VPL News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Pacific From 11/03/19

Introduction Sluggish global growth and dovish monetary policies, paired with trade tensions, uncertainty around Brexit, and other regional geopolitical tussles in the Middle East and Asia, have prompted many investors to pivot towards more defensive assets. Accelerating flows into gold and...

If you're a US investor, international equity exposure has never been so readily available at such a low cost. Nonetheless, surveys indicate US investors typically allocate 80 – 85% of their equity holdings to US equities (e.g. ( VTI ) ( VOO )), much higher than their proportion of glob...

Overview Bismarck is said to have warned that laws were like sausages, and to respect them, one ought not to see how they are made. The UK had a non-binding referendum more than three years ago, and although it won by 52%-48% and the party leaders committed to adhering to the results, it sti...

Overview A compelling narrative for yesterday's disparate price action is lacking. A flight to safety, which is a leading interpretation, does not explain the weakness in the yen, gold, or US Treasuries. Month- and quarter-end portfolio and hedge adjustments may be at work, but the risk is t...

By Sukumar Rajah, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Despite the US-China trade war, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity's Sukumar Rajah doesn't think the opportunity set for emerging markets is lost. He explains h...

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By Andrew Gillan Andrew Gillan, Head of Asia ex Japan Equities and Co-Manager of the Asian Growth Strategy, discusses the reasons why investors should be less preoccupied by the machinations of the trade war and instead focus on Asia’s long-term structural growth story, strong fund...

By Jeffrey Halley With U.S. and Canadian markets closed overnight for Labor Day, it was British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that provided a fireworks display that Guy Fawkes would be proud of. With Parliament due to return from their summer recess today before being suspended from next we...

(Source: Pexels ) Valuation measurements like P/E and EV/EBITDA are well-known and popular signals of future equity performance. As a general rule, equities with lower valuations are expected to outperform those with higher valuations, though with more potential downside risk. This article ...

By Xav Feng Three Asia-Pacific central banks, including New Zealand, Thailand and India, dropped a shocking bomb in the global market by cutting their interest rates aggressively on the same day. By the means of responding to a worsening global economy, the central banks of New Zealand, ...