VCSH News and Press, Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 11/22/19

It's a widely-accepted fact that leverage increases the risk of a portfolio. On the surface, the idea makes sense. Think of an investment in the ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF ( TQQQ ) that has 3x exposure to the Nasdaq 100 ( QQQ ). Each day that the stock index is down 1%, TQQQ should be down 3...

Introduction Each month, I extract about a thousand mutual funds, exchange traded funds and closed end funds from Mutual Fund Observer, and rank them for Risk (MFO Risk, Ulcer Index, Category Performance During Recessions, Leverage, Debt Quality, Debt/Equity), Risk Adjusted Returns (MFO Rank...

Whether this summer’s runaway ascent of bond prices was mainly a flight-to-safety response to global trade fears or a “follow the leader” move on the part of momentum traders is a subject of fierce debate among traders. What matters most, however, is that after the market ...

Fixed-income investing has been a winner in no small degree this year. Throwing money at almost any slice of US bonds has been a winning decision, based on a set of exchange-traded funds. Notably, favoring bigger-duration risks has delivered bigger returns. For the top-performing slice of US...

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VCSH ) - $0.2000 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.21% as of Oct. 30. Payable Nov 06; for shareholders of record Nov 04; ex-div Nov 01. More news on: Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

The long-running bull market in bonds continues to defy bearish forecasts, as shown by a set of exchange-traded funds. Positive year-to-date performance in all the major corners of fixed income continues to offer a stark counterpoint to analysts who expect trouble. Long-term corporate bonds ...

Introduction For the thirty-fourth consecutive week, conventional fund (ex-ETF) investors were net redeemers of equity funds, withdrawing $3.9 billion. For the fortieth straight week, municipal bond funds (ex-ETFs) witnessed net inflows-taking in $1.1 billion. - U.S. Weekly FundFlo...

Introduction Profits are a good, long leading indicator of recessions four to eight quarters prior to the onset. Corporate profits have been declining for years. This article looks at profits, profit margin, dividends, investment asset flows and trends, and recession outlook. Investors are r...

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: VCSH ) - $0.1887 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.30% as of Sept. 26. Payable Oct 04; for shareholders of record Oct 02; ex-div Oct 01. More news on: Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

Last week, the OECD has cut the growth forecasts for almost every major economy, except for Japan ( EWJ , DXJ ). Back in May, the OECD already trimmed its growth expectations for 2019, but this time around, we also received some significant down revisions for 2020. Overall, the OECD has low...