VT News and Press, Vanguard Total World Stock Index From 06/10/21

With input costs rising sharply, the rise in consumer price inflation has only just begun. As shortages and supply chain disruptions are priced through to consumers, goods inflation is set to trend higher. We still believe the impact will be temporary, but in the US less so than i...

On June 5, 2021, Finance Ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized nations committed to a global minimum corporate tax rate on multinationals of at least 15%. The agreement reached by the G7 countries on minimum taxes has provided fresh momentum to the overhaul of interna...

Here are 12 very different "core" ETF model portfolios for 12 different investors, highlighting what I see each of 12 different fund brands being the best at. Each of these portfolios aim to provide "comprehensive core" exposure to bonds and global stocks within one of 12 consistent i...

Global supply chain woes persist in May. Asia manufacturing performance on the line amid supply constraints. Sustained supply and demand gap could lead to price stickiness. For further details see: Global Manufacturing PMI Highlights Sustained Supply Constraints And Pric...

Total World Equity ETFs provide investors an easy means of gaining equity exposure beyond the US and International Developed countries without the need for multiple ETFs. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) is the other EFT covering the World and receives more coverage on Seeking Alph...

Since offshoring contributed to the long-term disinflationary trend, it would seem to make sense that reshoring would contribute to an inflationary trend. The "reshoring will lead to higher inflation" argument revolves around differences in labor costs, which are much higher in the US...

The Vanguard Total World Stock ETF offers some of the most prominent businesses in the world, and a fair number of less prominent ones. With over 9,000 holdings, it is vastly diversified by sector and by geography. For investors who are not fond of the research involved in choosin...

The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...

Vanguard's Total World Stock ETF is a fund diversifying through over 8000 holdings from both domestic and emerging markets. Its largest holdings include prominent FAANG members such as Apple and Amazon, as well as Microsoft. Due to its low risk, VT can be viewed as a solid alterna...

Shares in Europe have taken the lead for 2021 returns among the world’s main equity regions, based on returns for a set of exchange-listed funds through May 26. Analysts have also been advising that European stocks offer lower valuations vs. US shares, which suggests that expec...