VEU News and Press, Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US From 05/01/19

Investment Thesis Despite the fact that the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF ( EFA ) pays a stable dividend covered by net investment income and matches the size of competitors in the foreign equity universe, it commands a much higher expense ratio, while managing a smaller portfolio than its peers. In...

In January of 2018, the U.S. economy surprised to the upside at nearly every turn. Since that time, however, the fundamentals have slowly deteriorated. Consider the Citi Economic Surprise Index (ESI). The popular measure compares actual data against estimates. Remarkably, the indicator has b...

This past February, based on a review of some investing wisdom from John C. Bogle and Peter L. Bernstein , I offered Seeking Alpha readers my take on the perfect portfolio for the next 10 years . In combination, the two linked articles, one on my personal blog and one right here on Seeking...

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA: VPL ) - $0.1261 . More news on: Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF, News on ETFs Read more ...

Vanguard Group yesterday announced management fee cuts on 10 ETFs totaling $176B in AUM. Among them is the $63B Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA: VWO ), which now has expenses of just 0.12%, down from 0.14%. More news on: Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF, BlackRock, Inc., i...

On Friday, February 8, the USDA released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for 2019. The January report was a casualty of the government shutdown. The agricultural markets greeted the report that outlines the latest supply and demand fundamentals with little mor...

While 2018 saw the return of volatility to all asset classes, and the worst December for US equities since the great depression, will the start of 2019 offer some respite for investors, and some buying opportunities at more attractive valuations, or are we at the beginning of a prolonged bear...