VPL News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Pacific From 07/06/21

As the world convalesced from the pandemic, stocks advanced in the second quarter and earnings rebounded across sectors. With business gains broadening amid complex market risks, we think investors should lean on quality to find stocks that will perform well in a normalizing world eco...

Momentum can be a powerful force for investors wishing to attempt to maximize returns as, quite often, it can continue almost indefinitely. However, momentum can be seen not only in the short-term performance of funds/ETFs but over extremely long periods. Eight of my "Recommended ...

The potential for higher U.S. taxes, coupled with regulatory risks and shifting growth momentum, tempers our near-term enthusiasm for U.S. equities. Euro area business activity surged in June as the region catches up on the restart that has been led by the U.S. and UK. Investors w...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL) - $0.4952.Payable Jun 24; for shareholders of record Jun 22; ex-div Jun 21. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.4952

Last year's pandemic crisis U-trip took just 128 days - significantly less than the long-term average, despite a once-in-a-generation healthcare crisis. While the recovery speed has varied, the global economy is clearly on the mend. We believe that the next phase of the reopening/...

Global supply chain woes persist in May. Asia manufacturing performance on the line amid supply constraints. Sustained supply and demand gap could lead to price stickiness. For further details see: Global Manufacturing PMI Highlights Sustained Supply Constraints And Pric...

18 percent of companies are expected to experience liquidity-related financial distress and 16 percent are expected to experience insolvency risk. The vast majority of IPOs in 2020-2021 have been SPACs (aka, vehicles for swapping ownership of prior investments, as opposed to generatin...

The market has been trading on forward assumptions for the entire duration of the pandemic up to and including the present day. One year ago, the world was coming to terms with the reality of the damage wreaked by the pandemic, but the stock market had it all figured out. On April 23,...

The pace of recovery has begun to diverge across economies, with vaccination progress and the scale of government stimulus among the biggest swing factors. Macro disparities have also begun filtering into EPS growth expectations. Cyclically sensitive sectors have dominated the upg...