VGLT News and Press, Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF From 12/13/22

Summary Recession is foretold, in our view, as central banks crush demand to bring down inflation. We think markets are wrong to expect them to later come to the rescue. U.S. stocks fell and the Treasury yield curve inverted its most since the early 1980s. We see recent moves as reflect...

Summary Avoiding envy, and its associated pitfalls, is one of the simple secrets to a successful investment portfolio. Value once again outperformed Growth in the last week. After closing below the 200-day moving average for two weeks running, the US Dollar seems firmly entrenched i...

Summary Demand destruction is weighing on prices globally as financial conditions tighten. The good news is that headline CPI is set to follow crude lower in 2023. This Wednesday, any dovish nods out of the FOMC could spark a year-end relief rally in risk markets. Demand d...

Summary Overall, I think the markets had gotten to peak hawkishness and people were under-positioned because they were expecting a more and more hawkish Fed. This may be the tightest labor market, quite frankly, we’ve seen in five decades. This is the first proper recessionar...

Summary Are we seeing the beginning of a reversal in the decline in stocks, and rise in yields, which have haunted investors this year? If the rebound in equities continues into Q1, it’s possible that leading indicators will flip, offering more convincing support for the idea of ...

Summary The Fed’s mandate is stable prices and maximum employment. For now, employment, wages and inflation momentum are still too strong to warrant a Fed pivot. If Powell and the Fed fail to tame inflation, then their heads are on the chopping block. They know this and they will...

Summary The negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spread has now persisted for 115 trading days, with the spread steady this week at a negative 76 basis points. This week’s simulation shows that the most likely range for the 3-month U.S. Treasury bill yield in ten years is from 1% to ...

Summary While it’s not exactly the best of times for services industries, they are holding up relatively well. The recent equity market rally appears to have more to do with the anticipation of less aggressive U.S. Federal Reserve policy than with resilient economic data. The...

Summary The Fed needs to deliver a hawkish message for 2023 at the December FOMC meeting. It seems highly probable the Fed will signal a 5% or higher terminal rate for 2023. If the Fed fails, it risks losing control of the market. The FOMC meeting on Wednesday, December 14...

Summary Monetary tightening is aimed at slowing demand growth relative to aggregate supply, which will require a sustained period of below-trend US economic growth. The stakes are split between those who think FOMC rates will go up to 5% or more before a break. It is in the labor ma...