VCLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 04/04/22

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) - $0.2565. 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.07% as of Mar. 29. Payable Apr 06; for shareholders of record Apr 04; ex-div Apr 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2565

Growing your capital while having enough money to live is the holy grail of financial independence. Income taxes and money printing makes this job nearly impossible if you don't have specialized knowledge. What the classic 60/40 portfolio will get you after taxes and inflation (no...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its target interest rate by ¼ point, the first hike since 2018. Nearly all flavors of US bond ETFs are currently posting losses for the year-to-date (through Mar. 16). The deepest decline is in long-term US corporates via Vanguard Long-...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) - $0.2437. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.78% as of Feb. 24. Payable Mar 04; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2437

Many readers asked about the key differences between our portfolio strategy and “traditional” strategies like the 40-60 strategy. The main reason we do not use these traditional templates is that bonds won't help as much now, or in the many years to come, as they did in ...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index edged down in January from the previous month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors to adjust the forecast reduces GMI’s ex-ante risk premium to an annualized 5.4%. Th...

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) - $0.2856. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.38% as of Jan. 28. Payable Feb 04; for shareholders of record Feb 02; ex-div Feb 01. For further details see: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.2856

Recently, a small bump in interest rates prompted a correction in the NASDAQ and other growth stocks. If we zoom out though, interest rates remain at historical lows, and it looks like they’re staying there. We discuss the factors keeping interest rates low, and how investo...