negative yield once inflation is accounted for. We discuss alternative options that provide both high yield and safety in today’s market. For fu...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...

Global Market Index is useful as a starting point for research on asset allocation and portfolio design. Predictions for the market components are subject to greater uncertainty compared with aggregating forecasts, a process that may cancel out some of the errors through time. Com...

Global markets suffered their broadest retreat in a year during September. The bullish exception: commodities, which delivered a solid gain last month. Notably, US stocks and bonds lost ground, giving support to concerns that the historical diversification benefits of pairing the two ...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) - $0.2769. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.02% as of Sep 29. Payable Oct 06; for shareholders of record Oct 04; ex-div Oct 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2769

The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) offers diversified exposure to high-quality and investment-grade corporate bonds. My last article described my methods of using VCLT to build a conservative model portfolio providing excellent capital preservation capability and, at the...

How to achieve a respectable income without taking on too much risk. What's the right risk/yield trade-off for reasonable income? Will '80s-style inflation return? For further details see: The Great Fixed Income Challenge: Balancing Yield And Risk In A Low-Rate World

Retirement investors are often advised to pursue a 60/40 portfolio. However, the bond and stock market are extremely frothy. We prefer a different investment vehicle for retirees: REITs. We discuss why below. For further details see: I Put My Retirement Savings In The Ha...

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...