VT News and Press, Vanguard Total World Stock Index From 02/02/23

Summary Global manufacturing supply chains continued to show signs of healing in January which, combined with falling demand for factory inputs, points to weaker industrial price inflation in coming months. The number of reported supply chain delays fell for a ninth successive month in ...

Investing can be for anyone, but that doesn't mean everyone will be comfortable picking individual stocks. You might not have the time, desire, or knowledge to research and purchase a portfolio of individual stocks, and track them over time. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a great tool f...

Summary In this article, I focus on the iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) and how it compares to the Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT). For the longest common period since June 2008, ACWI currently lags VT by about 14%-points or 41 basis points per year. The performance gap mostly come...

Summary The Vanguard Total World Stock ETF is one of the leading ETFs to invest truly passively in global stock markets. Passive investing means holding the market portfolio. Applied to equities, this is the market-cap weighted portfolio of all available stocks in the world. By definiti...

Summary IEFA offers low cost ex. US and Canada exposure to developed markets, resulting in EU-heavy portfolio. Mild weather may have saved Europe for now, but the energy crisis is far from solved. Historical data indicates that removing US and Canada exposure leads to inferior retur...

Summary For several months, we have said that a slowing of inflation could provide a temporary tailwind to equity markets, but that weakening growth will eventually hit them with a stronger headwind. Tumbling PPI suggests that companies are starting to struggle to pass on rising costs. ...

Summary The long-awaited downturn in global trade will take place in 2023. Supply chain realignments that have been years in the making will begin to take effect. Government policies launched in 2022 will bear fruit in 2023 and include subsidies for semiconductors and automotive electri...

Summary As a top holding in the world's most followed stock benchmarks, Apple's long-term returns are material to even passive long-term investors. This article aims to explain a fresh and simple estimate of an expected total rate of return for Apple stock over the next 7 years, to the ...

Summary Strains are building, and the U.S. will likely enter recession in the second half of 2023. By then, Europe will likely be emerging from recession, while China and Emerging Asia may be enjoying a COVID-reopening-inspired recovery. Segments of the inflation basket will soften rapi...

Summary The S&P 500 is a great core holding, however, it lacks several dimensions of an optimally diversified portfolio i.e. the sector, geographic, currency and cap size. While 38% of S&P 500 earnings come from outside of the U.S., that is not the same as owning a portfolio tha...