VPL News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Pacific From 07/26/22

As inflation raged, central banks accelerated the pace of monetary policy tightening, aiming to slow the growth of aggregate demand and calm price pressures. In response to persistently high inflation and an upward drift in long-run inflation expectations, central banks are accelerati...

Two opposing forces appear to be dominating the market currently, with investors polarized between recession fears and bargain hunting following this year’s large equity selloff. Investors priced in most central bank tightening and seem more confident with the inflation outlook...

An investment in Nigeria or Turkey clearly exposes a firm or investor to more risks than an otherwise similar investment in Germany or Canada, but why? While country risk has so many dimensions to it, there is correlation across the many dimensions, with corruption, poor legal protect...

The performance edge for American stocks is no longer absolute, at least so far in 2022. Although the relative strength for US shares has wobbled this year, it’s not yet clear that the long-running trend is rolling over. Blindly assuming that US stocks will always and forev...

The JPMorgan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, nudged lower in June, down from 52.3 in May to 52.2, its lowest since August 2020. The global manufacturing PMI survey's Output Index, which acts as a reliable advance indicator of actual worldwide outp...

The rising economic weight of APAC has far-reaching economic implications, notably due to the growing economic importance of APAC consumer markets as drivers of world demand growth. The rapid growth of China's economy over the past two decades has been a major driving factor for the i...

Vanguard's FTSE Pacific ETF is a glaring value. As its valuation approaches 10x earnings, now may be the time to buy. Rising interest rates and large debts in Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong are troublesome, but the underlying enterprises show promise. We believe VPL will reward i...

Worsening consumer and business sentiment, increased inflation, and central banks moving to tighten monetary policy, with the US Federal Reserve being the most aggressive, have increased the risk of a global recession. When China imposed widespread lockdowns in April in pursuit of its...

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL) - $0.5450. 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 $0.5450

Two-plus years into the pandemic, nobody wants to hear the word Covid anymore. Covid-19 case waves significantly improved in April and May across most global regions. Global markets navigated formidable crosscurrents over the past year—high inflation, supply chain bottlenec...