VEA News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets From 01/29/24

2024-01-29 12:20:00 ET Summary Red ink dominates 2024’s opening month for most of the major asset classes. The upside exceptions for the performance profile so far, US stocks, commodities and junk bonds. Otherwise, year-to-date losses prevail, based on a set of ETFs thr...

2024-01-26 03:33:03 ET Summary Many investors have given up on international stocks in favor of U.S. stocks only. This recency bias comes at the worst time, with US stocks currently overvalued, making them poor long-term investments. International stocks offer better valuation...

2024-01-24 05:00:00 ET Summary Fiscal dominance is an economic condition that arises when debts and deficits are so high that monetary policy loses traction. EM central bank policy rates were consistently higher, and EM central banks were earlier to the latest global hiking cycle....

2024-01-22 18:54:00 ET Summary S&P 500 Index closed at a record high for the first time in more than two years. Global Market Index ended last week with a relatively mild 3.2% drawdown. US stock market's recent gains attributed to consensus on controlled inflation and a so...

2024-01-22 06:36:09 ET Summary iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF holds about 300 ex-US international stocks, weighted based on capitalization and a quality score. The fund is well diversified across countries, sectors and holdings. It has outperformed four of the most popul...

2024-01-18 17:27:25 ET Summary For the third month in four, mutual fund investors were net redeemers of fund assets, withdrawing $86.0 billion from conventional funds for December. Money market funds (+$18.8 billion) witnessed net inflows for the second consecutive month. Fixe...

2024-01-17 12:55:39 ET The 2023 trading year was not only good for market returns but also for exchange traded fund issuers, as the industry as a whole was able to attract a little over $930B in investor cash. Exchange traded funds domiciled in the United States took in the most signifi...

2024-01-16 20:56:00 ET Summary Emerging markets will also be looking closely at economic conditions in mainland China, which will be a key determinant of broader emerging market growth in 2024. A key reason for diverging emerging and developed market performance was the marked var...

2024-01-16 16:00:00 ET Summary The dollar remains in a short-term downtrend that started in October 2022. The short-term downtrend has to be viewed in the context of the intermediate and longer-term uptrends. The trend of the dollar can have a big impact on market returns and ...

2024-01-11 03:41:00 ET Summary Economic growth is now cooling as global monetary tightening gradually takes its toll. Most central bankers have now adopted a more dovish stance, and rate cuts are likely in 2024. Rate cuts failing to materialize may drive extended U.S. Treasury...