VCSH News and Press, Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 09/02/21

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...

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF invests only in Long-Term US Treasuries at a time when rates are historically low. Doesn’t sound like a time to be long bonds. I will review in depth TLT and briefly cover two better choices and one 3-7 Yr US TSY ETF. All three are better ...

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) - $0.1058. 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.87% as of Aug 27. Payable Sep 07; for shareholders of record Sep 02; ex-div Sep 01. For further details see: Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.1058

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 Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) - $0.1082. 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.84% as of July 28. Payable Aug 05; for shareholders of record Aug 03; ex-div Aug 02. For further details see: Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.1082

Though Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF is a quality and adequately de-risked fund, its dividend yield is way below the estimated annual inflation rate. The ETF’s forward dividend yield of 1.57% is just a notch above the 1.24% yield of the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note...