VEA News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets From 03/18/22

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) - $0.0828. Payable Mar 24; for shareholders of record Mar 22; ex-div Mar 21. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.0828

US valuations remain very high despite a recent selloff across the market cap spectrum. Developed foreign markets retreated to reasonable PE10 levels. Emerging market valuations have not budged much even with a more than 20% drop since February 2021. For further details see:...

The Fed is widely expected to enact its first 25 basis point interest rate hike, two years after the March 2020 pandemic lockdowns and stock market crash. FOMC meetings are known for big moves and market volatility, and today may bring more. Why the Fed's position here is so trick...

We see the Ukraine war reducing global growth, increasing inflation and putting central banks in a bind. We prefer developed stocks in the inflationary backdrop. Stocks led by European equities bounced from 2022 lows last week, as oil prices came off highs. The European Central Bank a...

Putin’s gamble, and the West’s response, has brought into view one of the few existential tail risks that isn’t a Black Swan: the risk of an escalation into war between Russia and NATO, and the exchange of nuclear weaponry. We also know that the war between Ukrain...

The global economy expanded for a twentieth straight month in February, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ with the rate of expansion accelerating from January's 18-month low as the COVID-19 Omicron wave showed signs of easing. Global GDP growth in Q1 2022 so far looks slowe...

The latest installment of the consumer price index is expected to come out on Thursday, March 10. Inflation is nowhere near under control, but there were some small signs of hope before the war in Europe. If inflation continues to come in higher than expectations in the face of so...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...

The Global Market Index’s risk-adjusted performance continues to retreat after peaking in December, based on the trailing 3-year Sharpe ratio. Sharp spikes in risk-adjusted performance tend to reverse quickly and that playbook is alive and well in 2022. GMI represents a the...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...