VOT News and Press, Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth From 06/22/24

2024-06-22 23:57:00 ET Summary The bulls have long rationalized that low rates and increased liquidity justify overpaying for the underlying fundamentals. The fiscal policies implemented after the pandemic-driven economic shutdown created a surge in demand that further exacerbated...

2024-06-21 09:00:00 ET Summary I reflect on past bear markets caused by unsustainable debt levels and valuations, but do not see similar circumstances today. Current concerns about a looming bear market are addressed, with a focus on overbought conditions in the technology sector ...

2024-06-21 04:52:00 ET Summary As the first half wraps up, both US and foreign stocks are solidly positive amid AI euphoria. In the stock market, despite many calls for a broadening out of the rally, the mega-cap AI theme reasserted its dominance following small caps’ surge...

2024-06-20 19:45:00 ET Summary Below is a quick look at trailing 12-month price to sales ratios (P/S) over the last five years for the large-cap S&P 500 and small-cap Russell 2,000 along with each index's respective Technology sector. The Russell 2000's price to sales ratio is...

2024-06-20 11:25:00 ET Summary There are countless ways to engage in opportunistic portfolio rebalancing analytics, but a good way to start is by profiling performance. For US equities, the case for tamping down expectations looks persuasive. US Treasuries are starting to show...

2024-06-19 06:45:00 ET Summary Large-cap U.S. equities are expensive relative to their history, but that doesn’t mean that there is no opportunity for investors, says Melda Mergen, global head of equities. Performance in the marketplace was mostly supported by earnings grow...

2024-06-19 00:00:00 ET Summary Breadth has been the topic of the week, with the market cap weighted S&P 500 pushing to new highs, leaving behind cumulative AD lines and equal-weight measures of the same index. The combined market cap of what are currently the 30 largest stocks...

2024-06-17 11:45:00 ET Summary The Russell 2000 fell 1.6% on Friday, was in the red year-to-date, was back where it had first been in January 2021, and was down 18% from its all-time high in November 2021. The Nasdaq Composite eked out the fifth record close in a row on Friday, an...

2024-06-17 10:30:00 ET Summary A flat monthly CPI number (year-over-year unchanged at 3.3% inflation rate) helped prompt a drop in the 10-year yield and fuel enthusiasm that we may see an early fall (September) rate cut. Due to the perception that the month-over-month inflation nu...

2024-06-17 09:15:00 ET Summary It was a good week for Wall Street's bulls seeking to navigate their way through the random onset of new information in the markets. As for the market-moving news the week held, a benign inflation report on Wednesday, 12 June 2024 was perhaps the mos...