VPL News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Pacific From 11/27/21

History has taught us that over time there's no better asset class than stocks. History has taught us that the longer you stick to investing in stocks - the lower the risk of losing money. History has taught us that this time of year - between Thanksgiving to the end of year - is ...

After a 3.4% decline in 2020, world real GDP is projected to increase 5.5% in 2021 and 4.2% in 2022. With some critical supply shortages and shipping bottlenecks persisting into 2022 and beyond, inflation pressures will subside only gradually. The US economy is proving its resilie...

The ASEAN region has shown a strong rebound in manufacturing output during October. As a result of the severe negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread lockdowns and travel bans, many ASEAN economies were in deep recession during 2020. The rebound in industrial produ...

Worldwide manufacturing output growth slowed in October to the weakest so far in the recovery from the initial pandemic lockdowns. This shortfall of production could be to a large extent explained by ongoing supply constraints, in part relating to labour but more widely for raw materi...

Low Vol has been in the doldrums for most of the equity rally from the pandemic lows of March 2020, as would be expected based on its historical return patterns. Well-established academic research has found that stocks with lower volatility (or beta) tend to generate higher risk-adjus...

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