VFH News and Press, Vanguard Financials From 09/09/22

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

Summary We believe that cash flow and debt sustainability are likely to become increasingly important as real economic growth slows and credit access tightens. Cash flow provides a link between a company’s income statement and their balance sheet. Focusing on the Russel...

Summary VFH invests in financials stocks. VFH has performed about as well (or rather, about as poorly) as the major U.S. equity indices this year. I would expect more of the same, with the potential for under-performance, given financial company stocks' characteristic tendency...

Summary Traders expect the U.S. Fed to soften as Chairman Powell suggested they have reached a neutral rate with the last rate increase. Traders expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to softly pivot away from rate increases after reaching a “normal level.”. I believe t...

Long-term investors need to have a strategy they can stick with no matter what happens, a strategy that keeps them on an even keel. Investing is hard and determining your risk tolerance is far from an exact science. There are a lot of people these days who seem to want the market ...

Over the past two weeks, the S&P 500 shrugged off a series of bad news from record CPI print, weaker GDP growth data, and a still hawkish Fed. Furthermore, relatively weak earnings from the leading companies didn't bother the market as it continued its recovery. As a result, the m...

Two opposing forces appear to be dominating the market currently, with investors polarized between recession fears and bargain hunting following this year’s large equity selloff. Investors priced in most central bank tightening and seem more confident with the inflation outlook...

ETY has performed pretty much in-line with the S&P 500 index so far in 2022. We believe now is the perfect time to put this CEF to a real test; whether it can protect us during unprecedented stock market and macroeconomic downfalls or not. Long-term capital gains contributed t...

The “forward 4-quarter” estimate for the S&P 500 has slid sequentially for the last two-three weeks falling to $240.83 from $241.70 two weeks ago. The airline stocks, which have never been owned in any size in the last 20 years – with the occasional trade made...

Inflation is running hot this year. A week ago, StatCan released the official inflation report for May, which showed a 7.7% increase in the price level. The CPI increase was well ahead of estimates, which called for a 7.3% rise in prices . In this environment, Canadians are feeling ...