VSS News and Press, Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US SmCp Idx From 12/18/20

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS) - $1.9669.Payable Dec 24; for shareholders of record Dec 22; ex-div Dec 21. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF declares quarterly distribution of $1.9669

Although they’ve performed well for decades, international small caps have been out of favor for at least 10 years. Mean reversion and valuations present opportunity for long-term outperformance. The prospects for a worldwide economic recovery and declining dollar act as po...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: VSS ) - $0.3423 . Payable Sep 24; for shareholders of record Sep 22; ex-div Sep 21. More news on: Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

SH: Today we have with us Tara Sinclair, an associate professor of economics and international affairs at George Washington University and a senior fellow of the Indeed Hiring Lab. Dr. Sinclair is also a research professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) in Germany, a...

As the COVID-19 virus spread around the world, sending markets into turmoil, our Asset Allocation Committee (“the AAC” or “the Committee”) met by video conference because governments were telling citizens not to leave their homes. These are extraordinary circumsta...

The energy sector posted a gain during the final quarter of 2019. In Q4, energy commodities rebounded by 3.38%. In 2019, the sector was 15.11% higher than at the end of 2018. WTI and Brent crude oil posted significant gains on the year, but the prices had declined to low levels at the end of...

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: VSS ) - $2.1500 . Payable Dec 27; for shareholders of record Dec 24; ex-div Dec 23. More news on: Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

“To buy when others are despondently selling and to sell when others are avidly buying requires the greatest of fortitude and pays the greatest ultimate rewards. “ “ Bull markets are born in pessimism , grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The...

A belief in steady and predictable mean reversion has cost investors a lot of money this cycle. The problem with applying mean reversion to investing is that market averages are not written in stone. Here are three examples: CAPE Ratio If there was a contest for the chart that’...