VONG News and Press, Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund From 05/19/24

2024-05-19 01:04:01 ET Summary Large-cap growth stocks have reasserted themselves in Q2, with the MAGS ETF and Nasdaq 100 reaching all-time highs. I have a buy rating on the Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index due to a reasonable valuation given EPS growth trends and its strong mom...

2024-05-11 02:00:00 ET Summary One of the cardinal tenets of investment management is that nothing stays the same forever. Mean reversion will at some point bring the high-flyers down to earth, and when that happens, you want to have other positions in your portfolio that offer so...

2024-05-10 10:00:00 ET Summary Industry P/E multiples are a staple in finance, but they fall short in capturing style regime rotation and may present a biased signal. The present retracement in relative valuation aside, growth remains richly priced, but far from unprecedented leve...

2024-05-07 11:15:00 ET Summary Passive funds do not have the ability to actively address the risks associated with their growing exposure to these prominent constituents as market concentration increases. Large-cap passive funds have become top-heavy, with their growing exposure t...

2024-04-22 13:45:00 ET Summary Style regimes constitute one of investors’ largest risk factors, second only to overall equity exposure. After 15 years of dominance of the growth style, the return of intra-market volatility has prompted renewed interest in cyclical rotations...

2024-04-19 07:45:00 ET Summary This year started on a strong note, with global equity markets gaining 8.9%. With better-than-expected economic data being published in the U.S., but also in Europe and China, market confidence grew, leading to a regional broadening of the bull marke...

2024-04-13 10:30:00 ET Summary Many analysts point to an ETF's track record when deciding whether to assign a buy rating. Relative performance compared to other ETFs in the same category often dominate the analysis. Common evaluation periods include an ETF's one-year, three-year, ...

2024-04-08 07:25:00 ET Summary The real story of the last three years is that commodities and large cap stocks are the only major asset classes providing returns for a diversified investor. Small- and mid-cap value stocks have produced better returns but haven’t kept up wit...

2024-04-05 03:17:59 ET Summary With one quarter of 2024 now over, we can now speculate as to which ETFs will end the remainder of this year as your best choices. It does not seem unreasonable that funds that have beaten the S&P 500 over a five-year period may continue to outpa...

2024-03-22 23:09:23 ET Summary SCHG has a 0.04% expense ratio, $27 billion in AUM, and excellent 3Y, 5Y, and 10Y total returns, making it one of the leading large-cap growth ETFs on the market. Low overlap with large-cap value ETFs like SCHD make it a terrific option for investors...