VEA News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets From 06/22/23

2023-06-22 05:23:21 ET Summary The IDV ETF offers income-oriented investors exposure to developed markets, while avoiding emerging market volatility. IDV serves as a hedge against poor US economic performance, as it tends to move inversely to the US dollar index, providing a stabl...

2023-06-20 14:19:46 ET Summary China's post-COVID economic reopening has been much slower than expected, leading to speculation about how the Party will respond. Americans are shunning saving and increasing borrowing, while Chinese consumers have grown increasingly cautious. W...

2023-06-20 09:45:00 ET Summary Sticky inflation is leading major central banks to keep policy tight. We prefer emerging market debt as policy loosens and like short-dated bonds for income. Developed market short-term bond yields jumped after central banks signaled more rate hikes ...

2023-06-20 00:10:53 ET Summary Stagflation is an economic state characterized by a sluggish economy, high inflation, and typically, high unemployment. While the phenomenon of stagflation hasn't repeated itself since the 1970s, the threat of its reoccurrence remains. I tend to ...

2023-06-19 09:10:00 ET Summary A broad measure of commodities led returns for the major asset classes last week, based on a set of ETFs through the close of June 16. US stocks have taken the lead for the one-year change after last week’s rally. Most of the major asset c...

2023-06-17 02:54:43 ET Summary For the fourth month in five, mutual fund investors were net purchasers of fund assets, injecting $83.3 billion into conventional funds for May. Investors were net sellers of stock and mixed-assets funds (-$70.1 billion) for the twenty-sixth straight...

2023-06-16 14:16:47 ET Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF ( NYSEARCA: VEA ) - $0.4319 . Payable Jun 23; for shareholders of record Jun 21; ex-div Jun 20. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.4319

2023-06-12 10:40:00 ET Summary BlackRock investment leaders at our Outlook Forum agreed the new regime is playing out. They eye assets that price that in and benefit from structural trends. Developed market (DM) stocks ticked up last week, led by U.S. tech. Bond yields rose as mar...

2023-06-08 09:29:09 ET InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips The more I write about investments, the more I’m convinced the average investor should focus on must-buy ETFs rather than must-buy stocks for their investment portfolios. The r...

2023-06-05 13:00:00 ET Summary Nearly all major asset classes experienced gains in the week through June 2, except for commodities, which saw a fractional decline. Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund rose 3.4% last week, marking its first weekly increase in over a month. Most of t...