VEU News and Press, Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US From 03/02/22

While Covid remains a powerful force in the world economy and our lives, it does appear that the situation is improving in 2022. So, how did the stock funds react to the better news? By declining! Even if market timers could have predicted Covid and the economic effects, they were pro...

Vanguard Reports Expense Ratio Changes Across Equity and Bond Funds PR Newswire VALLEY FORGE, Pa. , Feb. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard today reported expense ratio changes for 18 funds across multiple ETF and mutual fund share classes, including a wide range ...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

For those investors who like the idea of buying and holding for the long term, international stocks are likely to dramatically outperform over the coming years. The SPDR Developed World ex-US ETF offers a well-diversified portfolio of international stocks, with much stronger long-term...

For several years, I have written favorably about VYM, Vanguard's Domestic High-Yield ETF. Recently, I also wrote that superior growth opportunities might now come from outside the U.S. Combining those two concepts, it might appear that VYMI is a most intriguing vehicle to take advant...

Dual Momentum performance and the Jensen Performance Index results. Robo Advisor (computer managed) portfolio performance and the Jensen Performance Index results. What is involved in the management of these two investment models? Does it make sense to use both models? F...

Despite ongoing inflation hype, the U.S. prices paid trend indicator peaked in June 2021 and turned down - this typically leads ISM Manufacturing prices by 2-3 months and suggests inflationary pressures will continue to reverse. Commodities are signalling a similar story, with the Gol...

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA:VEU) - $0.8454. Payable Dec 23; for shareholders of record Dec 21; ex-div Dec 20. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.8454

2021 has been an excellent year for investors, with the S&P 500 up over 20% YTD. However, with inflation levels hitting multi-decade highs, the S&P 500's real earnings yield is now at a historically low level. This bodes poorly for the S&P 500's future returns, and inv...

We see 2022 heralding a new market regime by delivering global stock gains and bond losses for a second year in a row - a first in about half a century. Stocks rallied back to near record levels and yields rose last week as worries of Omicron dissipated. China’s central bank lo...