VPL News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Pacific From 10/14/21

Risk appetite lifts from one-year low amid expectations of improving near-term market. Sentiment remains subdued by uncertain policy outlooks and political climate. Financials see the strongest favor followed by energy stocks. Tech sees the biggest outlook downgrade. The broad...

Global IPO market is on the way to breaking all records in 2021, according to EY market analysis cited by Consultancy Asia; across all corners, number of IPOs and stock listings proceeds crossed 2020 figures with YTD total now at 1,635 IPOs raising $330.7B. In 2020, SPAC IPO volumes soared to...

The reality of the continuing pandemic has slowed the economic recovery and is reflected in new patterns of spending. People didn’t stop spending during the pandemic. It still remains to be seen if there will be enough of a shift from spending on goods to services to help e...

US equities have not been having a bad time recently, but have certainly been struggling to go higher. China's slowdown, Evergrande contagion worries, supply chain disruptions, energy price surges, an appreciating dollar, rising Treasury yields, US debt ceiling anxiety, lingering Covi...

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) - $0.3634. Payable Sep 23; for shareholders of record Sep 21; ex-div Sep 20. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.3634

Global manufacturing remained beset by unprecedented supply issues in July, which constrained output and drove prices higher. The analysis of survey responses suggests that the number of companies reporting lower production due to staff or materials shortages is running at around five...

Global real GDP reached a new high in the second quarter of 2021, completing a year-long recovery from the COVID-19 recession. The resilience of the global economy amid a lingering pandemic suggests that the world is learning to live with the COVID-19 virus. Western Europe's consu...

We’ve recently updated our Asia game theater, and although these changes partly reflect the recent regulatory crackdown in China, our update was independent of recent Chinese equity market volatility. Incentives appear to be aligning for increasing rhetoric between the United S...

Global equity markets have diverged widely lately, with European and US stocks strongly outperforming the rest of the world. Despite recent strength, Europe has performed roughly in line with its global peers since last year. Contributions to the FTSE All-World ex USA returns were...

Capital expenditure expectations appear to have recovered from pre-pandemic levels in most major regions and are trending upwards according to analyst estimates. For the U.S. index, the 12-month forward capital expenditures estimate is currently $885.6 billion, up 13.8% year-over-year...