VEA News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets From 07/11/22

We see a new era of volatile inflation and growth sweeping aside a period of moderation. We downgrade equities and upgrade credit in this new regime. U.S. jobs data last Friday reinforced the supply shock causing persistent inflation. Yields resumed their rise as markets priced higher...

Many experts tell us the market’s direction and which assets are best to ride out market storms. But the data show market timing is destructive to your wealth and the pros struggle to pick the best asset classes. Two example index-based, all-weather portfolios demonstrate a...

The revised long-term outlook projects an annualized return of 4.9%. The current risk premium forecast for GMI suggests that multi-asset-class strategies overall will generate lower returns relative to results posted in recent years. Combining forecasts via several models may prov...

Losses weighed on every slice of the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. US stocks suffered nearly as much, and for 2022, the loss in American shares exceeds 21%. The Global Market Index continued to lose ground in June. As risk-off messages go, the market...

Since we are currently in a bear market of unknown duration, it could be helpful if investors were aware of exactly how well different ETF investments did during prior ones. I chose 22 popular ETF investments, each from different fund categories. I examined how each fund, as repre...

Recession fears and central-bank tightening are driving market volatility. Markets have faced a laundry list of concerns this year, including new COVID-19 lockdowns and an economic slowdown in China, the Russia-Ukraine war, surging inflation, and central-bank tightening. We think ...

Federal Reserve wants to hit the brakes, a 180-degree reversal from the recent two-year effort to turbo-stimulate the U.S. economy. USD's strength since early last year has defied a widening trade deficit, historic negative real interest rates, and growing anxiety that weaponizing the...

Growth is slowing, but it’s slowing to trend at this point. So not to zero, not to negative, but something like the trend that we’ve experienced over the last couple of decades. So, if you’re looking for a great way to play inflation, look to the small cap asset c...

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) - $0.5300. Payable Jun 24; for shareholders of record Jun 22; ex-div Jun 21. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.5300

Strength in the U.S. dollar versus the Japanese yen and British pound has weighed heavily on international equity ETFs but there are signs that the dollar bull run maybe ending. The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) offers cheap exposure to international stocks and is well div...